CHARTER  and 
ORDINANCES 

of  the 

CITY  of  RENO 

COMPILED  AND  PUBLISHED 
BY  AUTHORITY  OF  THE 
CITY  COUNCIL 


With  INDEX  and  HISTORY  of  ORDINANCES 
by  TITLE  and  NUMBER 


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CHARTER  AND  ORDINANCES 

OF  THE 

CITY  OF  RENO 


PUBLISHED  BY  AUTHORITY 
OF  THE  CITY  COUNCIL 


Compiled  by 
LeRoy  F.  Pike 
City  Attorney 


JULY,  1920 


NEWSLETTER  PRINT 
RENO,  NEVADA 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  RENO 


HARRY  E.  STEWART— Mayor. 

ROY  J.  FRISCH — Mayor  Pro  tem. 

WALTER  J.  PICKRELL — Councilman,  First  Ward. 
GEORGE  F.  SMITH — Councilman,  Second  Ward. 

ROY  J.  FRISCH — Councilman,  Third  Ward. 

SILAS  E.  ROSS — Councilman,  Fourth  Ward. 

C.  H.  DUBORG — Councilman  Fifth  Ward. 

C.  C.  BRIDGMAN — Councilman,  Sixth  Ward. 

LeROY  F.  PIKE,  City  Attorney 
JAS.  E.  SULLIVAN— City  Clerk 

GEORGE  C.  BRYSON— Judge  of  the  Municipal  Court. 

C.  H.  STODDARD— City  Auditor. 

D.  W.  DUNKLE— City  Treasurer. 

JOHN  HAYES— City  Assessor. 

HARRY  CHISM— City  Engineer. 

J.  M.  KIRKLEY— Chief  of  Police. 

R.  B.  HAWCROFT— Chief  of  the  Fire  Department. 

DR.  W.  L.  SAMUELS— Sec.  Board  of  Health. 

CHAS.  H.  SHORT— Deputy  City  Clerk. 

JAMES  M.  GLYNN,  Ass’t  City  Engineer. 


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ORDER  OF  ARRANGEMENT 


PART  I. 

CITY  CHARTER.  P.  1 


PART  II. 

GENERAL  ORDINANCES.  P.  39. 


PART  III. 

AMENDATORY  AND  REPEALING  ORDINANCES  ORDERED 
PRINTED  IN  COMPILATION.  P.  267. 


PART  IV. 

HISTORY  OF  ORDINANCES  BY  TITLE  AND  NUMBER.  P.  285. 


PART  V. 

INDEX  TO  CITY  CHARTER,  P.  341. 


PART  VI. 

INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES.  P.  379. 


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This  is  the  second  compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
authorized  by  the  City  Council.  All  of  the  present  Ordinances  have  been 
revised  insofar  as  it  has  been  advisable  to  revise  them.  Ordinances  of  a 
temporary  character  and  those  which  have  been  amended  or  are  not 
operative,  together  with  all  other  Ordinances  are  referred  to  in  the 
“History  of  Ordinances,”  and  an  examination  of  the  “History  of  Ordi- 
nances’' will  disclose  whether  or  not  any  Ordinance  is  still  in  effect  and 
where  it  may  be  found. 


CHARTER 

of 

THE  CITY  OF  RENO 

As  Amended  in  1905, 1907, 
1909, 1911,  1913, 1915 
191 7 and  191 9 


(The  Town  of  Reno  was  incorporated  under  its  present  form  of  govern- 
ment in  1903,  at  the  twenty-first  session  of  the  Legislature.  Statutes  of  the 
State  of  Nevada,  1903,  Page  184.  This  act  of  incorporation  was  completely 
amended  in  1905,  at  the  twenty-second  session  of  the  Legislature,  Statutes  of 
the  State  of  Nevada,  1905,  Page  98,  and  since  1905  has  been  further  amended 
in  various  parts.  In  the  following  compilation,  unless  otherwise  indicated, 
the  sections  set  forth  are  from  the  amendments  of  1905.) 

An  Act  to  Incorporate  the  Town  of  Reno,  in  Washoe  County,  and  Defining 
the  Boundaries  Thereof,  and  to  Authorize  the  Establishing  of  a City 
Government  Therefor,  and  Other  Matter  Relating  Thereto. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly, 
do  enact  as  follows: 


ARTICLE  I. 

Boundaries  of  the  City  and  of  the  Wards,  and  General  Powers. 

Section  1.  That  on  and  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  and  for  the  uses 
and  purposes  hereinafter  mentioned,  the  inhabitants  of  that  portion  of 
Washoe  County,  Nevada,  embraced  within  the  limits  hereinafter  set  forth, 
shall  remain,  be  and  constitute  a body  politic  and  corporate  by  the  name 
and  style  of  the  “City  of  Reno,”  and  by  that  name  and  style  they  and 
their  successors  shall  be  known  in  law,  have  perpetual  succession  and 
sue  and  be  sued  in  all  courts.  The  boundaries  of  the  said  city,  shall 
include  all  the  inhabitants,  lands,  tenements  and  property  included  in  the 
southwest  quarter  of  Section  One,  and  the  south  half  of  Section  Two,  and 
all  of  Section  Eleven,  and  the  west  half  of  Section  Twelve,  and  the  north- 
west quarter  of  Section  Thirteen,  and  the  north  half  of  Section  Fourteen, 
the  whole  comprising  an  area  of  parallelogram  one  and  one-half  miles  wide, 
measuring  the  area  from  east  to  west,  and  two  miles  in  length,  measuring 
the  same  from  north  to  south,  all  in  township  nineteen  north,  range  nineteen 
east,  Mount  Diablo  base  and  meridian;  and,  also,  such  other  and  additional 
lands  and  tenements  as  may,  at  any  time  hereafter,  be  embraced  or  included 
within  established  limits  of  said  city,  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  2.  The  City  of  Reno  shall  be  divided  into  six  wards  as  follows: 


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All  that  portion  of  the  territory  embraced  within  said  limits  of  the  city  and 
lying  south  of  the  Truckee  river  and  west  of  the  center  line  of  Virginia 
street  shall  be  and  is  hereby  established  as  the  first  ward.  All  that 
portion  lying  west  of  the  center  line  of  Sierra  street  and  between  the 
Truckee  river  on  the  south  and  the  main  track  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railway 
on  the  north,  shall  be  and  is  hereby  established  as  the  second  ward; 
provided;  that  the  island  in  the  Truckee  river  above  the  Virginia  street 
bridge  shall  be  a part  of  and  belong  to  said  second  ward.  All  that  portion 
lying  east  of  the  center  line  of  Sierra  street  and  between  the  Truckee  river 
on  the  south  and  the  main  track  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railway  on  the  north 
shall  be  and  is  hereby  established  as  the  third  ward.  All  that  portion  lying 
east  of  the  center  line  of  Sierra  street  and  north  of  the  main  track  of  the 
Central  Pacific  Railway,  shall  be  and  is  hereby  established  as  the  fourth 
ward.  All  that  portion  lying  west  of  the  center  line  of  Sierra  street  and 
north  of  the  main  track  of  the  Central  Pacific  Railway  shall  be  and  is  hereby 
established  as  the  fifth  ward,  and  all  that  portion  lying  south  of  the  Truckee 
river  and  east  of  the  center  line  of  Virginia  street,  including  all  that  part  of 
Scott  island  lying  within  the  limits  of  said  city,  shall  be  and  is  hereby  estab- 
lished as  the  sixth  ward. 

(As  amended  twenty-fifth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  18,  1911; 
Statutes  of  1911,  Page  113.) 

Section  3.  The  said  city  shall  continue  to  have  and  be  vested  with  all 
the  rights,  powers,  property  and  things  of  every  kind  now  belonging  to  it, 
and  may  have  and  use  a common  seal  and  the  same  alter  at  pleasure,  and 
may  purchase,  receive,  hold  and  enjoy  real  and  personal  property  within  or 
without  the  city,  and  sell,  convey  and  dispose  of  the  same  for  the  common 
benefit;  and  may  determine  and  declare  what  are  public  uses,  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  city  and  when  the  necessity  arises  or  exists  of  condemning 
lands  or  property  thereof;  and  what  are  the  lands  and  property  necessary 
to  condemn;  and  may  receive  bequests,  devises,  gifts  and  donations  of  all 
kinds  of  property,  within  or  without  the  city,  in  fee  simple  or  in  trust,  for 
charitable  or  other  purposes,  and  do  any,  every  and  all  acts  and  things  what- 
soever, necessary  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of  such  bequests,  devises,  gifts 
and  donations,  with  full  power  to  manage,  sell,  lease  or  otherwise  dispose 
of  the  same  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  such  bequests,  devise,  gift, 
donation  or  trust. 


ARTICLE  II 
Officers. 

The  officers  of  the  city  shall  be: 

Mayor. 

Six  members  of  the  city  council. 

City  attorney. 

City  clerk. 

Judge  of  the  municipal  court. 

City  auditor,  the  auditor  of  Washoe  County  being  ex  officio  auditor. 
City  auditor  and  tax  receiver,  the  treasurer  of  Washoe  County  being 
ex  officio  city  treasurer  and  tax  receiver. 

City  assessor,  the  assessor  of  Washoe  County  being  ex  officio  city 
assessor. 

City  engineer  and  superintendent  of  streets,  both  offices  to  be  filled  by 
one  person. 

Chief  of  police. 

Chief  of  fire  department. 


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Board  of  health,  consisting  of  not  less  than  three  or  more  than  five 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  25,  1913. 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  325.) 


ARTICLE  III. 

Executive  Department. 

Section  1. — The  corporate  powers  of  the  city,  except  as  hereinafter 
stated,  shall  be  vested  in  a Mayor  and  City  Council.  The  Mayor  shall  be  an 
actual  and  bona  fide  resident  of  the  city  for  a period  of  at  least  two  years 
next  preceding  his  election,  and  shall  be  an  elector  and  taxpayer  in  the  city 
and  he  shall  be  chosen  by  the  qualified  electors  thereof  at  large,  whose 
names  appear  upon  the  official  register  as  hereinafter  provided  and  who  are 
actual  bona  fide  residents  of  the  city.  The  mayor  shall  serve  for  a term  of 
four  years  from  and  after  the  date  of  his  election  and  qualification,  and 
until  his  successor  shall  have  been  duly  elected  and  qualified.  The  mayor 
shall  be  the  chief  executor  of  the  city  and  must  exercise  a careful  supervision 
over  its  general  affairs.  He  shall  vigilantly  observe  the  official  conduct  of  all 
public  officers  and  note  the  fidelity  and  exactitude  or  the  absence  thereof, 
with  which  they  execute  their  official  duties,  and  especially  in  respect  to  the 
collection,  administration,  and  disbursement  of  the  public  funds,  and  all 
books,  papers,  records,  and  documents  of  said  city  shall  at  all  times  be  open 
to  his  inspection,  and  official  misconduct  or  wilful  neglect  of  duty  shall  be 
reported  by  him  to  the  City  Council.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  give  the 
City  Council  information,  in  writing,  relative  to  the  state  of  the  city  and 
recommend  such  measures  as  he  may  deem  beneficial  to  the  city.  He  shall 
see  that  the  general  laws,  the  provisions  of  this  charter  and  all  ordinances, 
rules,  and  regulations  of  said  city  are  observed  and  enforced,  and  shall  take 
all  proper  measures  for  the  preservation  of  the  public  peace,  order,  and  the 
suppression  of  riots,  tumults,  and  all  forms  of  public  disturbances,  for 
which  purpose  he  is  authorized  to  appoint  extra  policemen  temporarily  and 
to  use  and  command  the  police  force,  or  call  upon  the  sheriff  of  said  county, 
or,  if  such  forces  be  inadequate,  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  call  upon  the  governor 
for  military  aid  in  the  manner  provided  by  law.  „ irk1_. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22,  1915, 
Statutes  of  1915,  Page  253.) 

Section  2.  The  Mayor,  with  the  City  Clerk,  or  some  member  of  the  City 
Council,  may,  alone  or  in  conjunction  with  the  board  of  county  commis- 
sioners of  Washoe  County,  at  least  once  each  month,  count  the  cash  in  the 
city  treasury  and  see  that  such  count  corresponds  with  the  books  of  the 
treasurer  and  auditor,  and  report  the  result  to  the  City  Council.  He  shall  see 
that  all  contracts  are  faithfully  kept  and  fully  performed,  and  to  that  end, 
and  in  any  case  where  necessary  or  proper  to  protect  the  interests  of  the 
city,  shall  cause  legal  proceedings  to  be  instituted  or  defended.  He  shall 
have  the  power  to  suspend  any  appointive  officer  for  dereliction,  neglect,  or 
non-performance  of  duty,  and  report  such  action  and  cause  therefor  to  the 
City  Council  at  the  first  subsequent  regular  meeting,  and  if  the  City  Council 
by  a majority  vote  of  all  the  members  elected  approve  the  suspension,  such 
office  shall  be  declared  vacant.  If  a majority  vote  of  all  the  members 
elected  be  against  such  approval,  such  suspension  shall  be  revoked. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  February  26, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  37.) 

Section  3.  The  Mayor  shall  preside  over  the  City  Council  when  in  ses- 
sion and  shall  preserve  order  and  decorum  among  the  members  and  enforce 
the  rules  of  the  City  Council,  and  determine  the  order  of  business,  subject 


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to  such  rules,  and  to  appeal  to  the  City  Council.  He  shall  not  be  entitled  to 
a vote  except  in  case  of  a tie,  when  he  shall  have  a casting  vote.  The  Mayor 
may  exercise  the  right  of  veto  upon  all  matters  passed  by  the  City  Council 
and  it  shall  require  a three-fourths  vote  of  all  the  members  elected  to  the 
City  Council  to  pass  any  matter  receiving  the  Mayor’s  veto.  No  resolution 
or  contract  requiring  the  payment  of  money,  or  any  ordinance,  shall  go 
into  force  or  have  any  effect  until  approved  by  the  Mayor;  provided,  if  the 
Mayor  do  not  approve  such  resolution,  contract,  or  ordinance  so  submitted, 
he  must,  within  five  days  from  the  receipt  thereof,  return  the  same  to  the 
City  Clerk  with  his  reasons  in  writing  for  not  approving  it,  and  if  the  Mayor 
do  not  so  return  it,  such  resolution  or  contract  shall  thereupon  go  into  effect 
and  such  ordinance  become  a law  in  like  manner  and  with  the  same  effect 
as  if  the  same  had  been  approved  by  the  Mayor. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  February  26, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  38.) 

Section  4.  The  Mayor  shall,  in  addition  to  the  duties  herein  provided 
for,  sign  all  licenses  and  claims  allowed  against  the  city  and  perform  such 
other  and  further  duties  as  the  City  Council  shall  by  ordinance  prescribe. 
A mayor  pro  tempore  shall  be  elected  by  the  City  Council  from  among  its 
members,  as  soon  after  its  organization  as  practicable,  and  in  case  of  the 
absence  of  the  Mayor  or  his  inability  to  act,  or  a vacancy  occurring  in  such 
office,  the  Mayor  pro-tempore  shall  preside  over  the  City  Council  and  per- 
form all  duties  to  (of)  the  Mayor’s  office,  in  the  same  manner  and  with 
like  effect  as  the  Mayor,  and  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  Mayor  or  his 
inability  to  act  for  any  period  exceeding  thirty  days,  or  in  case  of  a vacancy 
in  the  Mayor’s  office,  the  salary  provided  for  the  Mayor  shall  be  apportioned 
to  the  Mayor  pro-tempore  for  such  period,  in  lieu  of  the  salary  allowed  the 
Mayor  pro-tempore  for  such  period  as  City  Councilman;  provided  that  the 
restriction  upon  the  right  of  the  Mayor  to  vote  shall  not  apply  to  the  Mayor 
pro-tempore  while  acting  as  Mayor.  In  case  of  the  absence  or  inability  to 
act  from  any  cause  of  the  Mayor  and  Mayor  pro-tempore  at  any  meeting  of 
the  City  Council,  a Chairman  shall  be  selected  from  among  the  City 
Councilmen,  who  shall  preside  over  the  City  Council,  and  who  shall  be 
clothed  with  the  full  powers  and  authority  of  the  Mayor  or  Mayor  pro- 
tempore  in  respect  to  the  transaction  of  all  city  business  during  such 
absence  or  inability  to  act  as  aforesaid. 

(As  amended  twenty-third  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  28,  1907. 
Statutes  of  1907,  Page  341.) 

Section  5.  The  Mayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  City 
Council,  appoint  all  officers  of  the  city  whose  election  or  appointment  is  not 
otherwise  provided  for  in  this  charter  or  by  law.  The  Mayor  must  nomi- 
nate such  appointments  to  the  City  Council  at  the  first  subsequent  meeting 
and  in  case  the  person  so  nominated  is  not  confirmed  by  a majority  vote  of 
all  the  members  elected,  the  Mayor  shall  nominate  another,  and  so  on  until 
the  place  is  filled. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  February  26, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  38.) 

Section  6.  The  Mayor  shall  receive  a salary  in  the  sum  of  nine  hundred 
dollars  per  annum. 

(As  amended  twenty-third  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  28,  1907. 
Statutes  of  1907,  Page  341.) 


ARTICLE  IV. 

City  Clerk. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a City  Clerk,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the 


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qualified  electors  of  the  city  at  each  general  city  election,  and  he  shall  hold 
office  for  the  term  of  four  years  ajid  until  his.  successor  shall  have  been  duly 
elected  and  qualified.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  said  office  who  shall 
not  be  a bona  fide  resident  of  the  city  for  a period  of  at  least  one  year  next 
preceding  his  election,  and  who  is  not  a citizen  of  the  State,  and  of  the  age 
of  at  least  twenty-one  years,  and  a taxpayer  and  elector  in  said  city. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22,1913. 
Statutes  of  1915,  Page  253.) 

Section  2.  The  City  Clerk  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  official  bonds 
except  his  own,  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  City  Treasurer.  He  shall  have 
the  care  and  custody  of  all  books,  papers,  documents,  the  corporate  seal  and 
all  records  not  otherwise  specially  provided  for.  He  shall  be  Clerk  of  the 
Council,  attend  all  its  meetings,  whether  regular  or  special,  and  record  all 
its  proceedings.  He  shall  record  in  a journal  all  ordinances,  by-laws,  rules 
or  resolutions  passed  or  adopted  by  the  Council,  which  journal,  after  being 
read  and  approved  at  each  regular  meeting,  shall  be  signed  by  the  .Mayor 
and  attested  under  the  hand  of  the  Clerk.  He  shall  countersign  all  licenses 
and  permits  issued  to  any  person  or  officer  and  shall  charge  such  person 
or  officer  with  the  same.  "He  shall  keep  a complete  set  of  books  exhibiting 
the  financial  conditions  of  the  city  in  all  its  departments,  resources  and 
liabilities,  with  a proper  classification  thereof,  and  he  shall  be  the  general 
accountant  of  the  city.  He  shall  countersign  and  certify  all  claims  for 
warrants  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer  by  the  Mayor.  He  shall,  when  required, 
make  and  certify  under  the  seal  of  the  city,  copies  of  any  and  all  papers, 
documents  or  records  in  his  custody  and  such  copies  shall  be  prima  facie 
evidence  of  the  matters  therein  contained,,  and  the  Clerk  shall  have  the 
power  to  administer  oaths  and  affirmations.  All  claims  against  the  city 
shall  be  filed  with  the  Clerk  who  shall  report  upon  the  same  and  on  all 
matters  pertaining  to  his  office,  at  each  regular  meeting  of  the  Council,  or 
oftener  as  may  be  required.  Such  reports  shall  be  in  writing  and  under  oath. 

Section  3.  In  addition  to  the  duties  hereinbefore  imposed,  the  City 
Clerk  shall  be  the  official  license  collector  of  the  city  and  shall  collect  all 
city  license  and  all  other  moneys  making  up  the  city  revenues,  except  gen- 
eral taxes  and  special  assessments  when  otherwise  ordered  by  this  charter 
or  city  ordinance.  All  moneys  belonging  to  the  city  (except  general  taxes 
and  special  assessments  when  otherwise  ordered)  and  collected  by  any 
person  whomsoever,  shall  be  at  once  paid  over  to  the  City  Clerk,  and  the 
City  Clerk  shall  promptly  pay  the  same  over,  together  with  all  moneys  in 
his  hands,  to  the  City  Treasurer.  All  special  assessments,  whenever  and 
wherever  the  same  are  not  otherwise  ordered.,  shall  be  collected  by  the  City 
Clerk.  The  time  and  manner  of  collection  of  special  assessments  and 
licenses  shall  be  fully  provided  for  and  fixed  by  ordinance.  Whenever  any 
person  required  by  any  city  ordinance  to  take  out  a license,  or  pay  any 
special  assessment  (payment  and  collection  of  which  is  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for),  shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  do  so,  or  shall  carry  on  any  licensed 
business,  trade  or  calling  without  having  procured  the  requisite  license 
therefor,  the  City  Clerk  shall  forthwith  report  such  delinquent  to  the 
Council,  who  may  cause  an  attachment  suit  in  the  name  of  the  city  to  be 
brought  against  such  delinquent,  whereupon  an  attachment  shall  issue  with- 
out bond  on  behalf  of  the  city,  and  the  clerk  may  make  the  necessary  affi- 
davit for  attachment.  No  fees  shall  be  allowed  any  officer  or  person  unless 
the  same  be  made  as  costs  from  the  defendant.  The  procedure  and  trial, 
except  as  above  provided,  shall  be  the  same  as  in  other  civil  cases  of  similar 
nature;  provided,  that  any  property  in  any  place  or  building,  where  by  ordi- 
nance the  business  in  such  place  or  building  is  required  to  pay  a license, 
shall  be  liable  for  and  may  be  taken  on  attachment  or  execution  without 
regard  to  the  actual  ownership  thereof,  and  any  form  of  property,  the  busi- 


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ness  conducted  with  which  is  required  by  ordinance  to  pay  a license,  may 
be  so  taken  on  attachment  or  execution  without  regard  to  the  actual  owner- 
ship thereof.  There  shall  be  added  to  every  license  not  obtained  within  five 
days  after  the  same  becomes  due  and  payable,  the  sum  of  one  dollar,  which 
shall  become  a part  of  the  license  and  shall,  with  such  license,  be  collected 
by  the  City  Clerk. 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  25,  1913. 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  325.) 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of 
his  duties,  execute  to  the  city  a good  and  sufficient  bond  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  his  duties,  which  bond  shall  be  in  such  sum  and  conditioned 
in  such  manner,  and  sureties  thereon,  approved  by  the  Council. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  shall  receive  a salary  in  the  sum  of  eighteen 
hundred  dollars  per  annum  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  which 
sum  shall  be  paid  in  twelve  monthly  installments  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  each. 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  24,  1913, 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  314.) 

Section  6.  The  City  Clerk  shall  perform  such  other  and  further  duties 
as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  Council,  or  prescribed  by  ordinance. 


ARTICLE  V. 

City  Attorney. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a City  Attorney,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the 
qualified  electors  of  the  city  at  each  general  city  election,  and  he  shall  hold 
office  for  the  term  of  four  years  and  until  his  successor  shall  have  been  duly 
elected  and  qualified.  No  person  not  a licensed  and  practicing  attorney  of 
the  supreme  court  of  this  State,  in  good  standing  at  the  bar,  a bona  fide 
resident  of  the  city,  and  a taxpayer  therein,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office 
of  the  city  attorney., 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22,  1915. 
Statutes  of  1915,  Page  253.) 

Section  2.  The  City  Attorney  shall  be  the  legal  adviser  of  the  Council 
and  all  officers  of  the  city,  in  all  matters  respecting  the  affairs  of  the  city. 
He  shall  act  as  the  attorney  for  the  city  in  any  and  all  legal  proceedings  in 
any  and  all  courts,  in  which  the  city  is  a party  or  interested.  He  shall  proce- 
cute  in  the  proper  courts  for  all  offenses  against  the  provisions  of  this 
charter,  the  ordinances  of  said  city  shall  perform  such  other  and  further 
duties  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  Council,  or  prescribed  by  ordinance. 
He  shall  be  present  at  all  meetings  of  the  Council,  draw  all  ordinances, 
orders,  rules  and  resolutions  required  by  the  Council.  He  shall  verify  and 
file  for  record  all  claims  of  the  city  for  liens  for  assessments  imposed  for 
street  improvements  which  remain  unpaid,  and  shall  preserve,  protect  and 
enforce  the  rights  of  the  city  by  prosecuting  suits  for  the  foreclosure  of  the 
same  in  the  proper  courts,  and  shall  receive  all  moneys  paid  in  by  delin- 
quents or  otherwise  realized  in  such  proceedings,  and  shall,  without  delay, 
pay  over  all  such  moneys  to  the  City  Clerk. 

Section  3.  The  Council  may,  in  the  exercise  of  its  sound  discretion, 
employ  counsel  to  aid  the  City  Attorney  whenever  in  its  judgment,  the 
public  interests  shall  require  such  employment  and  the  expense  thereof  shall 
be  allowed  and  paid  in  the  same  manner  as  other  claims  against  the  city. 

Section  4.  The  City  Attorney  shall  receive  a salary  of  two  hundred 
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(As  amended  twenty-fourth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  31,  1909. 
Statutes  of  1909,  Page  329.) 


ARTICLE  VI. 

City  Assessor. 

Section  1.  The  Assessor  of  Washoe  County  shall,  in  addition  to  the 
duties  now  imposed  upon  him  by  law,  act  as  the  Assessor  of  the  city  and 
shall  be  ex-officio  City  Assessor,  without  further  compensation.  He  shall 
perform  such  duties  as  the  Council  may  by  ordinance  prescribe. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

City  Auditor. 

Section  1.  The  Auditor  of  Washoe  County,  shall,  in  addition  to  the 
duties  now  imposed  upon  him  by  law,  act  as  Auditor  of  the  city  and  shall 
be  ex-officio,  City  Auditor,  having  the  same  power  of  veto  as  regards  claims 
against  the  city  allowed  by  the  Council  as  is  now  provided  by  law  in  rela- 
tion to  claims  against  the  counties  and  allowed  by  Board  of  County  Com- 
missioners. The  City  Auditor  shall  sign  all  warrants  issued  and  shall  be  the 
custodian  of  all  blank  licenses.  All  licenses  shall  be  in  printed  form,  with 
marginal  stubs  attached,  and  stitched  together  in  books.  The  City  Auditor 
shall  deliver  them  from  time  to  time  to  the  City  Clerk,  who  shall  collect 
for  the  same.  The  City  Auditor  shall  charge  the  City  Clerk  with  the  face 
or  representative  value  of  all  blank  licenses  so  delivered,  and  credit  him 
at  the  same  rate  for  as  many  thereof  only  as  said  City  Clerk  shall  return  to 
the  City  Auditor  at  the  time  of  the  settlement  of  the  account  of  the  City 
Clerk. 

Section  2.  The  City  Auditor  shall  keep  an  accurate  record  and  account 
of  all  warrants  and  orders  drawn  upon  the  City  Treasurer,  in  such  manner 
that  the  Council  can,  at  any  time,  ascertain  the  actual  outstanding  indebt- 
edness. The  City  Auditor  shall  draw  his  warrant  for  all  claims  allowed  by 
the  Council,  signed  by  the  Mayor,  certified  by  the  City  Clerk,  and  approved 
by  him,  upon  the  City  Treasurer  and  shall  perform  such  other  and  further 
duties  as  may  be  required,  or  prescribed  by  ordinance  of  the  Council.  He 
shall  receive  as  full  compensation  for  his  services  a sum  of  three  hundred 
dollars  per  annum. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 

Section  1.  The  Treasurer  of  Washoe  County  shall,  in  addition  to  the 
duties  now  imposed  upon  him  by  law,  act  as  treasurer  of  the  city  and  shall 
be  ex-officio  city  treasurer  and  tax  receiver.  He  shall  receive  and  safely 
keep  all  moneys  that  shall  come  to  the  city  by  taxation  or  otherwise,  and 
shall  pay  the  same  out,  only  on  claims  duly  allowed,  except  the  principal 
and  interest  of  any  municipal  bonded  indebtedness.  The  city  treasurer  and 
tax  receiver  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  collect  all  special 
assessments  which  may  be  levied  by  authority  of  the  charter  or  city 
ordinance,  and  placed  on  the  assessment  roll  of  Washoe  County,  in  the 
same  manner  and  at  the  same  time  as  the  general  state  and  county  taxes 
or  assessments  are  collected  by  law,  and  whenever  and  wherever  the  general 
laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada  regarding  the  authorized  acts  of  tax  receivers 
may  be,  the  same  hereby  are,  made  applicable  to  the  city  treasurer  and  tax 


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receiver  of  the  City  of  Reno,  in  the  collection  of  special  city  assessments 
where  the  same  are  placed  on  the  assessment  roll  of  Washoe  County. 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  25,  1913. 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  325.) 

Section  2.  All  taxes,  fines,  forfeitures,  or  other  moneys  collected  or 
recovered  by  any  officer  or  person  under  or  by  virtue  of  the  provisions  of 
this  charter  or  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city,  or  by  or  under  any  law,  and 
all  moneys  received  or  collected  shall,  without  delay,  be  paid  by  the  City 
Clerk,  person,  or  officer  receiving  the  same,  to  the  city  treasurer  who  shall 
keep  an  accurate  account  thereof  and  give  itemized  receipts  thereof  in 
duplicate,  one  of  which  shall  be  given  to  the  City  Auditor  immediately  for 
the  more  perfect  keeping  of  his  accounts  and  for  the  information  of  the 
City  Council,  and  the  original  of  said  receipt  shall  be  given  to  the  officer  or 
person  so  paying  in  such  money.  All  such  moneys  shall  be  placed  by  the 
City  Treasurer  in  the  funds  to  be  known  as  the  Reno  general  fund,  and  the 
Reno  bond  redemption  fund,  and  shall  be  so  kept  intact  and  not  com- 
mingled with  other  moneys,  or  in  any  manner  disposed  of,  except  as  paid 
out  upon  proper  warrants  and  claims  against  the  city,  including  the  principal 
and  interest  of  any  municipal  bonded  indebtedness.  And  the  City  Council 
may  designate  any  bank  or  banks  in  the  City  of  Reno  in  which  the  City 
Treasurer  shall  deposit  any  or  all  funds  of  the  city  in  the  name  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  either  with  or  without  interest,  subject  to  checks  drawn  by  the 
City  Treasurer  upon  proper  warrants  and  claims  against  the  city.  The  City 
Council  may  also  designate  any  savings  bank  or  banks  for  the  deposit  of 
bond  redemption  funds,  at  the  usual  rate  of  interest  and  subject  to  the 
rules  of  such  banks,  to  be  drawn  by  the  City  Treasurer  in  the  usual  man- 
ner when  required  to  pay  such  bonds  at  maturity. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  Legislature,  March  22,  1915. 
Statutes  of  1915,  Page  254.) 

Section  3.  On  paying  any  warrant,  the  Treasurer  shall  write  or  stamp 
across  the  face  thereof,  in  red  ink,  the  word  '‘Redeemed,”  with  the  date  of 
such  redemption  and  sign  his  name  thereto  officially  and  the  warrant  so 
cancelled  shall  be  a sufficient  voucher  for  the  Treasurer  as  to  the  amount 
so  paid,  in  his  official  settlements  with  the  city,  which  shall  take  place  annu- 
ally on  the  fourth  Monday  of  December  of  each  year,  or  oftener  as  may  be 
required  by  the  Council.  The  Mayor,  City  Clerk,  or  any  member  of  the 
Council  may  at  any  time  examine  the  books  and  vouchers  of  the  Treasurer 
concerning  the  state  of  the  finances  and  moneys  in  the  hands  of  the  Treas- 
urer, belonging  to  the  city. 

Section  4.  The  City  Treasurer  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties,  execute  to  the  city  a good  and  sufficient  bond,  with 
sureties  approved  by  the  Council;  said  bond  to  be  in  such  sum  and  con- 
ditioned as  may  be  required  by  the  Council.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  per- 
form such  other  and  further  duties  as  may  be  required,  or  be  prescribed  by 
ordinance,  and  he  shall  receive  as  full  compensation  the  sum  of  three 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 


ARTICLE  IX. 

Police  Department. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a Chief  of  Police  of  said  City  who  shall  be 
appointed  bv  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council.  He  shall 
be  an  actual  bona  fide  resident  and  elector  of  the  city,  of  the  age  of  not  less 
than  thirty  years,  a taxpayer  in  the  city  and  citizen  of  the  State.  The  Chief 
of  Police  shall  have  power  to  appoint  an  Assistant  Chief  of  Police,  by  and 


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with  the  consent  and  subject  to  the  confirmation  of  the  Council,  and  also 
to  appoint  the  necessary  number  of  policemen  required  by  the  Council, 
such  appointees  to  be  subject  to  approval  and  confirmation  of,  and 
salaries  or  compensation  fixed  by  the  Council. 

Section  2.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  have  command  and  control  of  the 
police  force  of  the  city,  and  may  suspend  any  police  officer  for  cause  pend- 
ing investigation  by  the  City  Council.  He  shall  be  vigilant  in  the  detection 
of  crimes  and  the  speedy  apprehension  of  all  criminals  and  offenders,  and 
shall  diligently  see  that  all  ordinances  of  the  city  of  a police  nature,  the 
general  laws  and  the  provisions  of  this  charter,  are  rigidly  enforced  and 
observed. 

Section!  3.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  execute  all  process  issuing  from 
the  Municipal  Court.  In  his  absence  or  inability  to  act,  his  assistant  may  act 
in  his  place.  The  chief  of  police  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  discharge 
of  his  duties,  furnish  a bond  to  said  city  which  shall  apply  in  like  manner 
to  any  assistant  acting  in  his  stead.  Said  bond  shall  be  in  a sum  and  condi 
tioned  as  the  City  Council  shall  require  and  shall  be  approved  by  said 
council.  The  duties  of  said  Chief  of  Police  may  be  more  fully  defined  and 
provided  for  by  such  ordinances  of  the  City  Council  as  it  shall  from  time  to 
time  enact.  The  chief  of  police  shall  receive  a salary  in  the  sum  of  not  to 
exceed  twenty-four  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly 
installments.  . _ 

(As  amended  twenty-eighth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  14,  191/. 
Statutes  of  1917,  Page  171.) 


ARTICLE  X. 

Fire  Department. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  who  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council.  He  shall 
give  his  entire  time  and  attention  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  shall  see 
that  all  rules,  regulations,  laws  and  ordinances  concerning  the  department 
are  carried  into  effect  and  observed.  He  shall  diligently  observe  the  con- 
dition of  all  apparatus  in  use  by  the  department,  and,  from  time  to  time, 
shall  report  to  the  Council,  with  his  recommendations  for  the  betterment 
of  the  department  and  to  increase  its  efficiency.  He  shall  have  power,  sub- 
ject to  confirmation  by  the  Council,  to  appoint  the  necessary  number  of 
firemen  as  may  be  required  by  the  Council. 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  25,  1913. 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  380.) 

Section  2.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  have  command  and 
control  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  shall  exert  himself  to  protect  property 
from  fire  and  generally  to  exercise  the  utmost  vigilance  for  the  safety  of 
the  city  against  conflagrations.  The  Council  shall  have  power  to  enact 
ordinances  authorizing  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  to  command  the 
aid  and  assistance  of  any  person  or  persons  present  at  a fire,  and  to  punish 
disobedience  of  the  orders  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department. 

Section  3.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  in  charge  thereof  at  any 
fire,  may  cause  any  building  or  structure  to  be  pulled  down  or  destroyed, 
when  deemed  necessary  by  him  to  arrest  the  progress  of  fire,  and  no  action 
can  be  maintained  against  him  or  the  city  therefor;  but  if  any  person  having 
an  interest  in  the  building  or  structure  shall  apply  to  the  Council  within 
three  months  after  such  fire,  for  damages  or  compensation  for  such  build- 
ing or  structure,  the  Council  may,  in  its  discretion,  pay  him  such  sum  as  it 
shall  deem  just.  The  Council  may  ascertain  such  damages  by  agreement 


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with  the  owner,  by  arbitration  or  by  the  appraisal  of  a jury,  to  be  selected 
in  the  same  manner  as  in  case  of  juries  to  appraise  damages  for  taking 
private  property  for  public  use,  and  the  Council  shall  have  the  power  to 
cause  the  amount  of  any  damages  or  any  portion  thereof,  so  determined,  to 
be  defrayed  by  a special  assessment  upon  the  property  which  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Council  was  protected,  saved  or  benefited  by  the  destruction 
of  such  building  or  structure,  but  no  damages  shall  be  paid  for  any  loss 
which  would  probably  have  occurred  to  such  building  or  structure,  if  it 
had  not  been  pulled  down  or  destroyed. 

Section  4.  The  Council  may  provide  suitable  compensation  for  any  in- 
jury which  any  fireman  or  other  person  may  receive  to  his  person  or  prop- 
erty in  consequence  of  the  performance  of  his  duty  at  any  fire,  and  while 
acting  under  the  orders  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department. 

Section  5.  The  Council  may  purchase  and  provide  suitable  fire  engines 
and  such  other  apparatus,  instruments,  horses,  harness  and  all  necessary 
means  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department  as  may  be  required  for  the  ex- 
tinguishment of  fires;  and  may  sink  wells,  construct  cisterns  and  reservoirs 
in  the  streets,  public  grounds  and  other  suitable  places,  within  or  without 
the  city,  and  make  all  necessary  provisions  for  a convenient,  sufficient  and 
proper  supply  and  force  of  water  for  the  use  of  the  Fire  Department. 

Sectiom  6.  The  Council  may  also  provide  or  erect  all  necessary  and 
suitable  buildings  for  keeping  the  engines,  carriages,  horses  and  apparatus 
of  the  Fire  Department. 

Section  7.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  may,  with  the  consent 
of  and  subject  to  the  confirmation  of  the  City  Council,  appoint  an  assistant 
chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  who  shall  have  all  the  powers  and  duties  of 
the  Chief,  during  the  absence  or  inability  of  such  Chief  to  act.  The  salary 
of  such  assistant  and  all  firemen  shall  be  fixed  by  ordinance.  The  Chief 
of  the  Fire  Department  shall  receive  a salary  in  the  sum  of  twenty-one 
hundred  ($2,100)  dollars  per  annum. 

(As  amended  twenty-ninth  session  of  the  Nevada  Legislature,  March 
29,  1919.  Statutes  of  Nevada,  1919,  Page  366.) 


ARTICLE  XI. 

City  Engineer  and  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  a City  Engineer,  who  shall  be  a citizen  of 
the  State,  a bona  fide  resident  and  qualified  elector  of  the  city.  He  shall 
have  had  not  less  than  three  years  practical  experience  as  a civil  engineer, 
next  preceding  his  appointment.  The  City  Engineer  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  Council. 

Section  2.  The  City  Engineer  shall  perform  all  the  engineering  and 
surveying  required  by  the  city,  in  the  carrying  on  of  any  public  works  and 
improvements,  and  prepare  all  estimates,  plans  and  specifications  of  any 
public  improvements  or  sidewalks.  All  maps,  plats,  profiles,  field  notes, 
estimates  and  all  other  memoranda  -of  surveys  and  other  professional  work 
made  or  done  by  him  or  under  his  direction  or  control,  shall  be  and  con- 
tinued to  be  the  property  of  the  city.  He  shall  keep  a book  in  which  he 
shall  record  each  and  every  item  of  expense,  cost  or  indebtedness  incurred 
in  the  making  of  any  public  improvement  or  laying  of  sidewalks,  so  that 
the  actual  cost  of  said  work  may  at  any  time  be  ascertained,  and  the  said 
book  shall  be  open  to  inspection  by  any  person  interested  in  the  said  im- 
provement at  all  reasonable  hours.  The  City  Engineer's  office  is  hereby 


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created  an  office  of  record  for  all  maps,  plans,  plats,  profiles,  drawings, 
dedications,  final  estimates,  specifications  and  contracts,  which  in  any  way 
relate  to  the  affairs  of  the  city.  The  City  Engineer  shall  be  custodian  of 
and  must  keep  all  the  drawings  and  documents  above  mentioned  on  file, 
properly  indexed,  and  his  office  shall  be  supplied  with  necessary  books, 
cases  and  supplies  for  recording  and  filing  as  herein  required.  The  City 
Engineer  shall  be  provided  with  a seal  by  the  city  for  his  use,  containing 
the  words  “City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  Engineering  Department,”  and  said  seal 
shall  be  affixed  to  every  certification  or  approval.  He  shall  keep  all  docu- 
ments and  records  filed  in  his  office  in  good  condition  and  turn  the  same 
over  to  his  successor  in  office.  Copies  of  all  documents,  maps,  files,  esti- 
mates, plans,  profiles,  drawings,  specifications,  dedications,  and  all  other 
records  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Engineer,  when  properly  authenti- 
cated or  certified  by  the  City  Engineer,  shall  be  admitted  as  evidence  in 
all  courts  of  law,  the  same  as  documents  of  any  other  office  of  record.  The 
City  Engineer  shall  perform  such  other  and  further  duties  as  the  Council 
may  require  or  which  shall  be  prescribed  by  ordinance. 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  25,  1913. 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  325.) 

Section  3.  As  Street  Superintendent  the  City  Engineer  shall  see  that 
all  laws,  ordinances,  rules  and  regulations  concerning  the  public  streets, 
highways,  alleys  and  roads  within  the  city  are  observed  and  that  the  pen- 
alties for  any  breach  thereof  are  rigidly  enforced.  He  shall  superintend  and 
direct  the  sweeping,  cleaning  and  sprinkling  of  the  streets,  the  cleansing 
and  flushing  of  sewers  and  have  general  care  of  the  streets,  alleys  and 
highways  of  the  city,  and,  from  time  to  time,  make  such  recommendations 
as  to  their  betterment  and  improvement  as  he  shall  deem  proper.  It  shall 
be  his  duty  to  enforce  all  rules,  regulations  and  ordinances  pertaining  to 
the  streets,  alleys,  highways,  roads  and  sidewalks  in  the  city,  and  to  receive, 
investigate  and  act  on  all  complaints  concerning  the  same.  He  shall  inspect 
all  street  improvement  or  sidewalk  improvement  works  carried  on  by  the 
city  or  individuals,  and  shall  have  power  to  approve,  reject,  change  or  alter 
the  same  and  to  inspect,  approve,  reject  or  alter  the  material  used  therein 
or  the  manner  of  the  construction  thereof.  He  shall  report  to  the  Council 
from  time  to  time  and  whenever  required  and  shall  perform  such  other 
and  further  duties  as  may  be  required  by  the  Council  or  which  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  ordinance. 

Section  4.  The  City  Engineer  and  Superintendent  of  Streets  shall 
receive  a salary  in  the  sum  of  two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars  ($2,400) 
per  annum. 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  24,  1913. 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  276.) 


ARTICLE  XII. 

Legislative  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Legislative  power  of  the  city,  except  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  shall  be  vested  in  a City  Council,  consisting  of  six  members,  who 
shall  hold  office  for  the  term  of  four  years  from  and  after  the  date  of  their 
election.  They  shall  be  citizens  of  the  State,  bona  fide  residents  and  tax- 
payers in  the  city,  and  qualified  electors  of  their  respective  wards,  whose 
names  appear  upon  the  official  register  as  electors  of  such  ward,  and  resi- 
dents thereof,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  said  city;  provided,  that  no 
persons  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of  Councilman  who  shall  not  have  been 
an  actual  bona  fide  resident  in  the  ward  to  be  represented  by  him  for  the 


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period  of  at  least  six  months  immediately  preceding  the  date  of  such 
election.  # T . . __  , 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22, 
1915,  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  255.) 

Section  2.  Of  the  councilmen  elected  hereunder  at  the  next  general 
city  election,  the  one  elected  from  the  First  ward,  the  one  elected  from  the 
Second  ward,  the  one  elected  from  the  Third  ward,  the  one  elected  from  the 
Fourth  ward,  and  the  one  elected  from  the  Sixth  ward,  shall  serve  for  the 
term  of  four  years,  from  and  after  the  date  of  their  election.  Upon  the 
expiration  of  the  term  of  office  of  the  Councilman  heretofore  elected  from 
the  Fifth  ward,  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  as  provided  in  Section  3 of  this 
Article;  and  thereafter  at  each  general  city  election  one  Councilman  shall 
be  elected  from  each  ward  in  the  city  to  serve  for  the  term  of  four  years 
from  and  after  the  date  of  his  election. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22, 
1915.  Page  255.) 

Section  3.  Any  vacancy  occurring  in  the  office  of  Councilman  shall  be 
filled  by  the  Mayor  and  City  Council  at  the  first  regular  meeting  after  such 
vacancy,  when  the  Mayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  City  Council, 
appoint  some  persons  possessing  the  requisite  qualifications  as  hereinbefore 
prescribed,  and  in  case  the  person  so  nominated  is  not  confirmed  by  a 
majority  vote  of  all  the  members  elected,  the  mayor  shall . nominate 
another,  and  so  on  until  the  place  is  filled.  The  person  so  appointed  shall 
hold  such  office  until  the  election  and  qualification  of  a Councilman  therefor 
at  the  next  general  city  election. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  255.) 

Section  4.  A majority  of  all  the  members  elected  to  the  City  Council 
shall  constitute  a quorum  to  do  business,  but  a less  number  may  meet  and 
adjourn  from  time  to  time,  with  the  approval  of  the  Mayor,  compel  the 
attendance  of  the  absent  members.  The  City  Council  may  adopt,  rules  for 
the  government  of  its  members  and  proceedings.  It  must  keep  a journal  of 
all  its  proceedings  and  upon  the  call  of  any  one  member,  or  the  Mayor, 
must  cause  the  ayes  and  nays  to  be  taken  and  entered  in  its  journal  upon 
any  question  before  it.  Its  deliberations,  sessions,  and  proceedings  must 
be  public.  The  Councilmen  shall  each  receive  a salary  of  six  hundred  dol- 
lars per  annum  from  and  after  this  act  goes  into  effect. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  February  2o, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  39.) 

Section  5.  The  City  Council  shall  hold  its  regular  meetings  on  the 
second  and  fourth  Mondays  of  each  month  and  shall  continue  in  session 
until  the  unfinished  business  of  each  regular  meeting  shall  have  been  fully 
and  finally  disposed  of  as  far  as  practicable.  Special  meetings  may  also  be 
held  on  a call  of  the  Mayor,  or  by  a majority  of  all  the  members  elected 
to  the  City  Council;  provided,  that  no  ordinance  shall  be  read  or  passed, 
or  any  claim  allowed  at  such  special  meeting,  and  provided  further,  that 
no  business  shall  be  transacted  at  such  special  meeting  except  such  as  shall 
be  stated  in  the  call  thereof. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  February  26, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  39.) 

Section  6.  Upon  the  passage  of  ordinances,  or  any  resolution  appro- 
priating money,  allowing  claims,  granting,  denying,  increasing,  decreasing, 
abolishing  or  revoking  licenses  or  changing  the  rate  or  terms  of  licenses, 
the  yeas  and  nays  shall  be  taken  and  the  Clerk  shall  enter  the  same  and 
the  vote  of  each  member,  as  well  as  the  Mayor’s  vote  in  the  case  of  a tie,  in 
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Section  7.  The  style  of  ordinances  shall  be  as  follows:  “The  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  do  ordain,”  and  all  proposed  ordinances,  when 
first  proposed,  shall  be  read  aloud,  in  full,  to  the  City  Council,  and  then  laid 
over  until  the  next  regular  meeting  for  adoption  or  rejection.  All  ordinances 
shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  be  published  in  full,  together  with  the 
votes  cast  thereon,  in  some  daily  newspaper  published  in  the  city,  for  the 
period  of  at  least  one  week,  before  the  same  shall  go  into  effect,  except 
as  provided  in  Section  10,  subdivision  second,  Article  XII,  of  this  charter. 

In  all  prosecutions  for  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  charter, 
or  for  the  violation  of  any  city  ordinance,  rule,  resolution,  or  other  regula- 
tion of  the  City  Council,  whether  in  the  court  of  original  jurisdiction  or 
in  any  appellate  court,  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  plead  the  contents  of 
the  same,  but  the  court  before  which  the  proceedings  may  be  pending, 
shall  take  judicial  notice  of  this  charter  and  of  such  ordinance,  rule,  reso- 
lution, or  other  regulation,  and  of  the  contents  thereof;  and  in  all  civil 
actions  to  which  the  city,  or  any  officer  of  the  city,  is  party,  either  plaintiff 
or  defendant,  the  adoption  and  contents  of  any  ordinance,  rule,  resolution, 
or  other  regulation  of  the  City  Council  may  be  proven  prima  facie  by  the 
introduction  of  the  original  entry  thereof  on  the  records  of  the  council, 
or  copy  thereof  certified  by  the  City  Clerk,  to  be  a full,  true  and  correct 
copy  of  such  original  entry,  or  by  the  introduction  of  a printed  copy  pub- 
lished or  purported  to  have  been  published  by  authority  of  the  City  Council. 

(As  amended  twenty-eighth  session  of  the  Nevada  Legislature,  March 
5th,  1917.  Statute  of  1917,  Page  101.) 

Section  8.  The  Council  shall  have  the  power  to  punish  any  person  or 
member  thereof,  for  disorderly  conduct  in  its  presence,  and  to  compel  the 
attendance  of  witnesses  and  the  production  of  all  papers  relating  to  any 
business  before  the  Council;  and  may  punish  disobedience  of  its  subponea, 
or  any  contemptuous  or  disorderly  conduct  committed  in  its  presence,  by 
fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  fifty  days, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  The  Mayor,  Mayor  pro  tempore 
while  acting  in  the  stead  of  the  Mayor,  and  the  City  Clerk  shall  have  power 
to  administer  oaths  and  affirmations  relating  to  any  business  pertaining  to 
the  city  before  the  Council  or  to  be  considered  by  it. 

Section  9.  No  ordinance  shall  be  passed  except  by  bill  and  when  any 
ordinance  is  amended,  the  section  or  sections  thereof  shall  be  re-enacted  as 
amended  and  no  ordinance  shall  be  revised  or  amended  by  reference  only  to 
its  title.  Every  ordinance  shall  embrace  but  one  subject  and  matters  neces- 
sarily connected  therewith  and  pertaining  thereto,  and  the  subject  shall  be 
clearly  indicated  in  the  title  and  in  all  cases  where  the  subject  of  the  ordi- 
nance is  not  so  expressed  in  the  title,  the  ordinance  shall  be  void  as  to 
the  matter  not  expressed  in  the  title. 

Section  10.  The  City  Council,  among  other  things,  shall  have  power: 

First — To  fix  the  place  of  its  meetings  and  the  time  for  calling  same 
to  order,  and  to  judge  of  the  qualifications  and  election  of  its  own  members. 

Second — To  make  and  pass  all  ordinances,  resolutions,  and  orders,  not 
repugnant  to  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  State  of 
Nevada,  or  to  the  provisions  of  this  charter,  necessary  for  the  municipal 
government  and  the  management  of  the  city  affairs,  for  the  execution  of 
all  the  powers  vested  in  said  city,  and  for  making  effective  the  provisions 
of  this  charter,  and  to  cause  to  be  compiled  from  time  to  time,  not  to  ex- 
ceed once  in  every  two  years,  the  charter  and  its  amendments,  and  the 
ordinances  of  the  city  of  Reno  in  book  or  pamphlet  form,  of  which  not 
less  than  two  hundred  (200)  copies  shall  be  issued  for  general  distribution 
within  said  city,  at  a reasonable  price,  in  which  said  compilation  the  ordi- 
nances of  the  said  city  once  passed  and  published  or  posted  as  provided  in 


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Section  7 of  this  article  may  be  repealed,  revised,  amended,  and  validated 
without  further  publication. 

Third — To  levy  and  collect  annually  for  general  purposes  a tax  of  not 
to  exceed  three-quarters  of  one  per  cent  upon  the  assessed  value  of  all 
real  and  personal  property  within  the  city  and  which  is  by  law  taxable  for 
state  and  county  purposes;  and  in  addition  thereto  to  levy  and  collect  annu- 
ally a tax  of  not  to  exceed  one-quarter  of  one  per  cent  upon  the  assessed 
value  of  all  real  and  personal  property  within  the  city,  which  is  by  law 
taxable  for  state  and  county  purposes,  to  provide  a fund  for  the  payment 
of  the  interest  on  the  bonds  of  the  city  outstanding,  and  that  may  be  law- 
fully issued  and  sold  hereafter,  and  to  provide  a fund  for  the  payment  of 
the  principal  of  such  bonds,  and  for  the  redemption  thereof  as  they  shall 
mature,  and  for  no  other  purpose;  provided,  that  all  moneys  now  held  in 
any  special  fund  not  herein  provided  for  may  be  transferred  to  the  general 
fund  of  the  city. 

Fourth — To  sell,  use,  lease,  improve,  hold,  and  take  care  of  the  real 
estate  and  personal  property  of  the  city;  provided,  the  City  Council  shall 
not  have  power  to  mortgage,  hypothecate,  or  pledge  any  property  of  the 
city  for  any  purpose. 

Fifth — To  lay  out,  extend,  change  the  grade,  open,  vacate,  and  alter 
the  streets  and  alleys  within  the  city,  and  by  ordinance  require  and  provide 
for  the  macadamizing,  oiling,  curbing,  graveling,  grading  and  regrading 
paving,  draining,  cleaning,  repairing,  lighting,  surfacing  and  resurfacing 
and  widening  any  highway,  street,  or  alley,  or  otherwise  improving  same; 
also  to  provide  by  ordinance  the  improvement  and  preservation  of  the  city 
parks,  and  the  construction,  repair,  and  preservation  of  sidewalks,  crossings, 
bridges,  drains,  curbs,  gutters,  and  sewers;  for  the  prevention  and  removal 
of  obstructions  from  the  streets  and  sidewalks  of  the  city;  and  to  regulate 
and  prohibit  the  placing  of  signs,  awnings  posts,  show  windows,  and  other 
things  upon  and  over  the  sidewalk,  and  regulate  and  prohibit  the  construc- 
tion and  use  of  openings  in  the  streets  and  sidewalks,  and  all  vaults,  struc- 
tures, and  excavations  in  and  under  the  same,  and  to  prevent,  prohibit, 
and  remove  all  obstructions  and  nuisances  upon  the  sidewalks,  streets,  and 
alleys  within  the  city  limits;  and  for  that  purpose  and  for  the  purpose  of 
defraying  the  expense  thereof,  may  divide  the  city  into  districts.  Such  part 
of  the  expenses  of  improving  any  streets,  lanes,  avenues,  or  alleys  by  grad- 
ing, paving,  graveling,  curbing,  constructing  sidewalks,  or  otherwise  improv- 
ing the  same,  as  the  City  Council  shall  determine,  may  be  paid  from  the 
general  fund,  street  fund  or  district  street  fund,  from  the  proper  street  dis- 
trict, or  the  said  cost,  or  a portion  thereof,  as  the  City  Council  shall  deter- 
mine may  be  defrayed  by  special  assesments  upon  lots  and  premises 
fronting  upon  that  part  of  the  street  or  alley  so  improved  or  proposed  so 
to  be,  or  the  lands  fronting  upon  such  improvement  and  such  other  lands 
as  in  the  opinion  of  the  City  Council  may  be  benefited  by  the  improvement. 
When  the  City  Council  shall  determine  to  make  any  public  improvements, 
such  as  laying  pavements,  constructing  sewers,  drains  or  sidewalks  and 
curbing,  macadamizing,  oiling,  graveling,  or  grading  any  street  or  alleys, 
or  in  any  way  improving  the  same,  and  defrays  the  whole  or  any  part 
of  the  costs  or  expenses  thereof  by  special  assessment,  they  shall  so  declare 
by  ordinance,  stating  the  improvements  and  what  part  or  portion  of  the 
expenses  thereof  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  general  fund,  street  fund,  district 
street  fund  or  any  other  fund.  When  expenses  for  such  improvements,  or 
repairs  shall  be  assessed,  and  there  shall  be  lands  belonging  to  the  city, 
school  buildings,  or  other  public  buildings  or  public  grounds  not  taxable, 
fronting  on  such  improvements,  such  part  of  the  expense  of  such  improve- 
ment as  in  the  opinion  of  the  City  Council,  or  assessor  making  such  special 
assessment  would  be  justly  apportionable  to  such  public  grounds,  buildings, 
and  city  property,  and  to  any  interior,  squares,  or  spaces  formed  by  the 


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intersection  of  streets  where  they  are  taxable,  shall  be  paid  from  the  gen- 
eral fund,  or  from  the  proper  street  or  district  street  fund,  or  part  from 
each,  as  the  City  Council  shall  determine  to  be  just,  and  the  balance  of 
such  expense  shall  be  assessed  upon  the  taxable  lots  and  premises  fronting 
upon  such  improvement  or  improved  streets,  in  proportion  to  their  number 
of  feet  frontage;  or,  if  the  special  assessment  shall  include  other  lands  not 
fronting  upon  the  improvement,  then  upon  all  land  included  in  such  special 
assessment,  in  proportion  to  the  estimated  benefits  resulting  thereto  from 
the  improvement.  When  such  assessment  is  to  be  made  upon  lots  in  pro- 
portion to  their  frontage  upon  the  improvement,  if  from  the  shape  or  size 
of  any  lot,  the  assessment  thereon  in  proportion  to  its  frontage  would  be 
unjust  and  disproportionate  to  the  assessment  upon  other  lots,  the  City 
Council,  or  assessor  making  the  assessments,  may  assess  such  lots  or  such 
number  of  feet  frontage  as  in  their  opinion  would  be  just.  The  cost  and 
expense  of  the  following  improvement,  including  the  necessary  land  there- 
for, viz.,  for  city  hall  and  other  public  buildings  for  the  use  of  the  city, 
officers,  engine  houses  and  structures  for  the  fire  department,  water-works, 
city  prison,  levees  and  embankments,  shall  be  paid  from  the  proper  general 
fund  of  the  city;  except  that,  in  case  of  lands  appropriated  for  streets  and 
rights  of  way,  the  cost  thereof  may  be  paid  in  whole  or  in  part  from  the 
avails  of  special  assessment  to  be  levied  therefor  in  the  manner  herein 
prescribed.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  City  Council,  the  benefits  thereof 
are  special  rather  than  general  or  public,  when  by  the  provisions  of  this 
act  the  cost  and  expense  of  any  local  improvements  may  be  defrayed  in 
whole  or  in  part  by  special  assessment  upon  the  lands  fronting  and  adjacent 
to  or  otherwise  benefited  by  such  improvement,  such  assessment  may  be 
made  in  the  manner  hereinafter  specified.  When  the  City  Council  shall  de- 
termine to  make  any  public  improvement  or  repairs,  in  the  laying  of  pave- 
ments, or  constructing  sidewalks,  or  in  any  way  improving  the  streets  in 
the  city,  and  defray  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the  cost  and  expense  thereof 
by  special  assessments,  they  shall  so  declare  by  ordinance,  stating  the  im- 
provement and  what  part  or  portion  of  the  expense  thereof  shall  be  paid 
by  special  assessment,  and  what  part,  if  any,  has  been  appropriated  from 
the  general  fund  of  the  city,  from  the  street  funds,  or  district  street 
funds,  and  whether  the  assessment  is  to  be  made  according  to  benefits  or 
frontage,  and  in  case  the  assessment  is  to  be  made  according  to  benefits 
they  shall  by  apt  description  designate  the  district,  if  a special  district  is 
set  apart  therein,  including  the  lands  to  be  so  assessed;  or  in  case  there  is 
no  district  so  set  apart  they  shall  describe  definitely  the  location  of  the 
improvement  and  state  that  the  assessment  is  to  be  made  upon  all  the  lands 
benefited  thereby  according  to  benefit;  but  in  case  the  assessment  is  to  be 
made  upon  the  property  according  to  the  frontage,  it  shall  be  sufficient  in 
said  ordinances  to  so  state  with  a definite  location  of  the  improvements  to 
be  made.  It  shall  not  be  necessary  in  any  case  to  describe  minutely  in  the 
ordinance  each  particular  lot  to  be  assessed,  but  simply  to  so  designate  the 
property,  district,  or  the  location  that  the  various  parts  to  be  assessed  can 
be  ascertained  and  described  by  the  city  assessor.  Before  ordering  any 
public  improvement  or  repairs  as  provided  in  the  last  preceding  section,  any 
part  of  the  expense  of  which  is  to  be  defrayed  by  special  assessment,  the 
City  Council  shall  cause  estimates  of  the  expense  thereof  to  be  made  by  the 
City  Engineer,  and  also  plats  and  diagrams;  when  practicable,  of  the  work 
and  of  the  locality  to  be  improved,  and  deposit  the  same  with  the  City  Clerk 
for  public  examination  and  they  shall  give  notice  thereof  and  the  proposed 
improvement  or  work  and  of  the  location  of  the  improvement  and  of  the  dis- 
trict to  be  assessed,  by  publication  for  two  weeks  at  least  in  one  of  the  news- 
papers of  the  city,  by  posting  printed  notices  of  the  same  in  at  least  three 
of  the  most  public  places  in  each  ward,  and  also  a notice  in  or  near  each 
postoffice  of  said  city,  and  three  notices  near  the  site  of  the  proposed  work 


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in  some  public  and  conspicuous  place,  and  of  the  time  when  the  City  Council 
will  meet  and  consider  any  suggestions  and  objections  that  may  be  made 
by  parties  interested  with  respect  to  the  proposed  improvements.  Unless 
a majority  of  the  persons  to  be  assessed  shall  petition  therefor,  no  such 
improvement  or  work  shall  be  ordered  except  by  the  concurrence  of  two- 
thirds  of  all  members  elected  to  the  City  Council.  In  all  cases  where  the 
board  of  health  or  other  officials  of  the  city  or  the  City  Council  are  author- 
ized to  do  so,  or  cause  to  be  done,  certain  things,  the  whole  or  any  part  of 
which  may  be  charged  as  a special  assessment  upon  the  property,  and  where 
special  provisions  for  making  the  levy  are  not  herein  made,  the  City  Council 
may  cause  sworn  statements  of  the  cost  thereof,  and  of  the  location  thereof, 
to  be  made  as  provided  in  the  last  paragraph,  and  may  at  their  option  refer 
the  same  to  the  City  Assessor  and  have  the  same  assessed  against  such 
property.  The  cost  and  expenses  of  any  improvement  which  may  be  de- 
frayed by  special  assessments  shall  include  the  cost  of  surveys,  plans, 
assessments,  and  cost  of  construction.  In  no  case  shall  the  whole  amount 
be  levied  by  special  assessment  upon  any  lots  or  premises  where  any  one  im- 
provement exceeds  twenty  per  cent  of  the  value  of  such  lands  as  last  before 
valued  and  assessed  for  state  and  county  taxation  in  the  county  tax  roll. 
Any  cost  exceeding  that  per  cent  which  would  otherwise  be  chargeable 
upon  said  lots  or  premises  shall  be  paid  from  the  general  funds  of  the  city. 
The  City  Council  shall  prescribe  the  fees  and  compensation  that  may  be 
charged  in  the  work  of  making  any  special  assessment  as  part  of  the 
assessment.  No  contract  for  doing  the  work  or  making  the  improvement 
contemplated  herein  shall  be  made  or  awarded  nor  shall  the  City  Council 
incur  any  expense  or  liability  in  relation  thereto  until  after  the  notice  and 
hearing  provided  for  herein  shall  have  been  given  or  had.  But  nothing  herein 
contained  shall  be  construed  as  preventing  the  City  Council  from  advertis- 
ing for  proposals  for  doing  the  wofk  whenever  they  see  fit;  provided,  the 
contract  shall  not  be  made  or  awarded  before  the  time  herein  stated.  When 
any  special  assessment  is  to  be  made  pro  rata  upon  the  lots  or  premises  in 
any  special  assessment  district,  according  to  frontage  or  benefits,  the  City 
Council  shall,  by  ordinance,  direct  the  same  to  be  made  by  the  City  Assessor, 
and  shall  state  therein  the  amount  to  be  assessed,  and  whether  according 
to  frontage  or  benefits,  and  describe  or  designate  the  lots  and  premises,  or 
the  locality  constituting  the  district  to  be  assessed;  in  fixing  the  amount  or 
sum  of  money  that  may  be  required  to  pay  the  costs  of  any>  improvement, 
the  City  Council  ueed  not  necessarily  be  governed  by  the  estimates  of  such 
improvement  provided  for  herein,  but  the  City  Council  may  decide  upon 
such  other  sum,  within  the  limitations  described,  as  they  may  deem  neces- 
sary to  cover  the  cost  of  such  improvement.  Upon  receiving  such  order 
and  directions  the  City  Assessor  shall  make  out  an  assessment  roll,  entering 
and  describing  all  lots,  premises  and  portions  of  land  to  be  assessed  with 
the  names  of  the  persons,  if  known,  chargeable  with  the  assessments 
thereon,  and  shall  levy  thereon  and  against  such  persons  the  amount  to  be 
assessed  in  the  manner  directed  by  the  City  Council  and  the  provisions  of 
this  act  applicable  to  the  assessment;  provided,  in  all  cases  where  the 
ownership  thereof  is  unknown  to  the  assessor  he  shall,  in  lieu  of  the  name 
of  the  owner,  insert  the  name  “unknown”;  provided  also,  if  by  mistake  or 
otherwise  any  person  shall  be  improperly  designated  as  the  owner  of  any 
lot  or  premises,  or  if  the  same  shall  be  assessed  without  the  name  of  the 
owner,  or  the  name  of  the  person  other  than  the  owner,  such  assessment 
shall  not  for  any  cause  be  vitiated,  but  shall  in  all  respects  be  as  valid 
upon  and  against  such  lot,  parcel  of  land,  or  premises  as  though  assessed 
in  the  name  of  the  proper  owner,  and  when  the  assessment  roll  shall  have 
been  confirmed  and  recorded,  shall  be  a lien  on  such  lot,  parcel  or  land, 
or  premises,  and  collected  as. in  other  cases.  If  the  assessment  is  required 
to  be  according  to  the  frontage,  the  City  Assessor  shall  assess  each  lot 


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or  parcel  of  land  or  such  relative  portion  of  the  whole  amount  to  be  levied, 
as  the  length  of  front  of  such  premises  fronting  upon  the  improvement 
bears  to  the  whole  frontage  of  all  the  lots  to  be  assessed;  unless  on  account 
of  the  shape  or  size  of  any  lot  or  lots  an  assessment  for  a different  number 
of  feet  would  be  more  equitable;  and  the  frontage  of  all  lots  to  be  assessed  , 
shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  aggregate  number  of  feet  as  determined  upon  for 
assessment  by  the  city  assessor.  If  the  assessment  is  directed  to  be  accord- 
ing to  benefits,  the  city  assessor  shall  assess  upon  each  lot  such  relative 
portion  of  the  whole  sum  to  be  levied  as  shall  be  proportionate  to  the  estiT 

mated  benefit  resulting  to  such  lot  from  the  improvement.  When  the 

assessor  shall  have  completed  the  assessment  he  shall  report  the  same  to 
the  city  council.  Such  reports  shall  be  signed  by  him  and  made  in  the  torm 
of  a certificate  and  endorsed  on  the  assessment  roll  as  follows: 

State  of  Nevada,  City  of  Reno,  ss.  To  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno*  I hereby  certify  and  report  that  the  foregoing  is  the  assessment  roll 
and  the  assessment  made  by  me  pursuant  to  an  ordinance  of  the  city  council 
of  the  said  city,  adopted  (give  date),  for  the  purpose  of  paying  that  part 
of  the  cost  which  the  city  council  decided  should  be  paid  and  borne  by 
special  assessment  for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  costs  of  (e.  g.)  for 

paving  Virginia  street  from  First  street  to  Fourth  street  in  said  city  (as 

the  case  may  be),  (or  constructing  a sewer  on  Sierra  street),  (or  as  the  case 
may  be).  That  in  making  such  assessment,  I have  as  near  as  may  be  and 
according  to  my  best  judgment  conformed  in  all  things  to  the  directions 
contained  in  the  ordinance  of  the  city  council  hereinbefore  referred  to,  as 
well  as  to  the  charter  of  the  city  relating  to  such  assessment. 

Dated  Reno,  Nevada, - A.  D.,  19 

City  Assessor. 


When  any  expense  shall  be  incurred  by  the  city  upon  or  in  respect  to 
any  separate  or  single  lot,  parcel  of  land,  or  premises  which,  by  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  the  city  council  is  authorized  to  charge  and  collect  a 
special  assessment  against  the  same,  and  not  being  of  that  class  of 
special  assessment  required  to  be  made  pro  rata  upon  several  lots  or  parcels 
of  land,  on  account  of  the  labor  or  services  for  which  such  expense  was 
incurred,  verified  by  the  officer  or  person  performing  the  services  or  causing 
the  same  to  be  done,  with  the  description  of  the  lot  or  premises  upon  or  in 
respect  to  which  the  expense  was  incurred,  or  the  name  of  the  owner  or 
person,  if  known,  chargeable  therewith,  shall  be  reported  to  the  city  council 
in  such  manner  as  the  city  council  shall  present.  And  the  provisions  of  the 
previous  subdivisions  with  reference  to  special  assessments  generally  and 
the  proceedings  necessary  to  be  had  before  making  the  improvement,  shall 
not  apply  to  the  assessments  to  cover  the  expense  incurred,  in  respect  to 
that  class  of  improvements  contemplated  in  this  subdivision. 

The  city  council  shall  determine  what  amount  or  part  of  every  expense 
shall  be  charged  and  the  person,  if  known,  against  whom  and  the  premises 
upon  which  the  same  shall  be  levied  as  a special  assessment;  and  as  often 
as  the  city  council  shall  deem  it  expedient  they  shall  require  all  of  the 
several  amounts  so  reported  and  determined,  and  the  several  lots  or  prem- 
ises and  the  persons  chargeable  therewith  respectively  to  be  reported  by 
the  city  clerk  to  the  city  assessor  for  assessment. 

Upon  receiving  the  report  mentioned  in  the  preceding  subdivision  the 
city  assessor  shall  make  a special  assessment  roll  and  levy  a special  assess- 
ment therein  upon  each  lot  or  parcel  of  land  so  reported  to  him  and  against 
the  person  chargeable  therewith,  if  known,  the  whole  amount  or  amounts 
of  all  the  charges  so  directed  as  aforesaid  to  be  levied  upon  each  of  such 
lots  or  premises,  respectively,  and  when  completed  he  shall  report  the 
assessment  roll  to  the  city  council.  When  any  special  assessment  shall  be 


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reported  by  the  city  assessor  to  the  city  council  as  in  this  section  and  sub- 
division directed,  the  same  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk  and 
numbered.  Before  adopting  the  assessment  the  city  council  shall  cause 
notice  to  be  published  for  two  weeks  at  least  in  some  newspaper  of  the 
city  of  filing  of  the  same  with  the  city  clerk,  and  appointing  a time  when 
the  city  council  and  assessor  will  meet  to  review  the  assessments.  Any 
person  objecting  to  the  assessment  may  file  his  objections  thereto  in  writing 
with  the  city  clerk.  The  notice  provided  in  this  subdivision  may  be  addressed 
to  the  persons  whose  names  appear  upon  the  assessment  roll  and  to  all 
others  interested  therein,  and  may  be  in  the  following  form: 

Notice  of  Special  Assessment. 

To  (insert  the  name  of  the  persons  against  whom  the  assessment 
appears)  and  to  all  persons  interested,  take  notice:  That  the  roll  of  the 
special  assessment  heretofore  made  by  the  city  assessor  for  the  purpose  of 
defraying  that  part  of  the  costs  which  the  city  council  decided  should  be 
paid  and  borne  by  special  assessment  for  the  (e.  g.,  paving  Virginia  street 
to  Fourth  street  in  said  city),  (or  constructing  a sewer  on  Sierra  street 
between  First  street  and  Fifth  street),  or  (as  the  case  may  be),  is  now  on 
file  at  my  office  for  public  inspection.  Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  city 
council  and  city  assessor  of  the  city  of  Reno  will  meet  in  the  council  room 
in  said  room  in  said  city  on  (insert  the  date  fixed  upon),  to  review  said 
assessment,  at  which  time  and  place  opportunity  will  be  given  all  persons 
interested  to  be  heard. 

Dated City  Clerk 

At  the  time  appointed  for  the  purpose  aforesaid  the  city  council  and 
city  assessor  shall  meet  and  there,  or  at  some  adjourned  meeting,  review 
the  assessment;  and  shall  hear  any  objection  to  said  assessments  which 
may  be  made  by  any  person  deeming  himself  aggrieved  thereby,  and  shall 
decide  the  same;  and  the  city  council  may  correct  the  same  as  to  any 
assessment  or  description  of  the  premises,  appearing  therein,  and  may  con- 
firm it  as  reported  or  as  corrected,  or  they  may  refer  the  assessment  back 
to  the  city  assessor  for  revision;  or  annul  it  and  direct  a new  assessment: 
in  which  case  the  same  proceedings  shall  be  had  as  in  respect  to  the  previous 
assessment.  When  a special  assessment  shall  be  confirmed  the  city  clerk 
shall  make  an  endorsement  upon  the  roll  showing  the  date  of  confirmation 
which  shall  be  in  the  following  words:  “Special  assessment  roll  for  (de- 
scribing fully  what  the  assessment  is  for),  as  approved  by  the  city  council, 

the ...day  of (month),  19 

(affixing  the  time). 

“Dated City  Clerk.” 

Sixth — When  any  special  assessment  roll  shall  be  confirmed  by  the  city 
council  it  shall  be  final  and  conclusive  except  as  hereinafter  provided;  but 
no  such  assessment  shall  be  confirmed  except  by  a two-thirds  vote  of  all 
the  members  elected  to  the  city  council.  The  city  clerk  and  clerk  of  the 
city  council  shall  thereupon  deliver  to  the  county  auditor,  acting  ex  officio 
city  auditor,  the  assessment  roll  as  confirmed  by  the  city  council,  with  his 
certificate  of  such  confirmation,  and  of  the  date  thereof.  The  county  auditor, 
acting  ex  officio  city  auditor,  shall  thereupon,  without  extra  compensation, 
record  such  assessment  roll  in  his  office,  in  a suitable  book  to  be  kept  for 
that  purpose,  and  append  thereto  his  certificate  of  the  date  of  such  record- 
ing, whereupon  from  said  date  all  persons  shall  be  deemed  to  have  notice 
of  the  contents  of  such  assessment  roll.  Said  roll  when  so  endorsed  and 
recorded  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  in  all  courts  and  tribunals  of  the 


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regularity  of  all  proceedings  preliminary  to  the  making  thereof  and  of  the 
validity  of  said  assessment  and  assessment  roll. 

All  special  assessments  shall,  from  the  date  of  recording  thereof,  con- 
stitute a lien  upon  the  respective  lots  or  parcels  of  land  assessed,  and  shall 
be  charged  against  the  persons  and  properties  until  paid.  Upon  the  confir- 
mation and  recording  of  any  assessment,  the  amount  thereof  may  be  divided 
into  not  more  than  ten  installments,  one  of  which  installments  to  be  col- 
lected yearly,  or  the  entire  amount  thereof  to  be  collected  at  once,  in  a 
manner  hereinafter  prescribed,  with  annual  interest  thereon  at  a rate  not 
exceeding  seven  per  cent. 

All  special  assessments,  except  such  installments  thereof  as  the  city 
council  shall  make  payable  at  a future  time,  shall  be  due  and  payable  upon 
recording,  and  suit  may  be  commenced  for  the  collection  thereof  in  the 
name  of  the  city  of  Reno  in  the  same  manner  as  any  other  action  for  money 
owed  the  city  of  Reno;  provided,  the  court  shall  order  the  property,  or 
sufficient  thereof  to  cover  the  amount  of  judgment  and  costs,  sold,  and  the 
proceedings  in  said  action,  where  the  same  are  not  inconsistent,  shall  be 
the  same  as  is  provided  in  the  civil  practice  act  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  and 
whenever  the  words  “justice  court,”  “justice  of  the  peace,”  and  “constable” 
are  used  in  said  civil  practice  act  the  same  shall  be  held  to  mean  police 
court,  police  judge,  and  chief  of  police,  respectively,  for  the  purposes  of 
said  action. 

Should  any  lots  or  lands  be  divided  after  a special  assessment  thereon 
shall  have  been  confirmed  and  divided  into  installments  and  before  the 
collection  of  the  installments,  the  city  council  may  require  the  city  assessor 
to  apportion  the  uncollected  amounts  upon  the  several  parts  of  lands  so 
divided.  The  report  of  such  apportionment  when  confirmed  shall  be  con- 
clusive on  all  the  parties,  and  all  assessments  thereafter  made  upon  such 
lots  or  lands  shall  be  according  to  such  subdivisions. 

Should  any  special  assessment  prove  insufficient  to  pay  for  the  im- 
provement of  work  for  which  it  is  levied,  and  the  expense  incident  thereto, 
the  amount  of  such  deficiency  shall  be  paid  from  the  general  fund  in  the 
treasury  of  the  city;  and  in  case  a greater  amount  shall  have  been  collected 
than  was  necessary  the  excess  shall  be  refunded  ratably  to  those  by  whom 
it  was  paid. 

Whenever  any  special  assessment  shall,  in  the  opinion  of  the  city 
council,  be  invalid  by  reason  of  any  irregularity  or  informality  in  the  pro- 
ceedings, or  if  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  shall  adjudge  such 
assessments  to  be  illegal,  the  city  council  shall,  whether  the  improvement 
has  been  made  or  not,  or  whether  any  part  of  the  assessments  have  been 
paid  or  not,  have  power  to  cause  a new  assessment  to  be  made  for  the 
same  purpose  for  which  the  former  assessment  was  made.  All  of  the  pro- 
ceedings for  such  reassessment  and  for  the  collection  thereof  shall  be  con- 
ducted in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for  special  assessment  in  this  act. 

Whenever  any  sum  or  any  part  thereof  levied  upon  any  premises  in 
the  assessment  so  set  aside  has  been  paid  and  not  refunded,  the  payment 
so  made  shall  be  applied  upon  the  reassessment  on  said  premises;  and  the 
assessment  to  that  extent  be  deemed  satisfied. 

No  judgment  or  decree  nor  any  act  of  the  city  council  vacating  a spe- 
cial assessment  shall  destroy  or  impair  the  lien  of  the  city  upon  the 
premises  assessed  for  such  amount  of  the  assessment  as  may  be  equitably 
charged  against  the  same  or  as  by  regular  mode  of  proceedings  might  have 
been  lawfully  assessed  thereon. 

When  any  special  assessment  shall  be  confirmed,  recorded,  and  be  pay- 
able, and  the  city  council  desires  to  have  the  same  paid  in  annual  install- 
ments, or  the  entire  amount  thereof  to  be  paid  at  once,  as  hereinbefore  pro- 
vided, the  city  council  may,  by  resolution,  direct  the  city  clerk  to  report 
to  the  city  assessor  a description  of  such  lots  and  premises  as  are  contained 


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in  said  roll,  with  the  amount  of  the  assessment  levied  upon  each,  or  the 
amount  of  the  annual  installment  with  the  interest  added,  or  the  entire 
amount  thereof  to  be  paid  at  once,  and  the  name  of  the  owner  or  occupant 
against  whom  the  assessment  was  made,  and  to  require  the  city  assessor  to 
levy  the  several  sums  so  assessed  as  a tax  upon  the  several  lots  or  premises 
to  which  they  were  assessed  respectively,  and  the  city  council  shall  annually 
and  at  the  same  time  the  city  tax  levy  is  made  continue  to  so  require  the 
city  assessor  to  levy  the  said  installments  of  special  assessments  until  the 
whole  sum  assessed  with  interest  thereon  has  been  paid.  Upon  receiving 
such  report,  the  city  assessor  shall  levy  the  sums  therein  mentioned  upon 
the  respective  lots  and  premises  to  which  they  were  assessed  and  against 
the  persons  chargeable  therewith  as  a tax  in  the  general  assessment  roll 
next  thereafter  to  be  made  in  a column  for  special  assessments,  and  the 
county  auditor,  acting  ex  officio  city  auditor,  shall  extend  the  same  on  said 
roll  in  the  same  manner  as  state  and  county  taxes  or  assessments  are  ex- 
tended, and  thereupon  the  amount  so  levied  in  said  assessment  roll  shall  be 
collected  and  enforced  with  the  other  taxes  in  the  assessment  roll  by  the 
county  tax  receiver,  acting  ex  officio  city  tax  receiver,  and  in  the  same 
manner,  and  shall  continue  to  be  a lien  upon  the  premises  assessed  until 
paid,  and  when  collected  shall  be  credited  to  the  proper  funds;  provided, 
that  nothing  in  this  paragraph  set  forth  shall  be  construed  as  preventing 
the  city  of  Reno  from  collecting  any  special  assessment  by  suit  in  the  name 
of  the  city  of  Reno  in  the  manner  in  this  subdivision  before  contained,  and 
the  said  special  assessment  roll  and  the  certified  resolution  confirming  it, 
as  recorded,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  regularity  of  the  proceed- 
ings in  making  the  assessment  and  of  the  right  of  the  city  to  recover  judge- 
ment therefor. 

If  in  any  action  for  the  collection  of  any  assessment  it  shall  appear 
by  reason  of  any  irregularity  or  informality  that  the  assessment  has  not 
been  properly  made  against  the  defendant,  or  the  lot  or  the  premises  sought 
to  be  charged,  the  court  may,  nevertheless,  on  satisfactory  proof  that  the 
expense  has  been  incurred  by  the  city  which  is  a proper  charge  against  the 
defendant,  or  the  lot  or  premises  in  question,  render  judgment  for  the 
amount  properly  chargeable  against  such  defendant  or  upon  such  lot  or 
premises. 

The  city  council  of  the  city  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  em- 
powered to  correct  or  amend  the  said  special  assessment  roll,  by  resolution, 
at  any  time  after  confirmation  and  recording  of  the  same,  so  as  to  make 
it  conform  to  the  actual  cost  of  the  work  for  which  the  same  was  levied, 
and  all  changes  in  said  roll  shall  be  made  by  resolution,  by  a two-thirds 
vote  of  all  the  members  elected  to  the  city  council,  and  the  said  resolution, 
or  a copy  thereof  certified  by  the  clerk  of  the  city  council  as  being  a true 
copy,  shall  be  posted  in  the  said  special  assessment  roll  and  shall  constitute 
conclusive  authority  for  the  change  so  made. 

In  construing  the  fifth  and  sixth  powers  of  Section  Ten,  Article  Twelve, 
anything  in  this  act  contrary  thereto  shall  not  be  deemed  in  conflict  with 
the  provisions  of  said  powers. 

Seventh — To  organize,  regulate,  maintain,  and  disband  a Are  depart- 
ment, to  provide  for  the  extinguishment  of  fire  and  protection  against  the 
same;  to  regulate  or  prohibit  the  storage  of  gunpowder  or  other  explosive, 
combustible  or  inflammable  material  within,  or  transported  through  the 
city,  and  to  prescribe  the  distance  from  said  city  where  the  same  may  be 
stored,  held,  or  kept;  to  regulate  the  selling,  using,  or  keeping  of  fire- 
crackers, fireworks,  and  the  giving  of  any  exhibition  of  fireworks  within  the 
city  limits  and  any  designated  portion  thereof. 

Eighth — To  determine,  by  ordinance,  what  shall  be  deemed  nuisances, 
and  to  provide  for  the  abatement,  prevention,  and  removal  of  the  same  by 
the  city  or  at  the  expense  of  the  parties  creating,  maintaining,  causing,  or 


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committing  such  nuisances,  and  to  provide  for  the  penalty  and  punishment 

of  the  same.  . „ , . 

Ninth — To  provide  for  safeguarding  the  health  of  the  city,  ror  this 
purpose,  the  city  council  may  appoint  a city  board  of  health  and  by 
ordinance,  prescribe  its  duties  and  powers,  and  provide  that  any  violation 
of  any  order  of  the  board  of  health  shall  be  considered  a misdemeanor. 

Tenth — To  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  and  to  regulate  all 
character  of  lawful  trades,  callings,  industries,  occupations,  professions  and 
business  conducted  in  whole  or  in  part  within  the  city,  including  all  theaters, 
theatrical  or  melodeon  performances,  and  performances  of  any,  every  and 
all  kinds  for  which  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  or  which  may  be  held  in 
any  house,  place,  or  enclosure  where  wines,  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or 
intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away;  circuses,  billiard  tables,  pool 
tables,  bowling  alleys,  and  all  exhibitions  and  amusements.  To  fix,  impose, 
and  collect  a license  tax  on  and  regulate  all  taverns,  hotels,  restaurants, 
chop  houses,  cafes,  saloons,  eating-houses,  lunch  counters,  barrooms,  lodg- 
ing-houses, accommodating  four  or  more  lodgers,  manufacturers,  laundries, 
livery  stables,  sale  stables,  cattle  or  horse  corrals,  express  companies,  tele- 
graph and  telephone  companies,  oil  wells  or  tanks,  oil  refiners,  tanneries, 
foundries,  brickyards,  pressed-brick  yards,  street  railway  companies  operat- 
ing in  whole  or  in  part  within  the  city.  To  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license 
tax  on  and  regulate  auctioneers  and  stock  brokers.  To  fix,  impose  and 
collect  a license  tax  on,  regulate,  prohibit,  or  suppress  all  tippling  houses, 
dram  shops,  saloons,  bars,  barrooms,  raffles,  hawkers,  peddlers,  except  those 
dealing  in  their  own  agricultural  products  of  this  state.  To  fix,  impose,  and 
collect  a license  tax  on,  regulate,  prescribe  the  location  of,  or  suppress,  all 
saloons,  barrooms,  gambling  games,  tippling  houses,  dram  shops,  any  and 
all  places  where  intoxicating  drinks  are  sold  or  given  away,  street  fakirs, 
street  peddlers,  except  as  above  stated,  fortune  tellers,  mediums,  astrolo- 
gers, palmists,  clairvoyants,  phrenologists,  pawn  shops,  pawn  brokers,  oil 
wells,  oil  tanks,  oil  refineries,  soap  manufacturers,  brick  yards,  livery,  feed, 
or  sale  stables,  cattle  or  horse  corrals,  foundries,  and  machine  shops.  To 
prohibit  and  suppress  all  dog  fights,  prize  fights,  cock  fights,  bear,  bull,  or 
badger  baits,  sparring  and  sparring  contests.  To  regulate,  prohibit  prescribe 
the  location  of,  and  suppress,  all  houses  of  ill-fame,  hurdy-gurdy  houses, 
bawdy  houses,  and  any  and  all  places  where  persons  resort  to  for  lewd  or 
lascivious  purposes,  or  purposes  of  lewdness  or  prostitution,  including  dance 
houses  and  saloons  having  special  attractions,  such  as  music  or  otherwise. 
To  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  and  regulate  all  lawful  profes- 
sions, trades,  callings,  and  business  whatsoever,  including  grocers, 
merchants  of  any,  every,  and  all  kinds,  of  trades  and  traders  of  all  kinds, 
hotels,  butcher  shops,  slaughter  houses,  wood  and  fuel  dealers,  coal  dealers, 
sewing  machine  agents,  marble  or  stone  dealers,  saddle  or  harness  makers 
or  shops,  cigar  stores,  stationery  stores,  confectionery  stores,  newspaper 
stands,  plumbing  shops,  tin  shops  when  separate  from  hardware  stores, 
hardware  stores,  paint  or  oil  stores,  bicycle  shops,  garages,  repair  shops, 
cycleries,  warehouses,  cold  storage  plants,  daily,  weekly,  semi-weekly, 
monthly,  and  semi-monthly  newspapers  or  publications,  ice  peddlers,  in- 
surance companies,  fire,  life  and  accident,  and  agents  or  solicitors  for  the 
same,  surety  companies,  and  agents  or  solicitors  for  the  same,  shooting 
galleries,  upholsterers,  soap  factories,  barber  shops,  collection  agencies,  and 
collectors,  carpet  cleaners,  photographers,  wagon  makers,  wheelwrights, 
blacksmith  shops,  horseshoeing  shops,  tailors  and  tailor  shops,  shoe  shops, 
cobblers,  tinkers,  cloth-cleaning  and  dyeing  establishments,  all  billiard  or 
pool  games  or  other  or  any  table  games  played  with  cue  and  balls  or  other 
mechanical  device,  bakeries,  milliners,  gunsmith  shops,  steam  renovating 
works,  dressmaking  establishments,  railroad,  telegraph  and  telephone  com- 
panies, stage  companies,  electric  light,  water,  and  power  companies,  bankers 


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and  brokers  of  any,  every,  and  all  kinds,  electrical  supply  houses,  job 
printers,  manufacturers  of  soda  water,  or  other  or  any  soft  drinks,  or  of 
beer,  malt,  spirituous,  or  vinous  liquors  or  other  or  any  alcoholic  beverages, 
brewing  companies,  brewing  agencies,  patent  medicine  agencies,  agencies  of 
any  and  all  kinds,  wholesale  liquor  houses,  or  purchasers  or  brokers,  samp- 
ling works,  flour  mills,  city  express  and  job  wagons,  draymen,  second-hand 
stores,  messenger  service  establishments,  contracts,  contracting  mechanics  or 
builders,  sash  and  door  factories,  planing  mills,  machine  shops,  car  shops, 
building  and  loan  companies  and  agents  or  solicitors  for  the  same,  real  estate 
agents,  real  estate  solicitors,  popcorn,  peanut,  delicatessen,  fruit  and 
lemonade  stands,  refreshment  or  coffee  stands,  booths  and  sheds,  drygoods 
stores  of  every,  any,  and  all  kinds,  boot  and  shoe  stores,  furniture  stores, 
drug  stores,  undertakers,  glass  and  crockery  stores,  tamale  stands  or  shops, 
abstract  of  title  companies,  or  persons  furnishing  the  same,  iron  works, 
notions  and  notion  stores,  pipe  and  tobacco  stores,  advertising  by  billboards, 
placards  and  the  like,  bootblacks  and  bootblack  stands,  gun  stores,  sporting, 
hunting,  and  fishing  tackle  stores,  jewelry  stores,  resorts  for  amusements 
of  all  kinds,  and  all  and  singular,  each  and  every,  and  any  business,  and  all 
trades  and  professions,  including  attorneys,  doctors,  physicians,  and  dentists, 
and  all  character  of  lawful  business  or  callings  not  herein  specifically  named; 
provided,  that  in  fixing  licenses,  the  city  council  must  as  nearly  as  prac- 
ticable, make  the  same  uniform  in  proportion  to  the  approximate  amount  of 
business  done  by  the  licensee;  and  provided  further,  that  in  fixing  licenses 
hereunder,  the  city  council  must  have  due  regard  for  and  be  governed  as 
far  as  possible  by,  the  approximate  amount  or  volume  of  business  done  by 
each  person,  firm,  company,  association,  or  corporation  thus  licensed. 

Eleventh- — To  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on,  and  regulate 
all  saloons,  barrooms,  dram-shops,  bars,  tippling  houses,  or  places  where 
spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away;  and 
to  limit  the  number  of  saloons  and  all  other  retail  liquor  licenses,  and  to 
revoke  the  same. 

Twelfth — To  fix,  impose,  and  collect  an  annual  per  capita  tax  on  all 
dogs  and  to  provide  for  the  capture  and  destruction  of  all  dogs  on  which 
said  tax  shall  not  be  paid.  To  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on  and 
regulate  hacks,  hackney  coaches,  cabs,  omnibuses,  express  wagons,  drays, 
job  wagons,  and  all  other  vehicles  used  for  hire,  and  to  regulate  the  stands 
of  all  hacks,  hackney  coaches,  cabs,  omnibuses,  express  wagons,  drays,  job 
wagons,  and  all  other  vehicles  used  for  hire,  and  to  regulate  their  rates  of 
fare,  and  to  require  schedules  of  rates  to  be  posted  on  or  upon  such  public 
vehicles.  To  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on,  regulate,  prohibit,  or 
suppress  runners  for  hotels,  taverns,  or  other  business. 

Thirteenth — To  prevent  and  restrain  any  riot  or  riotous  assemblage  or 
disorderly  conduct  within  the  city,  and  to  provide  for  the  punishment  of 
the  same. 

Fourteenth — To  provide  for  the  formation  of  a chain  gang  for  persons 
convicted  of  offenses  against  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  and  for  their  proper 
employment  for  the  benefit  of  the  city,  and  to  safeguard  and  prevent  their 
escape  while  being  so  employed. 

Fifteenth — To  provide  for  conducting  all  city  elections,  regular  or  spe- 
cial, establishing  election  precincts,  changing  the  same,  and  appointing  the 
necessary  officers  of  election. 

Sixteenth — To  regulate  the  speed  at  which  cars,  automobiles,  bicycles, 
and  other  vehicles  may  run  within  the  city  limits,  and  to  prescribe  the 
length  of  time  any  street  may  be  obstructed  by  trains  being  made  up  or 
cars  standing  thereon,  and  to  require  railway  companies,  at  the  expense  of 
said  railway  companies,  either  to  erect  safety  gates  and  maintain  the  same, 
or  to  station  flagmen  or  place  such  sufficient  warning  signals  or  signal  bells 
on  street  crossings  as  may,  ip  the  judgment  of  the  city  council  be  necessary, 


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and  to  require  street  railway  cars  to  be  provided  with  modern  fenders,  and 
sufficient  heat  and  other  conveniences  for  the  passengers  and  employees,  and 
to  have  warning  or  signal  bells  rung  at  all  street  crossings,  and 
generally  to  regulate  and  control  the  same  for  the  comfort,  safety,  and 
security  of  pedestrians  and  the  traveling  public.  And  the  city  council  of 
the  city  of  Reno  is  hereby  vested  with  full  power  and  authority  to  exercise 
the  right  of  eminent  domain  in  all  cases  where  the  same  is  deemed  necessary 
to  condemn  a right  of  way  for  street  or  other  public  purposes  over  and 
across  any  railroad  right  of  way. 

Seventeenth— To  examine  all  books,  papers,  reports,  and  statements  of 
the  several  officers  or  other  persons  having  custody,  care,  or  disbursement 
of  any  moneys  belonging  to  the  city,  and  to  examine  and  liquidate  all 
accounts  and  claims  against  the  city  and  to  allow  or  reject  the  same  or  any 

part  thereof.  . „ „ . . . 

Eighteenth — To  provide  for  the  issuance  of  all  licenses  in  this  charter 
authorized  and  to  fix  the  amount  thereof  and  the  times  for,  manner  of  and 
terms  upon  which  the  same  shall  be  issued. 

Nineteenth — To  make  all  appropriations,  examine  and  audit,  reject  or 
allow  the  accounts  of  all  officers,  or  other  persons  having  the  care  or  cus- 
tody of  any  city  moneys  or  property  and  to  determine  the  fee  or  salary  of 
such  officer  or  person,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  to  make  con- 
tracts and  agreements  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  city,  such  contracts  to 
specify  the  fund  out  of  which  payment  for  the  same  is  to  be  made;  provided, 
that  in  no  case  shall  a liability  be  created  or  warrant  drawn  against  any 
fund  beyond  the  actual  amount  then  existing  in  such  fund  wherewith  to  meet 
the  same. 

Twentieth — To  control,  enlarge,  or  abolish  cemeteries  and  to  sell  or 
lease  lots  therein;  to  control  and  regulate  the  interments  therein  and  to 
prohibit  them  within  the  city  limits,  and  to  prescribe  the  distance  from 
said  limits,  where  the  same  may  be  located;  and  to  provide  for  the  issuance 
of  burial  or  transit  permits,  and  make  a charge  therefor. 

Twenty-first — To  establish,  lay  out  and  change  fire  limits  and  regulate 
or  prevent  the  erection  or  repair  of  wooden  buildings  therein;  to  regulate 
and  perscribe  the  material  to  be  used  in  the  construction  or  repair  of  build- 
ings or  sheds  in  such  limits  and  to  prevent  the  erection  or  construction  of 
anv  buildings  or  sheds  of  other  material;  to  regulate,  prescribe  the  material 
of,  and  prohibit  awnings,  porches,  signs,  placards  or  billboards  over  side- 
walks, or  cross  streets,  and  to  regulate  the  same  throughout  the  city. 

Twenty-second — To  provide  by  ordinance,  for  supplemental  registration 
of  all  persons  possessing  the  requisite  qualifications  of  voters  in  said  city 
and  whose  names  do  not  appear  on  the  official  register  of  voters  in  said  city 
for  the  next  preceding  general  election;  such  supplemental  registration  may 
be  had  every  four  years  before  the  police  judge,  and  conform  as  nearly  as 
possible  with  the  requirement  of  general  laws  governing  registration  of 
persons  for  general  elections;  provided,  that  no  such  supplemental  regis- 
tration shall  be  had  or  taken  later  than  thirty  days  preceding  any  regular 
city  election,  and  the  registration  books  shall  be  closed  at  least  ten  days 
before  the  day  of  election. 

Twenty-third — To  provide  and  maintain  a city  prison  and  provide  for 
the  guarding,  safe-keeping,  care,  feeding,  and  clothing  of  the  city  prisoners. 

Twenty-fourth — To  prevent  or  regulate  the  running  at  large  in  the  city 
of  any  poultry,  hogs,  sheep,  goats,  swine,  horses,  cows,  or  animals;  to 
establish  and  maintain  a pound  and  to  authorize  the  impounding,  sale,  or 
disposal  of  any  animals  found  running  at  large,  and  to  authorize  the  de- 
struction of  all  fowls  or  poultry  running  at  large. 

Twenty-fifth — To  regulate  or  prohibit  the  use  of  steam  boilers;  the 
location  of  telegraph,  telephone,  electric  light  and  other  poles,  and  the  sus- 


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pension  thereon  of  wires,  and  the  construction  of  entrances  to  cellars  and 
basements  from  sidewalks. 

Twenty-sixth — To  prevent  and  regulate  the  erection  or  maintenance  of 
insecure  or  unsafe  buildings,  walls,  chimneys,  stacks,  or  other  structures; 
to  prescribe  the  manner  of  construction  and  location  of  drains  and  sewers; 
to  lay  out,  change,  and  create  sewer  districts;  to  require  connections  with 
sewers;  to  require  the  owners,  lessees  or  other  persons  in  control  or  pos- 
sssion  of  public  buildings  or  buildings  used  for  public  purposes,  including 
hotels,  dancing  halls,  theaters,  and  theater  buildings,  to  place  in  or  upon 
the  same  fire  escapes  and  appliances  for  protection  against  the  extinguish- 
ment of  fire;  to  prevent  the  construction  and  cause  the  removal  of  danger- 
ous chimneys,  stovepipes,  ovens  and  boilers,  and  to  prevent  the  depositing 
of  sewer  filth,  offal,  manure,  or  other  offensive  matter  in  the  city;  to  pre- 
vent the  depositing  of  ashes,  rubbish,  shavings,  or  any  combustible  material 
in  unsafe  places;  to  regulate  and  compel  the  abating,  removal,  or  cleansing, 
at  the  expense  of  the  person  in  possession  or  responsible  therefor,  of  all 
nauseous  matter;  filth,  accumulated  rubbish,  debris,  nauseous,  stinking  or 
foul  privy  vaults;  and  if  after  the  city  council  has  given  written  notice  to 
the  owner  or  agent  of  any  lot  or  premises  to  clean  the  same  of  any  accumu- 
lated rubbish,  garbage,  or  filth,  the  said  owner  or  agent  refuses  or  fails  for 
a period  of  two  days  from  and  after  receipt  of  said  notice  so  to  do,  the 
city  council  may  remove  the  said  rubbish,  garbage  or  filth  and  collect  the 
cost  of  said  removal  by  suit  against  the  said  owner  and  lot  or  premises, 
and  the  cost  of  said  removal  shall  be  a lien  against  the  said  lot  or  premises 
until  paid,  and  in  the  said  action  for  recovery  of  the  cost  of  said  removal 
it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  join  as  defendant  any  party  other  than  the 
name  of  the  actual  record  owner  and  the  said  lot  or  premises. 

Twenty-seventh — To  regulate  the  entrance  to  and  exit  from  theaters,  lec- 
ture rooms,  public  halls,  and  churches,  and  the  number  and  construction  of 
such  entrances  and  exits,  and  to  prohibit  the  placing  of  chairs,  stools,  or 
benches  in  or  crowding  or  otherwise  impending  or  obstructing  the  passage- 
ways, aisles,  entrances  or  exits  of  such  places. 

Twenty-eighth — To  regulate  and  control  the  construction  and  mainten- 
ance of  any  tubes,  pipes,  or  pipe  lines,  conduits,  ditches,  signal  bells,  warning 
signs,  and  other  electrical,  telegraph,  and  mechanical  appliances  in,  along, 
over,  under,  and  across  the  streets  and  alleys;  provided,  that  no  such  appli- 
ances shall  be  placed  so  as  to  interfere  with  the  fire  alarm  system,  or  the 
extinguishment  of  fires,  or  permanently,  with  the  free  use  of  the  streets, 
sidewalks  or  alleys. 

Twenty-ninth — To  require  every  railroad  and  street  railway  company 
to  keep  the  streets  in  repair  between  the  tracks  and  along  and  within  the 
distance  of  two  feet  upon  each  side  of  the  tracks,  and  to  require  all  street 
railway  companies  to  sprinkle  the  streets  between  their  tracks,  and  for  a 
reasonable  distance  on  each  side  thereof. 

Thirtieth — To  require  upon  such  notice  as  the  city  council  may  direct, 
any  noxious  or  offensive  smell,  filth,  or  debris  to  be  abated,  removed,  or 
otherwise  destroyed,  at  the  expense  of  the  person  or  persons  causing,  com- 
mitting, or  responsible  therefor,  and  the  city  council  in  like  manner  may 
require  or  cause  any  lots  or  portions  of  lots  covered  by  stagnant  water  for 
any  period,  to  be  filled  up  to  such  level  as  will  prevent  the  same  from  being 
so  covered,  and  may  assess  the  cost  or  any  portion  thereof,  of  filling,  upon 
such  real  estate  and  make  the  same  a lien  thereon,  in  which  case  said  lien 
shall  be  preserved,  enforced,  and  foreclosed  as  in  other  cases  herein  pro- 
vided for. 

Thirty-first — To  provide  for  and  regulate  the  manner  of  weighing  of 
all  food  products  and  food  stuffs,  and  hay,  grain,  straw,  and  coal,  and  the 
measuring  and  selling  of  firewood  and  of  all  fuel  within  the  city,  and  to 
provide  for  the  seizure  and  forfeiture  of  such  articles  offered  for  sale  which 


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do  not  comply  with  such  regulations,  and  to  examine,  test  and  provide  for 
the  inspection  and  sealing  of  all  weights  and  measures  throughout  the  city 
and  enforce  the  keeping  by  traders  and  dealers,  of  proper  weights  and 
measures  duly  tested  and  sealed,  and  by  ordinance  provide  a penalty  for 
the  using  of  false  weights  or  measures. 

Thirty-second — To  restrain  and  punish  vagrants,  drunkards,  drunken- 
ness, disorderly  persons,  common  prostitutes,  mendicants,  street  walkers, 
street  solicitors  for  alms  or  otherwise,  street  beggars,  house  beggars,  and 
lewd  persons;  to  suppress  and  abolish  houses  of  assignation,  or  places 
resorted  to  by  persons  for  the  purpose  of  prostitution  or  immoral  purposes; 
to  prevent  diseased,  maimed,  injured,  or  unfortunate  persons  from  display- 
ing their  infirmities  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  alms,  and  to  prevent  and 
punish  obscene  language,  or  conduct,  indecent  exposure  of  person,  loud 
and  threatening  or  lewd  language,  or  profane  language  in  the  presence 
and  hearing  of  women  or  children,  and  all  obnoxious,  offensive,  immoral, 
indecent,  and  disorderly  conduct  and  practices  in  the  city;  to  prevent  and 
punish  the  discharging  of  firearms  in  the  city,  the  lighting  of  fires  in  yards, 
streets,  or  alleys,  or  other  unsafe  places  anywhere  within  the  city;  to  prevent 
and  punish  the  carrying  of  weapons,  concealed  or  otherwise;  to  prevent  and 
punish  fast  driving,  fast  horseback  riding;  or  the  riding  or  breaking  to  drive 
of  wild  or  unmanageable  horses  in  the  city;  to  require  that  all  horses  when 
left  standing  shall  be  hitched  to  post  or  weight,  and  to  prescribe  the  length 
of  time  any  horse  or  animal  may  be  allowed  to  remain  tied,  held,  or  other- 
wise kept  on  the  streets  or  alleys  of  the  city. 

Thirty-third — To  prevent  and  punish  all  persons  from  showing,  selling, 
or  exhibiting  for  sale  or  in  any  manner  publishing  any  obscene  or  indecent 
drawings,  engravings,  paintings,  books,  or  pamphlets,  and  all  obscene  or 
indecent  exhibitions  and  shows  of  every  kind. 

Thirty-fourth — To  regulate  the  use,  sale,  and  methods  and  means  of 
distribution  of  water,  gas,  electric,  and  other  lights  in  the  city;  to  fix  and 
determine  the  price  as  well  as  the  rentals  of  all  water,  gas,  and  electric 
light  meters  within  the  city;  and  to  provide  for  the  inspection  of  such 
meters;  to  regulate  telephone  service  and  the  use  of  telephones,  and  to  fix 
and  determine  the  charges  for  telephones,  telephone  service,  and  connections 
within  the  city;  provided,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  held  to 
supercede  any  state  law  upon  this  subject,  so  long  as  any  such  state  law 
may  be  in  effect. 

Thirty-fifth — To  provide  for  the  lighting  of  the  streets  and  public  build- 
ings and  places  of  the  city  and  to  regulate  such  lighting. 

Thirty-sixth — To  regulate  lodging,  tenement,  and  apartment  houses 
having  four  or  more  lodgers;  to  prevent  the  overcrowding  of  the  same, 
and  to  require  the  same  to  be  kept  in  a sanitary  condition. 

Thirty-seventh — To  adopt  and  enforce  by  ordinance,  all  such  measures 
and  establish  all  such  regulations  in  case  no  express  provision  is  in  this 
charter  made,  as  the  city  council  may  from  time  to  time  deem  expedient 
and  necessary  for  the  promotion  and  protection  of  health,  comfort,  safety, 
life,  welfare,  and  property  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  city,  the  preservation  of 
peace  and  good  order,  the  promotion  of  public  morals  and  the  suppression 
and  prevention  of  vice  in  the  city,  and  to  pass  and  enact  ordinances  on  any 
other  subject  of  municipal  control  or  to  carry  into  force  or  effect  any  other 
powers  of  the  city,  and  to  do  and  perform  any,  every  and  all  acts  and 
things  necessary  or  required  for  the  execution  of  the  powers  conferred  or 
which  may  be  necessary  to  fully  carry  out  the  purpose  and  intent  thereof. 

Thirty-eighth — To  provide  for  the  cleaning  of  the  river,  reservoirs,  and 
streams  of  the  city,  and  the  ditches  connected  therewith,  of  all  driftwood 
and  noxious  matter;  to  prohibit,  prevent,  and  punish  the  depositing  therein 
of  any  filth  or  other  matter  tending  to  make  the  waters  thereof  impure, 
unwholesome,  or  offensive. 


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Thirty-ninth — To  require  of  all  ditch  or  canal  companies,  persons,  or 
individuals  owning,  operating,  or  controlling  any  ditch  or  canal  running  over 
or  across  any  of  the  streets  or  alleys  of  the  city  to  cause  such  ditch  or  canal 
to  be  completely  bridged  from  side  to  side  of  such  streets  or  alleys. 

Fortieth — To  compel  the  owner  of  any  grocery,  tallow-candler  shop, 
soap  or  candle  factory,  butcher  shop  or  stall,  slaughter  house,  stable,  barn, 
corral,  sewer,  privy,  or  other  offensive,  nauseous,  or  unwholesome  place 
or  house,  to  cleanse,  remove,  or  abate  the  same,  whenever  the  city  council 
shall  deem  it  necessary  for  the  health,  comfort,  or  convenience  of  the  inhabi- 
tants of  the  city;  the  expense  thereof  to  be  paid  by  the  person  causing, 
maintaining,  or  committing  the  same. 

Forty-first — To  select,  appoint,  and  employ  an  engineer,  surveyor,  archi- 
tect, or  other  skilled  mechanics  or  person  from  time  to  time,  whenever  in 
the  judgment  of  the  city  council  it  shall  be  necessary  or  expedient  for  the 
purpose  of  supervising  and  directing  any  public  work;  the  salary  or  com- 
pensation, duties,  and  responsibilities  of  such  person  to  be  fixed,  determined, 
and  fully  defined  by  ordinance. 

Forty-second — To  prescribe  fines,  forfeitures,  and  penalties  for  the 
breach  or  violation  of  any  ordinance,  or  the  provisions  of  this  charter,  but 
no  penalty  shall  exceed  the  amount  of  five  hundred  dollars  or  six  months 
imprisonment,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Forty-third — To  require  of  and  prescribe  the  amount  of  official  bonds 
from  its  members  and  all  officers  of  the  city,  whether  elective  or  appointive. 

Forty-fourth — To  institute  and  maintain  any  suit  or  suits,  civil  or 
criminal,  in  the  name  of  the  city,  in  the  proper  court,  whenever  necessary, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  city  council  to  enforce  or  maintain  any  right  of  the 
city,  and  they  may,  in  like  manner,  defend  all  actions  against  the  city;  to 
institute  and  maintain  any  suit  to  foreclose  liens  or  otherwise,  against  any 
property  owner  refusing  or  neglecting  to  pay  as  assessed  by  the  city 
council,  his  ratable  proportion  of  the  cost  of  paving,  grading  or  otherwise 
improving  any  street,  or  building  any  sidewalk  or  other  improvement, 
which  benefits  the  property  or  owner  thereof. 

Forty-fifth — To  hold,  manage,  use  and  dispose  of  all  real  and  personal 
property  of  the  city,  and  to  enforce  the  payment  and  collection  of  all  dues, 
assessments,  or  demands  of  every  nature  or  kind,  belonging  or  inuring  to 
the  city,  but  no  sales  of  property  belonging  to  the  city  shall  be  made  until 
after  it  shall  have  been  appraised  by  three  disinterested  appraisers,  resi- 
dents and  taxpayers  of  the  city,  at  the  actual  market  value,  nor  shall  it 
be  sold  for  less  than  seventy-five  per  cent  of  such  appraised  value;  provided, 
that  no  real  property  shall  be  sold  or  in  any  manner  disposed  of. 

Forty-sixth — To  prohibit  the  injury  to  or  interference  with  the  orna- 
mental trees  and  shrubbery  in  the  streets  and  public  places  of  the  city,  and  to 
prescribe  the  punishment  for  such  injury  and  interference. 

Forty-seventh — Any  property,  real  or  personal,  necessary  or  required 
for  the  public  use  of  the  pity,  may  be  condemned  and  appropriated  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  general  law  and  all  rights  of  eminent  domain  may 
be  exercised  by  the  city  in  relation  thereto. 

Forty-eighth — To  change  or  enlarge  the  boundaries  of  any  ward,  by 
ordinance,  so  as  to  £nnex  or  include  therein  additional  lands,  with  the 
tenements,  property  and  inhabitants  thereof;  provided,  the  city  council 
shall  be  first  petitioned  so  to  dp  by  a majority  of  the  persons  of  the  dis- 
tric  proposed  to  be  so  annexed,  and  provided  further,  that  no  change  in  the 
boundaries  of  any  ward,  except  for  the  purpose  of  enlarging  the  same, 
shall  be  made  within  sixjty  days  next  preceding  any  general  city  election, 
and  in  no  event  oftener  than  once  every  two  years. 

Forty-ninth — To  suppress  or  regulate  and  collect  a license  tax  on 
circus  or  other  public  parades  through  the  streets  of  the  city. 

Fiftieth — In  its  discretion,  to  provide  and  set  aside  yearly  a reasonable 


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fund,  which  once  so  provided  and  set  aside  shall  not  be  increased,  but 
may  be  diminished,  during  the  year,  for  purposes  of  publicity. 

Fifty-first — To  employ  or  appoint,  on  its  own  motion,  such  person  or 
persons  as  it  may  deem  expedient  or  necessary  in  any  department  of  the 
city,  who  shall  thereupon  be  subject  to  the  supervision  and  regulation  of 
the  department  head  thereof. 

(As  amended  twenty-eighth  session  of  the  Nevada  Legislature,  March 
5,  1917.  Statutes  of  1917,  Page  101.) 

Section  11.  Whenever  there  shall  be  presented  to  the  council  a petition 
signed  by  a number  of  the  qualified  city  electors  equal  to  fifteen  per  cent 
of  the  votes  cast  in  the  city  at  the  next  preceding  general  city  election, 
praying  that  a proposed  ordinance  or  ordinances,  to  be  set  out  in  full  in 
such  petition,  be  submitted  to  a vote  of  the  electors  of  the  city,  such  pro- 
posed ordinance  or  ordinances  must  be  submitted  to  the  vote  of  the  elec- 
tors of  the  city  at  the  next  general  city  election,  unless  said  ordinance 
or  ordinances  shall  have  been  adopted  more  than  thirty  days  prior  to  such 
election. 

Section  12.  Whenever  there  shall  be  presented  to  the  council  a petition 
signed  by  a number  of  qualified  city  electors  equal  to  thirty  per  cent  of  the 
votes  cast  at  the  next  preceding  general  city  election,  praying  that  a pro- 
posed ordinance  or  ordinances,  to  be  set  out  in  full  in  such  petition,  be 
submitted  to  a vote  of  the  electors  of  the  city,  at  a special  election  to  be 
called  for  that  purpose,  such  special  election  must  be  called  within  forty  days 
after  such  petition  shall  have  been  received  by  the  council,  and  such  proposed 
ordinance  or  ordinances  must  be  submitted  to  the  vote  of  the  city  electors 
thereat,  unless  the  council  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  having  received 
said  petition,  duly  adopt  such  ordinance  or  ordinances. 

Section  13.  The  city  council  may,  at  such  general  or  special  election, 
submit  an  alternative  ordinance  for  the  choice  of  the  electors,  and  any 
number  of  proposed  ordinances  may  be  voted  on  at  the  same  election.  The 
style  of  all  ordinances  voted  on  at  any  general  or  special  ^election  shall 
be  as  follows:  “The  People  of  the  City  of  Reno  do  ordain.” 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  253.) 

Section  14.  The  signatures  to  such  petitions  need  not  all  be  appended 
to  one  paper,  but  each  signer  must  add  to  his  name  his  place  of  residence, 
giving  the  street  and  number  whenever  practicable.  One  of  the  signers 
of  each  paper  shall  make  oath  before  an  officer  competent  to  administer 
oaths,  that  the  statements  therein  made  are  true  and  that  each  signature 
to  the  paper  appended  is  the  genuine  signature  of  the  person  whose  name 
it  purports  to  be. 

Section  15.  The  tickets  used  at  such  elections  in  voting  on  such  pro- 
posed ordinances  shall  contain  the  words  “For  the  ordinance”  (stating  in 
brief  the  nature  thereof),  and  “Against  the  ordinance”  (stating  in  brief 
the  nature  thereof). 

Section  16.  If  a majority  of  the  vote  cast  upon  the  question  of  such 
ordinance  shall  be  in  favor  of  the  adoption  thereof,  the  council  shall,  within 
twenty  days,  and  at  the  first  regular  meeting  after  such  election,  proclaim 
such  fact  by  publishing  such  proclamation  attached  to  a copy  of  such  ordi- 
nance in  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  city,  for  the  period  of  at  least 
one  week,  and  thereupon  such  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  and  have  the 
same  force  as  an  ordinance  duly  passed  by  the  council  and  approved  by 
the  mayor  and  the  same  shall  not  be  repealed  by  the  council.  But  the 
same  may  be  repealed  or  amended  only  at  any  general  or  special  election. 


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in  the  manner  of  its  adoption.  Such  amendment  or  repeal  may  be  proposed 
by  the  council. 


ARTICLE  XIII. 

Health  Department. 

Section  1.  The  Board  of  Health  shall  consist  of  not  less  than  three 
or  more  than  five  members,  all  of  whom,  except  the  Mayor,  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Mayor,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  council.  Each  of 
the  members  thus  appointed  shall  be  a citizen  of  the  State  and  shall  have 
been  a bona  fide  resident  and  qualified  elector  of  the  city  for  the  period  of 
at  least  one  year  next  preceding  his  appointment,  and  the  majority  of  the 
members  thus  appointed  shall  be  practicing  physicians  of  reputable  standing 
in  their  profession.  The  term  of  office  shall  be  two  years  and  until  their 
successors  shall  have  duly  qualified.  The  Mayor  shall  be  the  presiding 
officer  of  the  Board. 

Section  2.  A majority  of  the  members  of  the  Board  shall  constitute 
a quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

Section  3.  The  Board  shall  at  its  first  meeting  and  annually  thereafter, 
appoint  one  of  its  members,  who  is  a practicing  physician,  as  Secretary  of 
the  Board.  The  Secretary  shall  be  an  ex  officio  Health  Officer  of  the  city. 

Section  4.  The  Board  of  Health  shall  have  supervision  of  all  matters 
pertaining  to  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  city  and  the  public  institutions 
thereof,  and  full  powers  are  hereby  given  the  Board  over  all  questions  of 
defective  drainage,  the  said  infection  (disinfection)  and  sanitary  cleaning 
of  all  public  and  private  places,  and  the  abatement  of  all  nuisances  preju- 
dical  to  the  health  of  the  city.  The  Board  shall  adopt  such  forms,  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  use  of  physicians  and  undertakers  as  in  their  judg- 
ment may  be  best  calculated  to  secure  vital  and  reliable  mortality  statistics 
in  said  city,  and  to  prevent  the  spread  of  contagious  and  infectious  dis- 
eases, and  for  that  purpose  shall  have  power  to  adopt  quarantine  laws, 
rules  and  regulations.  The  Board  shall  have  the  power  to  prevent  or  forbid 
communication  with  infected  families  or  houses,  and,  with  the  consent  of 
the  Mayor,  may  provide  the  necessary  attendants  and  supplies  for  any  pest 
house  which  may  be  in  use,  and  the  Health  Officer  shall  have  power  to 
establish  a temporary  pest  house  or  pest  houses,  in  case  of  any  emergency. 

Section  5.  The  Board  of  Health  may  be  empowered,  among  other 
things,  to  inspect  all  meats,  poultry,  fish,  game,  bread,  butter,  cheese,  milk, 
lard,  eggs,  vegetables,  flour,  fruits,  meals,  dairy  products  and  all  other  food 
products  offered  for  sale  in  the  city  and  to  have  any  such  products  as  are 
unsound,  spoiled,  unwholesome  or  adulterated  summarily  destroyed. 

Section  6.  The  Council  shall  by  ordinance  or  otherwise,  provide  for 
enforcing  such  orders  and  regulations  of  the  Board  of  Health  as  it  may 
from  time  to  time  adopt,  and  all  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  the 
Board  of  Health  or  the  Health  Officer,  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
the  law,  this  charter  and  ordinances,  shall  be  provided  for  by  the  Council, 
which  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  make  the  necessary  appropri- 
ations therefor  out  of  the  general  funds  of  the  city. 

Section  7.  The  Secretary  of  the  Board  shall  see  that  the  laws  and 
ordinances  of  the  city  in  relation  to  the  health  and  the  regulations  and 
orders  of  the  Board  of  Health  are  properly  enforced  and  observed.  The 
secretary  shall  keep  a full  record  of  all  the  transactions  of  the  Board  as 
well,  as  all  records  pertaining  thereto.  No  interments  or  cremations  shall 


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be  made  in  the  cemeteries  of  the  city  unless  said  Health  Officr  is  satisfied 
of  the  correctness  and  reliability  of  the  certificate  of  death  presented  for 
his  inspection.  He  shall  have  the  power  to  reject  certificates  which  do  not 
comply  with  the  regulations  of  the  Board.  He  shall  have  the  power  of  a 
police  officer  in  the  enforcement  of  all  rules  pertaining  to  his  office  and 
duties,  and  shall  make  an  extended  annual  report  to  the  Board  of  Health 
of  the  affairs  pertaining  to  his  office,  including  mortuary  and  other  statis- 
tics with  such  observations  and  recommendations  in  relation  to  the 
sanitary  condition  of  the  city,  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Section  8. — The  Health  Officer  shall  visit  at  least  twice  a year,  and 
oftener  if  necessary,  all  public  buildings  or  buildings  used  for  public  pur- 
poses, and  all  school  houses  in  said  city.  During  such  visits  he  shall  examine 
the  manner  in  which  such  buildings  are  lighted,  heated  and  ventilated,  and 
particularly  as  to  their  sanitary  condition.  The  Health  Officer  shall  promptly 
report  in  writing  to  the  principal  or  governing  authorities  of  all  schools, 
the  name  and  residence  of  every  person  sick  with  cholera,  smallpox,  scarla- 
tina, diptheria  or  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease.  Said  principals  or 
authorities,  when  so  notified,  must  refuse  admittance  to  the  schools  of  any 
member  of  the  household,  one  or  more  of  whose  inmates  are  sick  from 
any  of  the  aforementioned  diseases.  The  person  excluded  shall  be  admitted 
on  presenting  a certificate  from  his  or  her  attending  physician,  countersigned 
by  the  Helath  Officer,  to  the  effect  there  is  no  longer  any  danger  from 
contagion.  When  a case  of  contagious  disease  is  reported  to  the  Health 
Officer,  he  may  visit  the  premises  where  the  person  is,  and,  when  satisfied 
that  such  disease  exists,  he  shall  place  a flag  of  conspicuous  notice  on  said 
premises,  which  shall  remain  on  the  same  during  the  continuance  of  the 
disease  at  such  place. 

Section  9.  The  Health  Officer  may  cause  to  be  removed  to  a smallpox 
hospital  or  pest  house  any  person  in  said  city  having  smallpox.  When  a 
case  of  smallpox  exists  in  any  house  and  the  person  so  affected  is  not 
removed  to  said  hospital  or  pest  house,  the  Health  Officer  shall  immedi- 
ately place  a quarantine  flag  on  said  premises  and  may  place  a competent 
person  in  charge  thereof,  who  shall  see  that  a quarantine  is  strictly  en- 
forced, as  long  as  the  public  safety  requires. 

Section  10.  Every  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  may  administer 
oaths  on  matters  connected  with  the  Health  Department. 

Section  11.  The  Council  may  by  ordinance,  prescribe  a salary  for  the 
Health  Officer,  but  such  salary  when  fixed,  shall  not  be  changed  so  as  to 
increase  the  same,  oftener  than  once  every  two  years,  except  temporarily 
during  the  period  of  any  emergency  of  dangerous  epidemic  or  the  like. 
The  other  members  of  the  board  shall  serve  without  compensation. 


ARTICLE  XIV. 

Judicial  Department. 

Section  1.  There  is  hereby  created  and  established,  in  and  for  the 
City  of  Reno,  a Municipal  Court,  which  is  hereby  vested  with  the  judicial 
power  of  the  city  for  municipal  purposes. 

Section  2.  The  municipal  court  shall  be  presided  over  by  a police 
judge,  who  shall  be  a citizen  of  the  state,  a bona  fide  resident  of  the  city 
for  the  period  of  at  least  one  year  next  preceding  his  election,  and  he  shall 
be  an  elector  and  taxpayer  in  the  city.  He  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified 
electors  of  the  city  at  each  general  city  election  and  shall  hold  office  for 


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the  term  of  four  years,  and  until  his  successor  shall  have  been  duly  elected 
and  qualified.  He  shall,  before  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  his  duties, 
make  and  execute  to  the  city  a good  and  sufficient  bond  in  such  sum  ahd 
condition  as  the  city  council  may  prescribe,  and  the  surities  thereon  shall  be 
subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  274.) 

Section  3.  The  Municipal  Court  shall  have  the  powers  and  jurisdiction 
in  said  city  as  are  now  provided  by  law  for  Justices  of  the  Peace,  wherein 
any  person  or  persons  are  charged  with  the  breach  or  violation  of  the  pro- 
visions of  any  ordinance  of  said  city  or  of  this  charter,  of  a police  nature- 
provided,  that  the  trial  and  proceedings  in  such  cases  shall  be  summary 
and  without  a jury.  The  said  court  shall  have  jurisdiction  to  hear,  try  and 
determine  all  cases,  whether  civil  or  criminal,  for  the  breach  or  violation 
of  any  city  ordinance  or  any  provision  of  this  charter  of  a police  nature, 
and  shall  hear,  try,  determine,  acquit,  convict,  commit,  fine  or  hold  to  bail 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  such  ordinances  or  of  this  charter. 
The  practice  and  proceedings  in  said  court  shall  conform  as  nearly  as  prac- 
ticable, to  the  practice  and  proceedings  of  Justice’s  Courts  in  similar  cases 
Fines  imposed  by  the  court  may  be  recovered  by  execution  against  the 
property  of  the  defendant,  or  the  payment  thereof  enforced  by  imprisonment 
in  the  city  jail  of  said  city,  at  the  rate  of  one  day  for  every  dollar  of  such 
fine,  or  said  court  may,  in  its  discretion,  adjudge  and  enter  upon  the  docket, 
a supplemental  order  that  such  offender  shall  work  on  the  streets  or  public 
works  of  said  city,  at  a rate  of  two  dollars  for  each  day  of  the  sentence, 
which  shall  apply  on  such  fine  until  the  same  shall  be  exhausted  or  otherwise 
satisfied. 

Section  4.  Said  court  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  any  action  for  the  col- 
lection of  taxes  or  assessments  levied  for  city  purposes,  when  the  principal 
sum  thereof  does  not  exceed  three  hundred  dollars;  also  of  actions  to  fore- 
close liens  in  the  name  of  the  city  for  the  non-payment  of  such  taxes  or 
assessments  where  the  principal  sum  claimed  does  not  exceed  three  hundred 
dollars;  also  of  any  action  for  the  collection  of  any  money  payable  to  the 
city  from  any  person  when  the  principal  sum  claimed  does  not  exceed  three 
hundred  dollars;  also  for  the  breach  of  any  bond  given  by  any  officer  or 
person  to  or  for  the  use  or  benefit  of  the  city,  and  any  action  for  damages 
in  which  the  city  is  a party,  and  upon  all  forfeited  recognizances  given  to 
or  for  the  use  or  benefit  of  the  city,  and  upon  all  appeal  bonds  given  on 
appeals  from  said  court  in  any  of  the  cases  above  named,  when  the 
principal  sum  claimed  does  not  exceed  three  hundred  dollars;  also  for  the 
recovery  of  personal  property  belonging  to  the  city,  when  the  value  thereof 
does  not  exceed  three  hundred  dollars;  provided,  that  nothing  herein  con- 
tained shall  be  so  construed  as  to  give  such  court  jurisdiction  to  determine 
any  such  cause  when  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  by  the  pleadings  or  the  veri- 
fied answer,  that  the  validity  of  any  tax,  assessment  or  levy,  shall  necessarily 
be  in  issue  in  such  cause,  in  which  case  the  court  shall  certify  such  cause  to 
the  District  Court  in  like  manner  and  with  the  same  effect  as  provided  for 
(by)  law  for  certification  of  causes  by  Justice’s  Courts. 

Section  5.  The  said  court  shall  have  jurisdiction  of  the  following 
offenses  committed  within  the  city,  which  violate  the  peace  and  good  order 
of  the  city  or  which  invade  any  of  the  police  powers  of  the  city  or  endanger 
the  health  of  the  inhabitants  thereof,  such  as  breaches  of  the  peace,  drunken- 
ness, intoxication,  fighting,  quarreling,  dog-fights,  cock-fights,  routs,  riots, 
affrays,  violent  injury  to  property,  malicious  mischief,  vagrancy,  indecent 
conduct,  lewd  or  lascivious  cohabitation  or  behavior,  and  all  disorderly, 
offensive  or  opprobious  conduct,  and  of  all  offenses  under  ordinances  of 
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Section  6.  The  said  court  shall  be  treated  and  considered  as  a Justice’s 
Court  whenever  the  proceedings  thereof  are  called  into  question.  The  court 
shall  have  power  to  issue  all  warrants,  writs  and  process  necessary  to  a 
complete  and  effective  exercise  of  the  powers  and  jurisdiction  of  said  court, 
and  may  punish  for  contempt  in  like  manner  and  with  the  same  effect  as  is 
provided  by  general  law  for  Justice  of  the  Peace.  The  Police  Judge  shall  keep 
a docket  in  which  shall  be  entered  all  official  business  in  like  manner  as  in 
Justice’s  Courts.  He  shall  render  monthly  or  oftener,  as  the  Council  may 
require,  an  exact  and  detailed  statement  in  writing,  under  oath,  of  the  busi- 
ness done  and  of  all  fines  collected,  as  well  as  fines  imposed  but  uncollected, 
since  his  last  report,  and  shall  at  the  same  time  render  and  pay  unto  the 
City  Clerk  all  fines  collected  and  moneys  received  on  behalf  of  the  city 
since  his  last  report. 

Section  7.  In  all  cases  in  which  the  Police  Judge  shall  by  reason  of 
being  a party,  or  being  interested,  or  related  to  either  defendant  or  plaintiff 
or  complaining  witness  as  the  case  may  be,  by  consanguinity  or  affinity 
within  the  third  degree,  or  in  case  of  his  sickness,  absence  or  inability  to 
act,  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  of  said  county  on  the  written  request  of  the 
Mayor,  may  act  in  the  place  and  stead  of  said  Police  Judge  and  the  Council 
shall  have  power  to  apportion  ratably,  the  salary  of  such  Police  Judge  to  such 
Justice  of  the  Peace  so  serving,  and  deduct  the  sum  so  apportioned  from 
the  salary  of  so  serving,  and  deduct  the  sum  so  apportioned  from  the  salary 
of  such  Police  Judge. 

Section  8.  Appeals  to  the  District  Court  may  be  taken  from  any  final 
judgment  of  said  court,  in  the  same  manner  and  with  the  same  effect  as  in 
cases  of  appeal  from  Justice’s  Courts  in  civil  or  criminal  cases,  as  the  case 
may  be. 

Section  9.  The  Police  Judge  shall  receive  a salary  of  twelve  hundred 
dollars  per  annum  from  and  after  this  Act  goes  into  effect. 

(As  amended  twenty-third  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  28.  1907. 
Statutes  of  1907,  Page  341.) 


ARTICLE  XV. 

Revenue  and  Taxation. 

Section  1.  The  council  shall  annually,  at  the  time  prescribed  by  law 
for  levying  taxes  for  state  and  county  purposes,  levy  a tax  as  hereinbefore  pre- 
scribed, upon  all  real  and  personal  property  within  the  city  and  made 
assessable  by  law  for  state  and  county  purposes;  and  the  tax  so  levied  shall 
be  collected  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  manner  and  by  the  same 
officers,  exercising  the  same  functions  (acting  ex  officio  as  city  officers) 
as  prescribed  and  provided  in  the  revenue  laws  of  the  state  for  the  col- 
lection of  state  and  county  taxes;  and  the  revenue  laws  of  the  state  shall, 
in  every  respect  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  charter,  be 
deemed  applicable  and  so  held  to  the  levying,  assessing  and  collecting  of 
the  city  taxes;  provided,  that  in  the  matter  of  equalizing  or  equalization  of 
assessments  upon  property,  the  rights  of  the  city  and  inhabitants  thereof 
shall  be  protected  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  as  is  the 
state  and  county,  by  the  action  of  the  County  Board  of  Equalization.  And 
whenever  or  wherever  practicable  and  expedient,  all  forms  and  blanks  in  use 
m the  levying,  assessing  and  collecting  of  state  and  county  revenue,  shall 
with  such  alterations  or  additions  as  may  be  necessary,  be  used  in  the  levy- 
mg,  assessing  and  collecting  of  the  revenue  of  the  city.  And  the  Council 
shall  enact  all  such  ordinances  as  shall  be  found  necessary  and  not  incon- 


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sistent  with  this  charter  and  the  laws  of  the  state,  for  the  prompt,  conveni- 
ent and  economical  collection  of  the  city  revenue. 

Section  2.  All  general  taxes  collected  under  or  by  virtue  of  this  char- 
ter or  of  any  ordinance  of  the  city,  shall  be  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  at 
the  same  time  as  payment  for  state  and  county  taxes  is  made. 

Section  3.  All  real  and  personal  property  levied  upon  for  taxes  due 
the  city,  if  sold  by  virtue  of  any  judgment  for  taxes,  shall  be  sold  by  the 
officer  holding  the  execution  upon  the  judgment,  which  shall  include  the 
taxes  due  and  all  costs.  Property  so  sold  shall  be  subject  to  redemption 
as  in  other  cases;  provided,  that  so  far  as  possible,  the  collection  ot  the 
tax  due  the  city  shall  be  made  by  the  City  Treasurer  in  the  same  mannef 
and  time  as  collection  of  taxes  for  state  and  county  purposes  and  the  lien 
of  said  city  for  unpaid  taxes  to  be  enforced  by  the  said  City  Treasurer  and 
the  property  sold  for  any  delinquent  tax  due  the  city,  in  the  same  manner 
and  with  like  effect  as  in  the  case  of  delinquent  taxes  levied  for  state  and 
county  purposes. 

Section  4.  The  Board  of  County  Commissioners  of  Washoe  County 
shall  from  time  to  time,  upon  the  request  of  the  Council,  apportion  to 
the  city  such  proportion  of  the  General  Road  Fund  of  the  County  ot 
Washoe  as  the  value  of  the  whole  property  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  city,  as  shown  by  the  assessment  roll,  shall  bear  to  the  whole  property 
of  the  county,  inclusive  of  the  property  within  the  city,  and  all  such 
moneys  so  apportioned  shall  be  expended  upon  the  streets,  alleys  and  public 
highways  of  the  city,  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  Council. 

Section  5.  The  Council  shall  have  full  power  to  pass  and  enact  all 
ordinances  necessary  or  required  to  carry  into  effect  the  revenue  laws  in 
said  city  and  to  enlarge,  fix  and  determine  the  powers  and  duties  of  all 
officers  in  relation  thereto. 


ARTICLE  XVI. 

Claims  and  Demands. 

Section  1.  The  fees,  salaries  or  other  compensation  oi  officers  or 
other  persons  shall  be  regulated  by  regularly  enacted  ordinances  as  to 
salaries  and  by  resolution  as  to  compensation  for  persons  not  regularly 
employed  by  the  city.  All  claims  for  fees,  salaries  and  all  expenses  neces- 
sarily incurred  in  carrying  on  the  legitimate  purposes  and  duties  of  the  city 
government  and  all  claims  against  the  city,  wherever  the  nature  of  such 
claims  will  permit,  shall  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk  and  acted  upon  by  the 
City  Council  at  the  first  regular  meeting  thereafter,  and  the  City  Council 
shall  consider  and  allow  or  reject  the  same  in  the  order  as  presented  and 
filed  and  the  record  of  their  action  shall  be  entered  upon  the  journal.  Upon 
allowance  in  whole  or  in  part  of  any  claim,  by  a majority  of  all  the  mem- 
bers elected  to  the  city  council,  the  city  clerk  shall  certify  all  such  claims 
or  portions  allowed  as  the  case  may  be  after  the  same  is  signed  by  t e 
Mayor  to  the  City  Auditor,  who  shall,  if  such  claim  is  approved  by  him 
draw  a warrant  upon  the  Treasurer  for  the  amount  so  allowed  and  shall 
state  in  general  terms  the  nature  of  the  claim,  and  when  so  presented  to 
thet  reasurer,t  he  same  shall  be  paid  by  him.  (As  amended  by  Bie  fwenty- 
seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  February  26,  1915.  Statute  i915, 

Pag6( As  "amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  February  26, 
1915..  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  37.) 


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Section  2.  The  holder  of  any  demand  or  claim  mentioned  in  this  char- 
ter which  has  been  rejected  in  whole  or  in  part,  may  within  six  months 
after  date  of  such  rejection,  commence  an  action  in  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction  for  the  recovery  of  the  amount  so  rejected,  and  if  not  so  com- 
menced, such  claim  or  amount  so  rejected  together  with  the  right  of  action 
thereon  shall  be  forever  barred  and  the  council  shall  not  have  power  to 
allow  or  pay  the  same  in  whole  or  in  part  at  any  time  subsequently.  The 
action  shall  be  against  the  city  and  the  service  of  summons  shall  be  made 
upon  the  Mayor.  In  case  of  final  recovery  of  judgment  by  the  plaintiff,  no 
execution  shall  issue  therefor,  but  the  council  must  allow  the  amount  of 
the  same  with  the  costs  taxed,  which  judgment  with  such  costs  shall  be 
paid  in  the  order  as  presented;  provided,  nothing  herein  shall  be  so  con- 
strued as  to  make  the  city  liable  for  any  damages  suffered  or  incurred  by 
any  person  for  or  by  reason  of  any  neglect  of  the  city  or  any  of  its  officers. 

Section  3.  No  debts  shall  be  created  directly  or  indirectly  against  the 
city,  nor  shall  any  contract  for  supplies,  water,  gas,  electric  light  or  any 
supplies  for  the  city,  or  any  contract  whatsoever  made  by  or  on  behalf  of 
the  city,  be  valid  for  any  amount  exceeding  the  revenue  for  the  year  in 
which  the  contract  is  made,  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  charter. 

Section  4.  No  officer  of  the  city  shall  be  directly  or  indirectly  inter- 
ested in  any  contract  with  the  city  or  with  any  officers  thereof  in  their 
official  capacity,  for,  or  in  doing  any  work  or  furnishing  any  supplies  for  the 
use  of  the  city  or  its  officers  in  their  official  capacity,  exceeding  the  sum 
of  fifty  dollars  in  any  single  transaction  and  any  claim  for  any  amount  in 
violation  hereof  shall  be  void,  and  if  allowed,  shall  not  be  paid  by  the 
treasurer.  Any  wilful  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  a misdemeanor  and  punished  as  such  and  shall  subject  the  offender 
to  removal  from  office. 


ARTICLE  XVII. 

Elections. 

Section  1.  The  first  municipal  election  hereunder  shall  be  held  in  said 
city  on  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  May.  1915,  and  on  the  same 
day  every  four  years  thereafter,  at  which  time  there  shall  be  elected  one 
mayor,  councilmen  as  hereinbefore  provided,  one  city  attorney,  one  city 
clerk  and  one  police  judge.  All  elections  held  under  this  charter  shall  be 
governed  by  the  provisions  of  the  general  election  laws  of  the  State,  so  far 
as  the  same  can  be  made  applicable  and  which  are  not  inconsistent  herewith. 
The  conduct  of  carrying  on  all  city  elections  shall  be  under  the  control 
of  the  city  council,  and  they  shall  by  ordinance  provide  for  the  holding 
of  the  same,  appoint  the  necessa^  officers  thereof,  and  do  all  other  or 
further  things  required  to  carry  the  same  into  effect. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  22, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  274.) 

Section  2.  Every  person  who  resides  within  the  exterior  boundaries 
of  said  city  at  the  time  of  holding  any  city  election,  and  whose  names 
appear  upon  the  official  register  of  voters  in  and  for  said  city,  shall  have 
the  right  to  vote  at  each  city  election,  whether  regular  or  special,  and  for 
all  officers  to  be  voted  for  and  on  all  questions  that  may  be  submitted  to 
the  people  at  any  such  general  or  special  city  elections,  except  as  herein 
otherwise  provided;  and  nothing  herein  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  deny 
or  abridge  the  power  of  the  council  to  provide  for  a supplemental  regis- 
tration as  in  this  charter  hereinbefore  provided. 


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Section  3.  The  election  returns  from  any  city  or  special  city  election, 
shall  be  filed  with  the  city  clerk,  who  shall  immediately  place  the  same  in 
a safe  or  vault  and  no  person  shall  be  permitted  to  handle,  inspect  or  in 
any  manner  interfere  with  the  same  until  canvassed  by  the  mayor  and 
council.  The  mayor  and  council  shall  meet  within  five  days  after  any 
election  and  canvass  the  returns  and  declare  the  result.  The  election  returns 
shall  then  be  sealed  up  and  kept  by  the  city  clerk  for  six  months  and  no 
person  shall  have  access  thereto  except  on  order  of  a court  of  competent 
jurisdiction,  or  by  order  of  the  council.  The  city  clerk,  under  his  hand  and 
official  seal,  shall  issue  to  each  person  declared  to  be  elected,  a certificate 
of  election.  The  officers  so  elected  shall  qualify  and  enter  upon  the  discharge 
of  their  respective  duties  on  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the  council  next 
succeeding  that  in  which  canvass  of  returns  was  made  as  above  provided. 

Section  4.  A contested  election  for  any  city  office  must  be  determined 
according  to  the  law  of  the  State  regulating  proceedings  in  contested  elec- 
tions in  county  offices. 

Section  5.  All  officers  of  the  city,  whether  elective  or  appointive  shall 
take  and  subscribe  to  the  offic'al  oath  of  office. 

Section  6.  All  county  officers  acting  as  city  officers  ex-officio,  and  all 
other  officers  of  the  city,  may  act  in  the  same  manner  and  with  like  effect, 
byt  heir  regularly  appointed  deputies. 

Section  7.  If  a vacancy  occurs  in  the  office  of  any  officer,  acting  ex- 
officio  or  otherwise,  or  in  event  any  officer  acting  ex-officio  as  city  officer 
shall  refuse  to  act  as  ex-officio  city  officer  and  in  all  other  cases  of  vacancy 
not  otherwise  provided  for,  the  mayor  shall,  subject  to  confirmation  by 
the  city  council,  appoint  some  person  possessing  the  requisite  qualifications 
to  fill  such  vacancy,  and  in  case  the  person  so  nominated  is  not  confirmed 
by  a majority  vote  of  all  the  members  elected,  the  mayor  shall  nominate 
another,  and  so  on  until  the  place  is  filled. 

(As  amended  twenty-seventh  session  of  the  Legislature.  March  22, 
1915.  Statutes  of  1915,  Page  274.) 


ARTICLE  XVIII. 

Municipal  Bonds  and  Franchises. 

Section  1.  The  city  shall  have  the  power  to  acquire  and  purchase 
water,  gas,  light,  and  power  systems,  street  railways  and  any  public  utility, 
and  to  hold,  manage  and  operate  the  same  when  acquired,  for  the  public  use 
of  the  people  of  the  city.  The  council  shall  have  the  power,  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  this  article,  to  acquire  the  same  and  may  submit  a proper 
resolution  for  that  purpose  and  the  same  may  be  voted  on  by  the  people 
as  provided  herein. 

Section  2.  The  council  shall  have  the  power  by  ordinance,  to  grant 
any  franchise  or  create  any  city  municipal  bonded  indebtedness  and  issue 
bonds  as  herein  provided,  but  no  ordinance  for  such  purpose  or  purposes 
shall  be  valid  or  effective  unless  the  council  shall  first  pass  a resolution 
which  shall  set  forth  fully  and  in  detail,  the  purpose  or  purposes  of  the 
proposed  bonded  indebtedness,  the  terms,  amount,  rate  of  interest  and 
time  within  which  redeemable,  and  on  what  fund;  or  the  application  for 
the  purpose  and  character  of,  terms,  time  and  conditions  of  the  proposed 
franchise  as  the  case  may  be.  Such  resolution  shall  be  published  at  least 
once  a week  in  full,  in  some  newspaper  published  in  the  city  for  at  least 


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four  weeks.  On  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the  council  after  the  expira- 
tion of  the  period  of  such  publication,  the  council,  shall,  unless  a petition 
shall  be  received  by  it  as  in  the  next  section  provided,  proceed  to  pass  an 
ordinance  for  the  issuing  of  the  bonds  or  the  granting  of  the  franchise, 
as  the  case  may  be;  provided,  that  such  bonds  shall  be  issued  or  municipal 
indebtedness  created,  or  franchise  granted,  as  the  case  may  be,  only  on  the 
same  terms  and  conditions  in  all  respects  as  expressed  in  the  resolution 
as  published,  otherwise  such  ordinance  shall  be  null  and  void;  provided, 
further,  that  the  council  shall  dispose  of  said  bonds  or  franchise,  as  the 
case  may  be,  only  to  the  person  or  persons  offering  the  best  and  most 
advantageous  terms  to  the  city;  and  provided,  further,  that  this  section 
with  regard  to  the  publication  and  adoption  of  a resolution  shall  not  apply 
to  the  bonds  which  are  issued  for  special  street  or  sidewalk  work  and  paid 
in  installments  by  certain  owners  whose  property  is  benefited  by  the  said 
improvement. 

(As  amended  twenty-sixth  session  of  the  Legislature,  March  25,  1913. 
Statutes  of  1913,  Page  380.) 

Section  3.  The  ordinance  passed  as  in  the  preceding  section  provided, 
shall  be  valid  to  all  intents  and  purposes  as  other  ordinances  duly  and 
legally  passed  by  the  council  and  any  municipal  bonded  indebtedness 
thereby  created,  bonds  issued  or  franchise  granted  thereby,  shall  be  in  all 
respects  valid  and  legal  provided,  that  if  at  any  time  within  twenty  days 
from  the  date  of  the  first  publication  of  the  resolution  mentioned  in  the 
preceding  section,  a petition  signed  by  not  less  than  three  hundred  tax- 
payers of  said  city,  representing  not  less  than  ten  per  cent  of  the  taxable 
property  of  said  city  as  shown  by  the  next  preceding  city  assessment  roll, 
shall  be  presented  to  the  council  praying  for  a special  election  in  said  city 
upon  the  question  of  whether  or  not  the  proposed  ordinance  shall  be  passed, 
then  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  council  to  call  a special  election  as  soon 
as  practicable;  such  election  to  be  held  and  conducted  as  nearly  as  possible 
in  the  same  manner  as  elections  for  city  officers.  Notice  of  such  election 
shall  be  given  in  some  newspaper  published  in  the  city,  which  notice  shall 
be  printed  underneath  the  resolution  hereinbefore  mentioned  and  refer  to 
the  same,  and  the  notice  and  resolution  shall  be  so  publishd  together  for 
a period  of  at  least  two  weeks  before  such  election  shall  be  had.  The 
council  shall  in  due  time  make  provision  for  holding  such  special  election 
and  the  city  clerk  shall  prepare  at  the  expense  of  the  city,  suitable  printed 
stationery  for  use  as  ballots  which  shall  contain  the  words  “For  the  ordi- 
nance” (stating  briefly  the  nature  thereof)  and  “Against  the  ordinance” 
(stating  briefly  the  nature  thereof.)  The  council  shall  appoint  suitable  and 
competent  persons  to  act  as  inspectors  at  such  election  and  shall  do  all 
other  things  and  acts  necessary  to  fully  carry  out  the  purposes  and  intent 
thereof;  provided,  that  no  person  not  a taxpayer  within  the  corporate  limits 
of  said  city  shall  be  qualified  to  vote  at  any  such  special  election;  and  pro- 
vided further,  that  no  such  proposed  ordinance  shall  be  adopted  or  be 
valid  or  effective  for  any  purpose  whatsoever,  unless  the  same  shall  receive 
an  affirmative  vote  of  a majority  of  all  the  voters  voting  thereon.  The 
council  shall  within  five  days  after  such  election,  canvass  and  declare  the 
result  and  if  such  proposed  ordinance  be  carried  as  above  provided  that 
fact  shall  be  proclaimed  by  the  council  publishing  at  least  once  in  some 
newspaper  of  the  city,  a notice  to  that  effect,  and  thereupon  at  the  first 
subsequent  regular  meeting,  such  ordinance  shall  be  passed  by  the  council 
and  signed  by  the  mayor,  and  thenceforth  be  of  full  force  and  effect. 


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ARTICLE  XIX. 

Miscellaneous. 

Section  1.  No  ordinance,  or  order  or  resolution  of  the  council,  having 
for  its  object  or  purpose  the  increasing  of  the  salary  or  compensation, 
directly  or  indirectly,  of  any  officer  of,  or  person  employed  under  the  city 
government  in  excess  of  the  maximum  amount  as  herein  provided  for,  shall 
be  valid  or  effective  for  any  purpose;  provided,  the  council  may  in  the  ex- 
ercise of  its  sound  discretion,  decrease  the  salaries  or  compensation  of  the 
members  thereof,  or  any  officer  of  the  city,  whether  elective  or  . ap- 
pointive, and  such  decrease  shall  take  effect  immediately;  and  provided 
further,  that  no  such  decrease  shall  apply  to  or  affect  them  (affect  the) 
incumbent  in  the  office  of  mayor. 

Section  2.  Any  wilful  misconduct  in  office,  or  any  wilful  violation  of 
any  of  the  provisions  of  this  charter,  or  any  wilful  failure  to  comply  there- 
with by  any  officer  of  the  city,  whether  elective  or  appointive,  shall  be 
deemed  malfeasance  in  office,  and  any  person  guilty  thereof  shall  be  pro- 
ceeded against  under  and  in  the  same  manner  as  prescribed  by  the  general 
laws  of  the  state  relating  to  proceedings  and  prosecutions  against  district, 
county  and  township  officers,  for  misconduct  in  office,  and  any  person 
found  guilty  shall  forever  after  be  disqualified  to  hold  any  office  under  said 
city  government. 

Section  3.  All  laws  and  ordinances  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions 
of  this  charter,  now  in  force  in  said  city,  shall  be  and  remain  in  full  force 
and  effect  until  otherwise  provided. 

Section  4.  Ordinances  adopted  and  passed  by  the  council  shall  not 
supercede  the  general  laws  of  the  state  with  respect  to  their  operation 
within  the  city,  unless  it  be  so  expressly  declared  in  such  ordinances. 

Section  5.  The  word  “Charter,”  wherever  and  whenever  the  same 
occurs  herein,  is  intended  to  and  does  mean,  and  shall  be  construed  to 
be  the  same  as,  and  synonymous  with,  the  word  “Act.” 

Section  6.  A “taxpayer,”  within  the  meaning  of  this  charter,  shall  be 
construed  to  be  and  include  all  persons  whose  names  appear  on  the  official 
tax  roll  for  the  current  or  the  year  preceding  that  in  which  the  elector  offers 
to  vote;  or  one  who  shall  have  paid  a poll  tax  for  the  current  or  the  year 
preceding  that  in  which  he  offers  to  vote;  or  one  who  shall  have  paid  any 
authorized  license  tax  for  the  current  or  the  quarter  next  preceding  that  in 
which  the  election  is  held  at  which  such  person  offers  to  vote.  The  judges 
or  officers  of  election  shall  have  power,  and  it  is  hereby  made  their  duty 
in  all  cases  of  special  elections  on  bonds  or  franchises,  to  require  of  each 
person  offering  to  vote  thereat,  to  show  by  the  affidavit  of  such  person  that 
he  possesses  the  qualifications  prescribed;  provided,  that  such  judges  or 
election  officials  may  require  further  proofs  for,  as  well  as  against,  the 
right  of  any  person  to  vote,  when  such  right  is  challenged  by  a duly  qualified 
elector. 

Section  7.  This  Act  shall  be  deemed  a public  Act  and  may  be  read  in 
evidence  without  further  proof,  and  judicial  notice  shall  be  taken  thereof 
in  all  courts  and  places,  and  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  immediately 
upon  its  approval. 

Section  8.  All  Acts  and  parts  of  Acts  in  conflict  or  inconsistent  with 
the  provisions  of  this  Act  are  hereby  repealed. 


PART  II 

General  Ordinances 


GENERAL 

ORDINANCES 

of  the 

CITY  OF  RENO 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  3. 

An  Ordinance  Regulating  Connections  With  the  Public  Sewers  of  the  City 

of  Reno,  Prescribing  the  Requirements  of  Connecting  Pipes  and  Appur- 
tenances, and  the  Maintenance  of  the  Same. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  No  person  or  persons,  association,  company  or  corpora- 
tion shall  connect,  or  attempt  to  connect,  any  private  sewer  or  drain 
with  any  public  sewer  of  the  City  of  Reno  without  first  obtaining  a permit 
to  do  so  from  the  Mayor  of  said  City  or  the  person  having  the  supervision 

of  the  sewers  of  said  City,  and  the  connection  of  all  private  sewers  and 

drains  with  the  public  sewers  of  the  City  of  Reno  shall  be  made  only  under 
the  supervision  control  and  approval  of  the  Superintendent  of  Sewers  or 
such  person  as  may  be  authorized  and  designated  by  the  City  Council 
of  Reno  for  that  purpose. 

Section  2.  Each  building  connected  with  any  public  sewer  must  be 
by  an  ironstone,  cast  iron  or  wrought  iron  pipe  of  standard  steam  thick- 
ness not  to  exceed  four  inches  in  diameter. 

Such  pipe  shall  extend  from  the  building  or  point  of  beginning,  out 

to  the  line  of  the  street  sewer,  and  laid  on  a continuous  fall  of  not  less 

than  one-fourth  of  an  inch  to  the  foot,  and  at  as  nearly  a uniform  grade  as 
practicable  throughout  its  entire  length. 

All  joints  in  said  ironstone  pipe  shall  be  made  with  Portland  cement, 
properly  mixed  with  clean  sharp  sand  in  the  proportion  of  one  part  of 
cement  to  two  parts  of  sand. 

Each  joint,  when  laid,  must  be  properly  cleaned  on  the  inside  by  a 
suitable  scraper  or  swab  filling  the  full  bore  of  the  pipe  before  the'  succeed- 
ing pipe  is  laid. 

All  joints  in  the  said  cast  iron  pipe  shall  be  made  with  suitable  packing 
of  hemp  or  oakum,  and  run  with  molten  lead  and  properly  caulked.  When 
wrought  iron  pipe  is  used  the  fittings  must  be  so  constructed  as  to  form 
a uniform  bore  with  the  pipe  without  burrs  or  recesses. 

Section  3.  Connections  with  the  public  sewers  shall  be  made  onlv  at 
the  horizontal  Y branches  provided  for  that  purpose.  The  Y branches 
situated  on  the  top  of  the  public  sewers  must  be  used  only  for  the  inspec- 
tion of  the  interior  of  the  sewers,  and  for  removing  obstructions  therefrom. 
Care  must  be  taken  in  removing  the  stoppers  from  the  branches  and  in 
case  a branch  should  be  accidentally  broken  or  damaged  the  fact  must  be 


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at  once  reported  to  the  Superintendent  of  Sewers  or  other  authorized 
persons  in  order  that  the  damage  may  be  properly  repaired. 

In  case  a stopper  is  broken  in  removal,  care  must  be  taken  that  no 
fragment  thereof  falls  into  the  sewer.  The  body  of  the  public  sewer  pipes 
shall  not  be  cut  or  broken  into  for  connection  or  for  any  other  purpose 
whatsoever. 

Section  4.  Every  pipe  connecting  with  the  public  sewer  shall  have 
a handhole  trap  placed  within  two  fe*et  of  the  outer  boundary  line 
of  the  premises,  on  the  inside  of  such  line  or  on  the  outer  edge  of  the 
sidewalk.  The  connecting  pipe  must  be  provided  with  a fresh  air  inlet  on 
the  house  side  of  the  water  seal  of  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter,  leading 
to  the  outer  air  and  also  a soil  pipe  extending  not  less  than  two  feet  above 
the  roof  or  fire  wall;  provided,  that  in  lieu  of  the  foregoing  provisions  of 
this  section  a vent  pipe  at  least  two  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter  and 
extending  at  least  two  feet  above  the  highest  wall  of  the  house  shall  be 
connected  with  every  house  drain  between  the  lowest  water  seal  and  the 
public  sewer. 

Section  5.  Every  slop  hopper,  sink  and  water  closet  either  within  or 
without  the  house  shall  have  its  own  independent  trap,  and  every  slop 
hopper  shall  be  provided  with  a screen  with  not  larger  than  quarter-inch 
meshes  or  perforations.  Every  hotel,  restaurant,  and  boarding  house  shall 
be  provided  with  a suitable  grease  trap  placed  between  the  kitchen  sink 
and  its  water  seal.  Every  livery  stable  connected  with  the  public  sewer 
shall  be  provided  with  a suitable  catch  basin  of  not  less  than  two  feet  in 
depth  below  the  connecting  pipe  and  the  pipe  must  be  protected  by  a 
screen  of  not  greater  than  quarter-inch  meshes  or  perforations.  Such  catch 
basins  must  be  kept  sufficiently  clean  to  prevent  sand  or  debris  from  being 
carried  into  the  sewer. 

Section  6.  No  steam  exhaust  shall  be  admitted  to  any  public  sewer, 
either  directly  or  indirectly. 

Section  7.  Any  person  or  persons,  association,  company  or  corpor- 
ation, connecting  or  attempting  to  connect  any  private  sewer  or  drain  with 
any  public  sewer  of  the  City  of  Reno,  except  in  the  conformity  with  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  who  shall  violate  any  provision  hereof  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
fined  in  a sum  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars  nor  more  than  fifty  dollars. 

Section  8.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

The  City  Clerk  of  the  said  City  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to 
have  this  ordinance  published  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette  for  a period  of 
one  week. 

Adopted  and  passed  June  8th,  1903. 

Approved:  GEO.  F.  TURITTIN,  Mayor. 

Attest:  D.  E.  MORTON,  Clerk. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  5. 

An  Ordinance  for  the  Protection  of  Electric  Light,  Electric  Railway,  Tele- 
graph and  Telephone  Wires,  and  Regulating  the  Removal  of  Buildings 
in  the  City  of  Reno. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Except  by  officers  or  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno,  or 
by  persons  duly  authorized,  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  cut,  remove  or  obstruct 


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or  otherwise  injure,  any  part  of  the  wires,  apparatus  or  appurtenances  of 
any  telegraph,  telephone,  electric  railway,  or  electric  lighting  company. 

Notice  of  intention  to  move  buildings  must  be  given  and  deposit  made 
to  pay  for  cutting  wires: 

Section  2.  Any  person  desiring  to  move  a structure  through  the  streets 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  notify  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  of  his  inten- 
tion, giving  a general  description  of  such  structure  and  its  present  and 
proposed  location.  The  Superintendent  of  Streets  shall  inspect  such  struc- 
ture, and  if  satisfied  that  it  can  be  moved  with  safety  and  without  serious 
inconvenience  to  the  public,  shall  issue  a written  permit  for  its  removal, 
designating  the  route  over  which  it  must  be  moved.  A copy  of  such  permit 
shall  be  served  upon  the  Superintendent  or  local  manager  of  any  company 
or  person  owning  , or  controlling  telegraph,  telephone,  electric  light  or 
electric  railroad  wires  to  be  raised,  cut  or  interferred  with  in  the  removal 
of  such  structure,  at  the  office  of  said  company  or  person  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  together  with  a notice  of  the  time  when  its  wires  will  be  required 
to  be  cut  or  its  poles  removed,  and  said  notice  to  be  served  at  least  twelve 
hours  before  the  work  is  to  be  performed,  legal  holidays  to  be  excluded, 
provided,  however,  that  no  building  or  other  structure  shall  be  moved  across 
any  electric  railroad  track  in  any  part  of  the  City  except  between  the  hours 
of  12:30  o’clock  a.  m.  and  5 o’clock  a.  m.  of  the  same  day,  without  the 
written  permit  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  served  upon  the  company. 
The  party  giving  such  notice,  accompanied  by  the  permit  of  the  Superintend- 
ent of  Streets,  and  desiring  such  company  or  person  to  raise  or  cut  its 
wires  or  move  its  poles,  shall  pay  the  expense  of  performing  such  work 
and  restoring  the  disturbed  line  of  poles,  including  the  wages  of  persons 
employed  therefor.  A deposit  of  twenty-five  dollars  as  security  for  the 
payment  of  such  expense  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Chief  of  Police,  and 
upon  receiving  such  notice  and  permit  each  company  or  person  concerned 
shall  proceed  without  delay  to  raise  or  cut  its  wires  or  remove  its  poles 
for  the  purpose  desired.  No  building  in  process  of  removal  shall  be  allowed 
to  stop  on  any  street  within  the  fire  limits  in  the  day  time  without  the 
permission  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets,  given  in  writing. 

Section  3.  Penalty — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  to 
exceed  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail 
not  to  exceed  thirty  (30)  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  (As 
amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  210.) 

Section  4.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  its  passage 
and  approval  and  publication  of  one  week  in  the  Reno  Ledger. 

Passed  and  adopted  June  8th,  1903. 

Approved:  GEO.  F.  TURITTIN,  Mayor. 

Attest:  D.  E.  MORTON,  Clerk. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  21. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Width  of  Sidewalks  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  width  of  sidewalks  on  all  the  streets  within  the  limits 
of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  established  as  follows: 


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On  each  side  of  Virginia  street  from  Commercial  Row  to  the  Truckee 
river  fourteen  feet  wide;  on  each  side  of  Virginia  street  from  Plaza  street 
to  Fourth  street  twelve  feet  wide;  on  each  side  of  Virginia  street  from 
Fourth  street  to  Fifth  street,  stone  or  cement  curbing  shall  be  set  twelve 
feet  from  the  property  line;  on  the  east  side  of  Sierra  street  from  Second 
street  to  Commercial  Row  twelve  feet  wide;  on  the  west  side  of  Sierra 
street,  from  Second  street  to  the  north  line  of  Plaza  street  fourteen  feet 
wide;  on  each  side  of  Sierra  street  from  the  north  line  of  Plaza  street  to 
Fourth  street  twelve  feet  wide;  on  each  side  of  Center  street  from  Com- 
mercial Row  to  Second  street  fourteen  feet  wide;  on  each  side  of  Second 
street  from  Center  street  to  Sierra  street  fourteen  feet  wide;  on  the  south 
side  of  Commercial  Row  from  West  street  to  Lake  street  fourteen  feet  wide; 
on  the  north  side  of  Plaza  street  from  Sierra  street  to  Lake  street  twelve 
feet  wide;  on  the  west  side  of  South  Virginia  street  from  the  Truckee  river 
to  Court  street  twelve  feet  wide;  on  the  west  side  of  South  Virginia  street 
from  Court  street  to  Liberty  street  stone  or  cement  curbing  shall  be  set 
twelve  feet  from  the  property  line  and  the  cement  walk  shall  be  five  feet 
in  width;  on  each  side  of  Fourth  street  from  Sierra  street  to  Virginia 
street  twelve  feet  wide;  on  each  side  of  Front  street  seven  feet  wide;  on 
each  side  of  Church  street  six  feet  wide;  on  each  side  of  West  avenue  six 
feet  wide;  on  the  north  side  of  Mill  street  from  Virginia  street  to  the 
Virginia  and  Truckee  Railway  track  the  sidewalk  shall  be  six  and  ten  inches 
in  width;  on  the  south  side  of  Mill  street  from  Virginia  street  to  the  Vir- 
ginia and  Truckee  Railway  track  stone  or  cement  curbing  shall  be  set 
twelve  feet  from  the  property  line  and  cement  walks  shall  be  five  feet 
in  width  and  laid  in  a position  to  be  designated  by  the  City  Engineer  and 
the  curbing  in  all  other  streets  and  parts  of  streets  in  the  said  City  of  Reno 
not  herein  before  mentioned,  including  the  streets  in  the  several  additions 
thereto,  and  those  which  may  hereafter  be  made  shall  be  set  at  a distance 
from  the  property  line  to  be  governed  by  the  width  of  the  street  on  a basis 
of  three  feet  for  every  twenty  feet  of  the  width  of  such  street  provided,  that 
from  and  after  the  date  this  ordinance  goes  into  effect  no  sidewalk  shall  be 
constructed  in  any  alley  within  the  fire  limits  of  said  City  as  established  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  30,  passed  and  approved  December  13th,  1904;  and, 
provided  further,  that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  laying 
of  asphalt  or  other  pavement  in  or  upon  any  such  alley  within  said  fire 
limits,  as  the  City  Council  may  hereafter  determine.  (As  amended  by  City 
Ordinance  No.  66.) 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  after  its  pas- 
sage and  adoption,  approval  and  publication  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Section  3.  The  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized 
and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No.  21  published  in  the  Nevada 
State  Journal  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  10th  day  of  May,  1904. 

Approved  this  10th  day  of  May,  1904,  by 

GEORGE  F.  TURRITTIN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

D.  E.  MORTON, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  44. 

An  Ordinance  Declaring  What  Are  Nuisances  Within  the  City  of  Reno,  and 
to  Prevent  and  Regulate  the  Same;  Fixing  a Penalty  for  the  Violation 


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of  Any  of  the  Provisions  Thereof;  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts 

of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith,  and  Other  Matters  Necessarily 

Relating  Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  each  and  all  of  the  several  acts  and  things  prohibited 
and  made  unlawful  by  the  several  sections  of  this  ordinance  are  hereby 
deemed  and  declared  to  be  nuisances  within  the  City  of  Reno,  and  any 
person  duly  convicted  of  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  committing  a nuisance,  and  shall  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  five  ($5.00)  dollars,  nor  more  than  two 
hundred  ($200.00)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City 
of  Reno  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  (100)  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  occupv  any  part  or 
portion  of  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk,  court,  public  park  or  grounds,  within 
the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  or  maintaining  any  newspaper 
stand,  bootblack  stand,  drinking  stand,  popcorn  stand,  sandwich  wagon  or 
any  stand  for  the  sale  of  notions  or  any  other  article  of  goods,  wares  or 
merchandise,  or  any  similar  or  other  obstruction. 

Section  3.  No  person  shall  obstruct  in  any  manner,  in  whole  or  in 
part,,  or  at  all,  any  street,  alley,  sidewalk,  court,  public  park  or  grounds  of 
the  City  within  the  City  of  Reno.  Provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein 
shall  prevent  any  merchant  or  tradesman  from  using  the  sidewalk  in  front 
of  his  place  of  business  a reasonable  time,  not  exceeding  six  hours,  to  re- 
ceive, ship,  or  deliver  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise;  provided  that  a space 
of  not  less  than  six  feet  of  such  sidewalk  shall  be  kept  clear  for  the  free 
passage  for  pedestrians  and  the  accommodation  of  the  public;  and  pro- 
vided further,  that  nothing  herein  shall  prevent  the  placing  and  maintain- 
ing of  storm  doors,  between  the  first  day  of  October  and  the  first  day  of 
May  of  each  year,  in  front  of  any  hotel  or  place  of  business,  such  storm 
doors  to  not  extend  from  the  property  line  upon  the  sidewalk  a distance 
of  more  than  three  feet  from  such  property  line.  (As  amended  by  City 
Ordinance  No.  122.) 

Section  4.  No  person  shall  engage  upon  a public  street,  highway,  alley, 
or  other  public  place  within  the  City  of  Reno,  in  conduct  having  a tendency 
to  annoy,  insult,  or  disturb  offensively,  any  person  or  persons  passing  or 
being  therein;  and  whenever  the  free  passage  of  any  street,  alley,  or  side- 
walk shall  be  obstructed  by  a crowd  of  three  (3)  or  more,  except  upon 
occasions  of  public  meetings  or  lawful  assemblages,  the  persons  composing 
such  crowd  shall  disperse  or  move  on  when  directed  to  do  so  by  the  Chief 
of  Police,  or  any  Police  or  Peace  Officer,  provided,  that  a free  passage 
shall  at  all  times  be  maintained  and  kept  open  through  any  crowd  or  as- 
semblage for  the  accommodation  of  the  public. 

Section  5.  No  person  having  or  using  any  animal,  except  it  be  attached 
to  a dray,  truck,  cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicle  of  conveyance,  shall  leave  such 
animal  in  any  public  street,  alley,  highway  or  other  public  place  within  said 
city,  without  securely  hitching  the  same;  provided,  that  no  person  shall 
allow  any  such  animal  to  remain  so  hitched  or  standing  in  any  of  the 
streets,  alleys  or  other  public  place  in  said  city  for  a longer  time  than  five 
(5)  hours.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  any  Policeman  or 
other  Peace  Officer  of  said  city,  when  he  finds  any  horse,  mule  or  other 
animal  used  for  draft  or  riding  purposes,  on  the  streets  of  said  city,  which 
has  been  there  exceeding  a period  of  five  (5)  hours  without  feed  or  water, 
to  take  the  same  up  and  procure  feed  and  water  for  the  same,  and  the  cost 


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of  such  feed  and  water  shall  be  paid  by  the  person  so  leaving  such  horse, 
mule  or  other  animal  in  said  street. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  discharge  any  gun. 
pistol  or  other  firearm  in  or  upon  any  of  the  public  streets,  highways,  alleys 
or  other  public  place,  or  in  or  upon  or  about  any  building  or  vacant  lot 
or  anywhere  within  the  limits  of  ' the  City  of  Reno;  provided  that  nothing 
herein  shall  prevent  the  establishment  and  running  of  a shooting  gallery 
properly  enclosed  and  permitted  by  license  of  the  City  Council  under  an 
ordinance  of  said  City;  and  provided  further,  that  nothing  herein  shall  apply 
to  any  sheriff,  deputy  sheriff,  policeman  or  other  peace  officer,  who  shall 
discharge  any  pistol  or  firearm  in  the  lawful  exercise  of  his  duties  of 
his  office. 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  play  at  baseball, 
cricket  or  football  or  any  other  game  tending  to  interrupt  the  free  or  safe 
use  of  any  street,  alley  or  highway  within  said  City. 

Section  8.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  be  found  in  any 
street,  alley  or  public  place  within  the  said  City,  so  grossly  intoxicated  as 
to  be  unable  to  take  proper  and  decent  care  of  himself  or  herself. 

Section  9.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  having  in  charge  any 
animal  which  may  die,  to  neglect  or  refuse  to  remove  or  cause  to  be  re- 
moved such  dead  animal  to  the  City  Dumping  Ground  or  crematory,  and 
to  provide  for  the  disposal  of  the  same  in  the  manner  provided  by  law, 
within  six  (6)  hours  after  having  notice  of  the  death  of  such  animal. 

Section  10.  No  person  shall  place  or  maintain  any  chair,  bench  or  per- 
manent seat  on  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  within  the  City  of  Reno;  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  and  all  Peace  Officers  to  sum- 
marily remove  any  such  obstructions. 

Section  11.  No  person  shall  keep  or  maintain  any  bull  or  stallion  or 
other  animal  for  breeding  purposes  within  said  City,  unless  the  same  be 
kept  within  an  enclosure  sufficient  to  protect  the  same  from  public  view. 

Section  12.  No  person  or  persons  shall  loiter,  loaf,  congregate,  or  sit 
in,  upon  or  about  the  subway  connecting  North  and  South  Virginia  street 
under  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad  right  of  way  in  said  city. 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  throw  or  cause  to 
be  thrown  or  deposited  upon  the  premises  of  another  person  or  persons 
any  chips,  -sand,  gravel,  broken  stones,  or  dust  or  refuse  or  garbage  of  any 
kind  whatever. 

Section  14.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  drive 
any  herd  or  band  of  cattle,  horses,  goats,  or  swine  through  that  section 
of  the  City  of  Reno  bounded  on  the  north  as  follows:  From  the  west  line 
of  Vine  street  running  east  to  the  east  line  of  Ralston  street,  by  the  south 
line  of  Seventh  street,  and  from  the  said  east  line  of  Ralston  street,  run- 
ning easterly  to  the  east  line  of  Sierra  street,  by  the  south  line  of  Elm 
street,  from  the  said  east  line  of  Sierra  street  running  easterly  to  the  west 
line  of  Alameda  avenue,  by  the  south  line  of  Eighth  street;  on  the  east  as 
follows:  From  Eighth  street  to  the  north  line  of  Fourth  street,  by  the  west 
line  of  Alameda  avenue,  and  from  the  said  north  line  of  Fourth  street  to 
the  north  line  of  South  street,  by  the  west  line  of  Park  street;  and  from 
said  north  line  of  North  street  running  southerly  to  the  north  line  of  Rob- 
erts street,  by  the  west  line  of  Washoe  street,  and  from  said  north  line  of 
Roberts  street  southerly  to  the  north  line  of  Vassar  street,  by  the  west 
line  of  Kirman  street;  on  the  south  as  follows:  From  the  west  line  of  Kir- 


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man  street  westerly  to  the  west  line  of  Arlington  avenue,  by  the  north  line 
of  Vassar  street  and  Ely  street,  and  from  the  west  line  of  Arlington  avenue 
westerly  to  the  east  line  of  the  county  road,  paralleling  the  western  city 
limits,  by  the  south  line  of  California  avenue  and  its  extensions;  and  on  the 
west  from  the  north  line  of  Ely  street  northerly  to  the  south  line  of  Cali- 
fornia avenue,  by  the  west  line  of  Arlington  avenue,  and  from  the  south 
line  of  California  avenue  northerly  to  the  north  line  of  Riverside  avenue, 
by  the  east  line  of  the  county  road  which  immediately  parallels  the  western 
city  limits,  and  from  the  north  line  of  Riverside  avenue  to  the  north  line 
of  Third  street,  by  the  west  line  of  Keystone  avenue,  and  from  the  north 
line  of  Third  street  to  the  south  line  of  Seventh  street,  by  the  west  line 
of  Vine  street.  Provided,  that  ten  or  more  unhitched  and  unattached  animals 
as  herein  contained  shall  be  considered  a band  or  herd.  (As  amended  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  167.) 

Section  15.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  erect 
or  maintain  any  barbed  wire  fence  or  fencing  for  any  purpose  whatsoever 
within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  16.  Every  owner,  agent,  or  driver  of  any  dray,  hack,  carriage, 
express  wagon,  or  accommodation  wagon  or  other  vehicle  employed  or 
used  for  carrying  freight,  packages,  or  passengers  for  hire,  who  shall 
habitually  stand  or  permit  any  such  dray,  hack,  carriage,  or  express  wagon 
or  accommodation  wagon  or  other  vehicle  to  habitually  stand  or  occupy 
any  portion  of  any  street  or  alley  in  front  of  any  building  or  place  of 
business  in  said  City,  without  consent  or  permission  of  the  occupant  thereof, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  maintaining  a nuisance. 

Section  17.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  other  than  passengers 
or  employees  to  ride  upon,  jump  on  or  off  any  moving  train,  engine,  street 
car,  or  cars,  or  railroad  car  or  cars,  within  the  City  without  the  consent 
of  those  properly  in  charge  thereof. 

Section  18.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  bath 
or  swim  in  the  Truckee  river,  or  any  open  ditch,  creek,  reservoir,  flume 
or  canal  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  20.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  owning,  controlling, 
or  having  the  possession  of  any  stairway  or  entrance  to  any  cellar,  base- 
ment, or  excavation  beneath  the  sidewalk  along  any  street,  or  alley  to 
maintain  the  same  without  a proper  guardrail  around  such  entrance,  cellar, 
basement,  or  excavation,  said  guardrail  to  consist  of  iron  and  to  be  31/ 2 
feet  from  the  ground. 

Section  21.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  or  corporation 
to  receive,  keep,  store,  or  have  in  one  place,  within  the  limits  of  said  City, 
more  than  fifty  (50)  pounds  of  gun  powder,  dynamite,  nitro-gylcerine  or 
other  explosive  substance,  or  more  than  five  hundred  (500)  gallons  of 
kerosene  oil,  or  one  hundred  (100)  gallons  of  gasoline;  provided,  that 
nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  or  prevent  the  keeping  within 
such  limits,  of  shot  gun  and  rifle  shells  or  cartridges  and  cartridge  per- 
cussion caps  by  any  business  firm,  or  individual,  to  be  disposed  of  in  the 
usual  course  of  business. 

Section  21-A.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  use  any  profane 
or  obscene  language  upon  any  street  or  alley,  or  in  any  public  place,  in 
the  hearing  of  any  person  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno. 
(As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  298.) 

Section  21-B.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  ride,  drive  or 


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lead  any  horse,  mule,  or  other  animal  of  similar  kind  upon  any  sidewalk 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  except  at  regular  crossings,  or  to  suffer  any  horse  or 
other  animal  to  stand  thereon.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  208.) 

Section  21-C.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  without  proper 
authority,  to  tear  down  or  deface  any  ordinance,  bill,  notice,  advertisement, 
or  any  other  paper  of  a business  or  legitimate  character  lawfully  posted 
within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  at  any  time  before  the  object  of 
such  notice  has  been  accomplished.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  208.) 

Section  21-D.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  within  the  limits 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  to  designedly  make  an  indecent  or  obscene  exposure 
of  his  or  her  person  or  the  person  of  another.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  208.) 

Section  21-E.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  throw  or  de- 
posit, or  cause  to  be  thrown  or  deposited,  in  any  street,  alley,  gutter  or 
highway  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  any  dirt,  rubbish,  ashes 
paper,  shavings,  or  other  inflammable  material  or  trash;  and  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  kindle  or  use  any  fire  upon  any  public  street, 
alley,  highway,  or  anywhere  else  in  the  open  air  within  the  limits  of  said 
City;  and  it  shall  also  be  unlawful  for  any  owner,  agent,  or  occupant  of 
any  yard,  lot,  or  enclosure  within  the  limits  of  said  City  to  permit  or  allow 
to  accumulate  therein  or  thereabout  any  refuse,  weeds,  brush,  rubbish, 
trash,  garbage,  filth,  ashes,  paper,  excelsior,  shavings,  wooden  boxes,  pack- 
ing cases,  or  other  debris,  or  any  inflammable  or  combustible  materials; 
and  every  such  person,  owner,  agent,  or  occupant,  upon  receiving  a writ- 
ten notice  from  the  Chief  or  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  of 
said  City  that  such  condition  exists  in,  upon,  or  about  any  property  owned, 
occupied,  or  managed  by  such  person  or  persons  as  aforesaid,  must,  within 
two  days  thereafter,  remove,  or  cause  to  be  removed,  all  such  garbage, 
weeds,  brush,  filth,  refuse,  boxes,  or  other  trash  or  debris  hereinbefore 
mentioned;  if,  after  receiving  a written  notice  from  the  Chief  or  Assist- 
ant Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  to  clean  the  same  of  any  accumulated 
rubbish,  filth,  garbage  or  other  debris,  the  said  owner  or  agent  refuses  or 
fails  for  a period  of  two  (2)  days,  to  clean  the  same,  the  City  shall  remove 
the  said  accumulated  rubbish,  filth,  garbage  or  other  debris  and  collect 
the  cost  of  said  removal  by  suit  against  owner  of  said  lot.  yard,  or  prem- 
ises, and  the  cost  of  said  removal  shall  be  a lien  against  the  said  lot,  yard, 
or  premises,  until  paid  and  in  said  action  for  recovery  of  the  cost  of  said 
removal  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  join  as  defendant,  any  party  other 
than  the  name  of  the  actual  record  owner  of  said  lot  or  premises,  but  said 
civil  suit  shall  not  be  a bar  to  a criminal  action  as  provided  in  this  Ordi- 
nance. (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  270.) 

Section  21-F.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  throw  or  cause 
to  be  thrown  or  deposited  in  the  Truckee  river,  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  or  in  any  reservoir,  ditch,  or  other  stream  within  said  City, 
any  rubbish,  garbage,  trash,  filth,  or  other  matter  tending  to  make  waters 
thereof  impure,  unwholesome,  or  Offensive.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance 
No.  270.) 

Section  22.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  23.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately. 

Section  24.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 


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Number  Forty-four  published  daily  in  the  Daily  Nevada  State  Journal,  a 
daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  29th  day  of  August,  1905,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Wilson,  Mr.  Newmarker,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Kinney. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Mr.  Drappo. 

Approved  this  29th  day  of  August,  1905. 

N.  E.  WILSON, 

Attest:  Mayor  pro  tem  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  45. 

An  Ordinance  Concerning  Breaches  of  the  Peace,  Fightifng,  Routs,  Riots, 
Affrays,  Injury  to  Property,  Malcious  Mischief,  Disorderly  Persons, 
Lewd  or  Lascivious  Cohabitation  or  Behavior,  Begging,  Carrying 
Deadly  Weapons,  and  Resisting  an  Officer,  within  the  City  of  Reno; 
to  Restrain  and  Punish  the  Same  and  to  Repeal  All  Ordinances  or 
Sections  Thereof  in  Conflict  Therewith,  and  Other  Matters  Relating 
Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  If  any  person  shall,  maliciously  and  willfully  disturb  the 
peace  or  quiet  of  any  neighborhood,  or  family,  within  the  City  of  Reno,  by 
loud  or  unusual  noises,  or  by  tumultuous  and  offensive  conduct,  threaten- 
ing, traducing,  quarrelling,  challenging  to  fight,  or  fighting,  every  person 
convicted  thereof  shall  be  fined  in  a sum  not  exceeding  Two  Hundred 
Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City,  not  more  than 
Two  Months. 

Section  2.  If  two  or  more  persons  assemble  for  the  purpose  of  dis- 
turbing the  public  peace,  or  committing  any  unlawful  act,  within  the  City 
of  Reno,  and  do  not  disperse,  on  being  desired  or  commanded  so  to  do  by 
a Judge,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Sheriff,  Coroner,  Constable,  or  other  public 
officer,  the  person  so  offending  shall,  on  conviction,  be  severally  fined  in 
any  sum  not  exceeding  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the  City 
Jail  not  more  than  Six  Months. 

Section  3.  If  two  or  more  persons  shall,  by  agreement,  fight  in  a pub- 
lic place,  within  the  City,  to  the  terror  of  the  citizens  of  this  city,  the 
person  so  offending  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  an  affray  and  shall  be 
severally  fined  in  a sum  not  exceeding  Two  Hundred  Dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City  not  more  than  One  Month. 

Section  4.  If  two  or  more  persons  shall  meet  to  do  an  unlawful  act, 
within  said  City,  upon  a common  cause  of  quarrel  and  make  advances 
toward  it,  they  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a rout,  and,  on  conviction,  shall 
be  severally  fined  in  a sum  not  exceeding  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  or  imprison- 
ment in  the  City  Jail  not  more  than  Six  Months;  and  if  two  or  more  per- 
sons shall  actually  do  an  unlawful  act  of  violence,  either  with  or  without 
a common  cause  of  quarrel,  or  even  do  a lawful  act  in  a violent,  tumultuous 
and  illegal  manner,  they  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a riot  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  Five  Hundred 
Dollars  each  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City  for  any  term 
of  time  not  exceeding  Six  Months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


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Section  5.  Every  person  who  shall,  within  the  City  of  Reno,  beat  or 
torture  any  horse,  ox,  mule  or  other  animal,  whether  belonging  to  him- 
self or  to  any  other  person,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than 
Thirty  or  more  than  One  Hundred  Dollars  or  by  imprisonment  in  the 
City  Jail  for  a period  not  to  exceed  Thirty  Days  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment;  and  every  person  who  shall,  within  the  City  of  Reno,  will- 
fully, unlawfully  and  maliciously  destroy,  burn,  cut  or  otherwise  injure  any 
goods,  chattels  or  property  of  any  description  whatever  belonging  to 
another,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  more  than  Five 
Hundred  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  not  exceeding  Six 
Months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  6.  Any  person  who  shall,  within  the  City  of  Reno  willfully, 
unlawfully  or  maliciously  break,  destroy,  or  injure  the  door  or  window 
of  any  dwelling  house,  shop,  store,  or  other  house  or  building,  or  the  door 
or  window,  grating,  platform,  wheels  or  other  part  of  any  railroad  or 
street  car,  or  sever  therefrom,  or  from  any  gate,  fence  or  inclosure  any  part 
thereof,  or  any  material  of  which  it  is  formed,  or  sever  from  the  free- 
hold any  produce  thereof,  or  anything  attached  thereto,  or  pull  down, 
injure,  or  destroy  any  gate,  post,  railing,  or  fence,  or  any  part  thereof,  or 
break,  destroy,  or  injure  any  boat,  or  cut  down,  lap,  girdle,  or  otherwise 
injure  or  destroy  any  fruit  or  shade  tree,  being  the  property  of  another,  or 
who  shall,  without  the  consent  of  the  owner,  agent,  or  occupant  of  the 
premises  or  property  herein  mentioned,  deface,  disfigure,  or  cover  up  any 
fruit  tree,  or  ornamental  tree,  fence,  house,  wall,  shop,  or  building,  prop- 
erty of  another,  by  pasting  upon  or  in  any  way  fastening  thereto,  any 
printed  bill,  signboard,  show  poster  or  other  device  whatsoever  or  who 
shall,  without  a written  permit  from  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
deface,  disfigure,  or  cover  up  by  pasting  upon  or  in  any  way  fastening 
thereto,  any  printed  bill,  sign-board,  show-poster  or  other  device  what- 
soever, upon  any  public  building,  monument,  grave  stone,  ornamental  tree, 
or  other  object  or  property  under  the  supervision  and  control  of  said 
City  or  of  any  association  or  society  whatsoever,  shall,  for  each  and  every 
such  offense  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  be 
fined  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  Two  Hundred  Dollars,  or  be  imprisoned 
in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City  for  a term  not  exceeding  Six  Months,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  within  the  limits  of 
the  City  of  Reno,  to  wear,  carry  or  have  concealed  upon  his  person  any 
dirk  knife,  pistol,  sword  in  case,  slun^  shot,  brass  knuckles,  razor  or  other 
dangerous  weapon,  without  first  obtaining  permission  from  the  City 
Council.  The  City  Council  may,  upon  application  made  in  writing  show- 
ing the  reason  of  the  person  or  the  purpose  for  which  any  concealed 
weapon  is  to  be  carried,  grant  permission  under  the  seal  of  the  City  and 
attested  by  its  Clerk,  to  the  person  making  such  application,  authorizing 
such  person  to  carry  the  concealed  weapon  described  in  such  permission. 
Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall 
be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not 
less  than  Twenty  ($20.00)  Dollars,  nor  more  than  Five  Hundred  ($500.00) 
Dollars,  or  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  for  not  less  than  Thirty  (30)  Days, 
nor  more  than  Six  (6)  Months.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to  peace  offi- 
cers in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  nor  to  persons  acting  or  engaged  in 
the  business  of  common  carriers,  within  this  State,  or  to  persons  traveling 
through  the  State. 

Section"  8.  Persons  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  who  have 
the  physical  ability  to  work,  not  having  visible  means  of  support,  living 
idly,  or  who  are  found  foitering  or  loafing  about  the  streets  or  public  places, 


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or  who  are  found  loafing  or  loitering  habitually  in  or  about  dramshops,  tip 
pling  houses,  saloons,  bar-rooms,  gambling  houses,  or  places  where  gamb- 
ling is  carried  on,  or  houses  of  ill  fame  or  places  resorted  to  by  persons  for 
purposes  of  prostitution  or  immoral  purposes,  or  who  are  found  wandering, 
loafing  or  loitering  about  the  streets  at  late  and  unusual  hours  of  the  night, 
not  giving  a satisfactory  account  of  themselves,  and  all  common  drunkards, 
and  all  vagrants,  shall  be  deemed  disorderly  persons,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  before  the  Police  Judge  of  said  City,  shall  be  punished  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City  for  a term  not  exceeding  Ninety  (90) 
Days. 

Section  9.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Police  Judge  of  said  City,  having 
personal  knowledge,  or  on  complaint  being  made  under  oath,  that  any 
person  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno  is  a disorderly  person  of  any 
one  of  the  classes  designated  in  Section  8 of  this  ordinance,  to  cause  such 
person  to  be  brought  before  him,  and  if,  upon  examination,  such  person 
be  found  guilty  of  being  a disorderly  person,  he,  or  she,  for  each  offense, 
shall  be  punished  as  therein  provided. 

Section  10.  (Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212.) 

Section  11.  No  person  shall,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  whether  by 
look,  word,  sign,  or  deed  practice  begging  or  mendicancy,  within  the  limits 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  or  on  any  of  the  streets,  sidewalks,  alleys,  thorough- 
fares or  highways  thereof;  nor  shall  any  person  who  is  diseased,  maimed, 
mutilated  or  in  any  way  deformed  so  as  to  be  an  unsightly  or  disgusting 
object,  or  an  improper  person  be  allowed  in  or  on  the  streets,  alleys,  side- 
walks, thoroughfares  or  highways  or  public  places  in  the  city,  therein  or 
thereon  expose  himself  or  herself  to  public  view.  Any  person  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  of  not  more  than 
Fifty  ($50)  Dollars,  or  to  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  not  more  than  Fifty 
(50)  Days,  or  to  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  12.  Any  person  who  shall  interfere  with,  resist,  molest  or 
threaten  to  molest  any  officer  of  said  City,  in  the  exercise  of  his  official 
duties,  shall  be  liable  to  a fine  in  any  sum  not  exceeding  One  Hundred 
($100.00)  Dollars,  or  to  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  not  more  than 
Three  (3)  Months,  or  to  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  13.  Fines  imposed  by  the  Police  Court  under  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance,  may  be  recovered  by  execution  against  the  property  oi 
the  defendant  or  the  payment  thereof  enforced  by  imprisonment  in  the 
City  Jail  of  said  City,  at  the  rate  of  one  (1)  day  for  every  dollar  of  such  fine,  or 
said  Court  may,  in  its  discretion,  adjudge  and  enter  upon  the  docket  a supple- 
mental order  that  such  offender  shall  work  on  the  streets  or  public  works 
of  said  City,  at  a rate  of  Two  ($2.00)  Dollars  for  each  day  of  the  sentence, 
which  shall  apply  on  such  fine  until  the  same  shall  be  exhausted  or  other- 
wise satisfied. 

Section  14.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  15.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately. 

Section  16.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  Forty-five  published  daily  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily 
newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  29th  day  of  August,  1905,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  Councilmen: 


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Ayes — Mr.  Wilson,  Mr.  Newmarker,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Kinney. 
Nays — None. 

Absent — Mr.  Drappo. 

Approved  this  29th  day  of  August,  1905. 

N.  E.  WILSON, 

Attest:  Mayor  pro  tem  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  50. 

An  Ordinance  Providing  for  and  Regulating  the  Numbering  of  Residences 

and  Places  of  Business  in  the  City  of  Reno;  Repealing  All  Ordinances 

and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith,  and  fixing  a Penalty 

for  the  Violation  Thereof. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  owning  any  building,  or 
the  agent  thereof,  must,  within  two  weeks  after  the  completion  or  occu- 
pation of  such  building,  place,  or  cause  to  be  placed  on  or  over  the  door 
or  gate  used  as  an  entrance  to  such  building,  or  adjacent  to  such  door 
or  gate,  so  as  to  be  really  seen  from  the  street,  the  appropriate  number  of 
such  building  as  herein  specified. 

Section  2.  All  entrances  from  streets  to  buildings,  or  to  special  apart- 
ments in  buildings,  shall  be  numbered,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person,  whether  owner  or  occupant  of  the  building;  or  any  apartment 
therein,  to  place,  maintain  or  allow  to  remain  thereon,  any  number  other 
than  the  one  required  by  this  ordinance.  The  number  placed  upon  any 
entrance  shall  be  of  a different  color  from  the  background  upon  which  it 
is  placed,  and  each  figure  of  such  number  shall  be  at  least  inches  in 
height  and  of  proportionate  width.  All  numbers  must  be  made  of  sub- 
stantial and  permanent  material,  and  must  be  so  placed  or  fixed  as  not  to 
be  easily  effaced  or  removed. 

Section  3.  On  streets  running  east  and  west  all  buildings  facing 
south  thereon  shall  be  numbered  with  odd  numbers,  and  all  buildings 
facing  north  thereon  shall  be  numbered  with  even  numbers.  On  streets 
running  north  and  south  all  buildings  facing  east  thereon  shall  be  num- 
bered with  odd  numbers,  and  all  buildings  facing  west  thereon  shall  be 
numbered  with  even  numbers,  as  in  this  ordinance  hereinafter  set  forth. 

Section  4.  On  hundred  numbers,  or  as  many  thereof  as  may  be  nec- 
essary, shall  be  alloted  to  the  property  frontage  in  each  block  between 
two  main  streets,  upon  the  basis  of  one  number  for  every  12^  feet,  except 
as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  5.  The  Truckee  river  shall  be  the  dividing  line  for  all  streets 
running  north  and  south,  and  Virginia  street  shall  be  the  dividing  line  for 
all  streets  running  east  and  west. 

Section  6.  On  all  streets  running  north  and  south,  north  of  the 
Truckee  river,  commencing  with  First  street,  the  numbers  shall  begin  on 
the  southeast  or  the  southwest  .corner  of  the  block,  as  the  case  may  be, 
with,  the  number  100  or  101  at  the  point  nearest  the  river,  and  the  number 
200  or  201  in  the  next  block,  and  so  on  north  consecutively,  allowing  pne 
hundred  numbers  for  each  block  upon  the  basis  hereinbefore  specified. 


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provided,  that  all  numbers  shall,  as  near  as  practicable,  correspond  in  each 
block  between  the  same  streets,  except  that  the  blocks  between  Walnut 
or  West  Sixth  street  and  Maple  street  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  this  ordi- 
nance, be  considered  as  one  block  between  said  street,  and  buildings  facing 
on  streets  running  north  and  south  between  said  streets  shall  be  num- 
bered accordingly  on  the  basis  hereinbefore  specified.  Between  First 
street  and  the  Truckee  river  there  shall  be  alloted  the  numbers  1 to  99 
inclusive,  or  as  many  thereof  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  entire  property 
frontage,  irrespective  of  blocks,  allowing  one  number  for  every  twenty 
feet  or  fraction  thereof,  except  on  Virginia  street,  where  the  basis  shall  be 
as  otherwise  herein  specified;  provided,  however,  that  the  numbers  in  all 
blocks  between  two  streets  shall,  as  near  as  practicable,  correspond  as 
hereinbefore  specified. 

Section  7.  On  all  streets  running  north  and  south,  south  of  the 
Truckee  river,  commencing  with  Island  avenue  and  Mill  street,  the  num- 
bers shall  begin  on  the  northeast,  or  the  northwest  corner  of  the  block,  as 
the  case  may  be,  with  the  number  100  or  101  at  the  point  nearest  the  river, 
and  the  number  200  or  201  in  the  next  block  and  so  on  south  consecutively, 
allowing  one  hundred  numbers  for  each  block  upon  the  basis  as  hereinbe- 
fore specified;  except  that  the  blocks  between  Mill  street  and  Pine  street 
shall,  for  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance,  be  considered  as  one  block  be- 
tween said  streets,  and  buildings  facing  on  streets  running  north  and  south 
between  said  streets  shall  be  numbered  accordingly  upon  said  basis  of 
1 2y2  feet  as  aforesaid;  provided,  that  between  the  river  and  Mill  street 
there  shall  be  alloted  the  numbers  1 to  99  inclusive,  or  as  many  thereof  as 
may  be  necessary  to  the  entire  property  frontage,  irrespective  of  blocks, 
allowing  one  number  for  every  25  feet  or  fraction  thereof. 

Section  8.  On  all  streets  running  east  and  west,  the  numbers  shall 
begin  at  Virginia  street,  the  first  block  being  numbered  from  1 to  99  in- 
clusive, the  next  block  100  to  199  inclusive,  and  so  on  east  or  west  from 
Virginia  street  as  the  case  may  be. 

Section  9.  It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  Superintendent  of  Streets 
of  said  City,  whenever  he  has  knowledge  of  any  violation  of  this  ordinance, 
to  give  notice  thereof  to  the  owner,  or,  if  he  cannot  be  found  to  the  agent 
or  occupant  of  the  premises  where  the  violation  occurs;  and  if,  after  two 
weeks  the  cause  of  complaint  is  not  removed,  to  have  the  penalty  provided 
in  this  ordinance  enforced. 

Section  10.  Whenever  any  property  owner,  or  agent  of  any  property 
has  been  notified  to  change  the  numbers  of  his  building,  the  old  numbers 
may  be  temporarily  retained,  in  addition  to  the  new  numbers;  provided, 
however,  that  in  no  case  shall  such  old  numbers  he  retained  for  a period 
longer  than  sixty  days  after  the  official  notice  to  change  the  same. 

Section  11.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall  violate  any  of 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor, 
and,  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  not  less  than  Five 
($5.00)  Dollars,  nor  more  than  Twenty  ($20.00)  Dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  City  Jail  for  not  less  than  Five  (5)  Days,  nor  more  than 
Twenty  (20)  davs,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  12.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  immedi- 
ately upon  its  passage,  adoption,  approval  and  publication  daily  for  a period 
of  one  week. 

Section  13.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed. 


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Section  14.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  Fifty  published  daily  in  the  Daily  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily 
newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  the  22nd  day  of  January,  1906,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Wilson,  Mr.  Drappo,  Mr.  Newmarker,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr. 
Kinney. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  22nd  day  of  January,  1906. 

N.  E.  WILSON. 

Attest:  Mayor  pro  tem  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  52. 

An  Ordinance  Providing  for  the  Appointment  of  a City  Electrician  and 

Meter  Inspector;  Prescribing  the  Duties,  and  Fixing  the  Compensa- 
tion of  Such  Office,  and  Other  Matters  Relating  Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
shall  be  and  is  hereby  named  ex  officio  City  Electrician  and  Meter  Inspec- 
tor of  the  City  of  Reno,  without  further  compensation.  (As  amended 
by  Ordinance  No.  256.) 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Electrician  and  Meter  In- 
spector to  enforce  all  laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  all  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  and  all  orders  of  the  City  Council  relating  to  the  regulation 
and  inspection  of  the  installation  and  maintenance  of  electrical  wires,  appli- 
ances, apparatus,  construction  and  equipment  in,  on  or  about  buildings  and 
other  structures  in  the  City  of  Reno;  regulating  the  placing,  erection,  use 
and  maintenance  of  poles,  wires,  cables,  appliances  and  apparatus  on  the 
several  streets,  alleys  and  other  public  places  therein;  the  inspection  of 
electric,  gas  and  other  meters  within  said  City,  and  the  collection  of  the 
fees  therefor;  and  to  perform  such  other  acts  and  duties  as  may  from 
time  to  time  be  lawfully  required  by  ordinance  or  otherwise. 

Section  3.  The  City  Electrician  and  Meter  Inspector  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by,  and  hold  such  office  at  the  pleasure  of,  the  City  Council,  and 
shall,  within  ten  days  after  his  appointment  and  before  entering  upon  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  execute  to  the  City  of  Reno  a good  and  sufficient 
bond  in  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  ($1,000.00)  Dollars,  with  two  or  more 
sureties  or  a surety  company,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor;  said  bond 
shall  be  conditioned  that  the  said  officer  will  perform  all  and  every  official 
duty  imposed  upon  him  by  this  ordinance  or  any  subsequent  ordinance,  law, 
resolution,  or  order,  or  any  other  ordinance  now  in  existence  or  hereafter 
adopted,  and  that  he  will  keep  intact  and  hand  over  to  his  successor  in 
office  all  property  to  the  City  of  Reno  which  may  come  into  his  hands  and 
custody  as  such  officer  of  the  City  of  Reno;  and  that  he  will  pay  over  to 
the  proper  officer  of  the  City  of  Reno  all  moneys  and  fees  received  by  him 
as  such  officer  of  said  city.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  165.) 

Section  4.  The  City  Electrician  and  Meter  Inspector  may  with  the 
consent  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  appoint  an  assistant  City 


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Electrician  and  Meter  Inspector,  when  he  deems  it  necessary,  to  per- 
form the  duties  of  City  Electrician  and  Meter  Inspector,  who  shall  receive 
as  compensation  not  more  than  Five  Dollars  per  day,  for  the  time  he  is 
actually  employed.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  256.) 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  immedi- 
ately upon  its  passage,  adoption,  approval  and  publication  daily  for  a 
period  of  one  week. 

Section  6.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  is  hereby  authorized,  empowered  and  directed  to  have  this  City 
Ordinance  No.  52,  published  daily  for  a period  of  one  week  in  the  Daily 
Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  County 
of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada. 

Passed,  adopted  and  approved,  after  the  second  reading  thereof,  this 
26th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1906. 

N.  E.  WILSON, 

Mayor  pro  tern  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Attest: 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk. 

Passed  and  adopted  after  the  second  reading  thereof  this  26th  day  of 
February,  1906,  by  the  following  vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Wilson,  Mr.  Drappo,  Mr.  Newmarker,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr. 
Kinney. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

(Approved  this  26th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1906. 

N.  E.  WILSON, 

Mayor  pro  tern  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Attest: 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  58. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  56. 

An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Construction,  Maintenance,  and  Operation 
of  Ditches,  Flumes,  Water  Ways,  and  Water  Pipes  in  the  City  of 
Reno;  Prohibiting  the  Flooding  of  Streets,  Alleys,  Sidewalks  and 
Other  Public  Places  Therein,  Fixing  a Penalty  for  the  Violation 
Thereof,  and  Other  Matters  Relating  Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  copartnership,  com- 
pany, corporation,  or  agent  thereof,  to  construct  or  maintain  above  the 
surface  line  of  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Reno  any  flume 
or  other  structure  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  or  carrying  water. 

Section  2.  All  flumes  or  similar  structures  now  maintained  in,  about 
or  along  any  street,  alley  or  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Reno,  which  projects 
above  the  surface  of  such  street,  alley  or  sidewalk,  are  hereby  condemned 
as  nuisances,  and  within  thirty  days  after  this  ordinance  is  in  effect,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  person,  co-partnership,  company  or  corporation  owning 
or  controlling  such  flume,  ditch  or  structure,  to  commence  in  good  faith 
to  cause  the  water  running  through  the  same  to  be  conducted  by  means 
of  a pipe  or  other  underground  waterways,  conduit  or  covered  ditch,  and 


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to  alter  or  change  such  flume  or  ditch,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance. 

Section  3.  No  such  person,  co-partnership,  company,  corporation,  or 
agent  thereof,  shall  change,  alter  or  repair  any  such  flume  or  structure, 
or  excavate  for  or  pipe  such  water  without  first  obtaining  a written  permit 
from  the  City  Engineer,  who  shall  grant  such  permit  upon  application 
and  shall  supervise  the  piping  or  other  method  of  conducting  such  water, 
which  shall  be  done  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  hereof. 

Section  4.  All  such  flumes,  ditches  or  water  ways  shall  be  con- 
structed of  iron,  cement,  granite,  stone,  brick,  terra  cotta,  sewer  pipe, 
asphalt  or  wood,  or  combination  of  any  of  such  materials;  provided,  the 
same  shall  in  all  cases,  where  maintained  across  or  along  any  street  or 
alley,  be  entirely  covered  and  so  constructed  and  maintained  as  to  prevent 
leakage. 

Section  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  ditch  or  canal  company  or 
association,  or  any  person  having  the  management  or  control  of  the  same 
or  of  any  ditch,  canal  or  water  way  running  through  said  City,  to  permit 
the  accumulation  or  depositing  therein  of  any  driftwood,  rubbish,  offal,  filth 
or  other  matter  or  substance  tending  to  make  the  waters  therein  impure, 
unwholesome  or  offensive  or  which  would  cause  the  same  to  overflow  into 
any  street,  alley  or  public  place. 

Section  6.  No  person,  firm,  company,  association  or  corporation  own- 
ing or  controlling  any  hose,  water  pipe,  ditch,  canal,  flume  or  waterway 
or  through  or  from  either  or  any  other  source  shall  allow  or  permit  water 
from  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  to  flow  over  or  into  any  sidewalk,  street 
alley,  or  public  place;  provided,  nothing  herein  shall  be  so  construed  as  to 
prevent  the  wetting  of  any  sidewalk,  alley,  street  or  public  place  for  the 
purpose  of  cleaning  the  same  or  allajdng  the  dust  thereon,  nor  the  acci- 
dental breaking  of  any  such  hose,  water  pipe,  ditch  or  flume,  provided, 
such  break  be  repaired  or  the  flow  of  water  through  the  same  be  abated  within 
two  hours  after  personal  notice  of  such  break  be  given  the  person,  manager, 
superintendent,  agent,  or  officer  of  any  company,  corporation  or  association 
owning,  controlling  or  maintaining  the  same  or  having  any  pecuniary  in- 
terest therein.  If  such  break  be  not  repaired  or  the  water  turned  off 
within  said  time,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  City  Engineer  and  Superin- 
tendent of  Streets  to  cause  the  water  flowing  through  such  hose,  water 
pipe,  ditch,  canal,  flume  or  waterway  to  be  shut  off,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  again  turn  such  water  through  the  same  until  proper 
repairs  have  been  made. 

Section  7.  Any  person  or  any  officer,  manager,  superintendent  of  any 
company,  corporation,  co-partnership,  or  any  agent  thereof,  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
a misdemeanor  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine 
of  not  less  than  Ten  ($10.00)  Dollars,  nor  more  than  Five  Hundred 
($500.00)  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City  not  less 
than  Five  (5)  Days,  nor  more  than  Six  (6)  Months,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 

Section  8.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  9.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  upon  its 
passage,  adoption,  approval  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one 
week. 

Section  10.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 


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of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  Fifty-six  published  daily  for  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening  Ga- 
zette, a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Passed  and  adopted,  after  the  second  reading  thereof,  this  12th  day 
of  March,  1906,  by  the  following  vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Wilson,  Mr.  Drappo,  Mr.  Newmarker,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr. 
Kinney. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  12th  day  of  March,  1905. 

N.  E.  WILSON, 

Attest:  Mayor  pro  tem  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  71. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  67. 

An  Ordinance  Declaring  Any  Interference  With,  Or  Unauthorized  Use  or 

Attempted  Use  of  Any  Hydrant,  Or  Apparatus  of  the  Fire  Department 

of  the  City  of  Reno,  To  Be  Unlawful,  and  Providing  Punishment 

Therefor. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  deemed  unlawful  for  any  person,  without  the 
permission  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  of  the  City  of  Reno,  to 
interfere  with,  use,  or  attempt  to  use  any  hydrant  under  the  control  of 
said  City,  or  to  place  any  obstruction  about  the  same  in  a manner  which 
would  interfere  with  the  use  thereof  by  the  Fire  Department  of  said  City 
in  the  event  of  a fire,  or,  without  the  permission  of  said  officer,  to  inter- 
fere with,  use,  or  attempt  to  use  any  of  the  apparatus  of  the  Fire  Depart-^ 
ment  of  the  City  of  Reno,  or  to  knowingly  turn  in,  transmit,  or  cause  to  be 
turned  in  or  transmitted,  any  false  or  wrong  alarm  to  the  Fire  Department 
of  said  City. 

Any  person  found  guilty  of  such  offense  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
exceeding  Two  Hundred  ($200.00)  Dollars,  nor  less  than  Ten  ($10.00) 
Dollars.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  207.) 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  from  and 
after  its  passage,  adoption,  and  publication  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Section  3.  The  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized 
and  ordered  to  cause  this  City  Ordinance  No.  67  to  be  published  in  the 
Daily  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published  and  in  circula- 
tion in  said  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  25th  day  of  March,  1907,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Kinney,  Mr.  Drappo,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Newmarker,  Mr. 
Wilson— 5. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  25th  day  of  March,  1907,  by 

N.  E.  WILSON. 

Attest:  Mayor  pro  tem  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


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BILL  NO.  79. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  73. 

An  Ordinance  Providing  Regulations  for  Garbage,  and  Garbage  Movers, 

Providing  Garbage  Districts,  and  Punishing  Violations  of  Such  Regu- 
lations. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  All  scavenger  work  shall  be  subject  to  the  direction  and 
control  of  the  Board  of  Health.  It  shall  be  the  particular  duty  of  the 
Board  of  Health  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  in  reference 
to  garbage  and  scavenger  work. 

Section  2.  There  shall  be  and  there  are  hereby  established  within  the 
limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  two  garbage  districts,  to  be  known  and  designated 
as  Garbage  District  No.  1,  and  Garbage  District  No.  2. 

Section  3.  Garbage  District  No.  1 shall  comprise  all  that  portion  of 
the  City  of  Reno  lying  and  being  north  of  the  Truckee  river. 

Section  4..  Garbage  District  No.  2 shall  comprise  all  that  portion  of 
the  City  of  Reno  lying  and  being  south  of  the  Truckee  river. 

Section  5.  Within  the  garbage  districts  described  in  this  ordinance, 
there  shall  be  provided  and  kept  by  the  owner,  agent  or  occupant  of  any  and 
every  building,  a suitable  metallic  vessel,  free  from  leekage,  in  which  shall 
be  placed  all  garbage  and  liquid  refuse  that  accumulates  in  said  building 
or  on  the  premises.  Said  receptacle  or  receptacles  shall  and  must  be 
emptied  not  less  than  once  during  each  week  from  the  dwelling  or  dwell- 
ings or  buildings  used  as  residences  in  said  garbage  districts.  Said  recep- 
tacles used  in  and  about  business  houses  or  public  places  in  said  garbage 
districts  must  be  emptied  once  in  each  twenty-four  hours  and  must  be 
emptied  between  the  hours  of  eleven  o’clock  P.  M.  and  six  o’clock  A.  M. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  sweep  or 
deposit  any  paper  or  other  rubbish  in  any  gutter  or  ditch  within  the 
garbage  districts  created  by  Sections  3 and  4,  or  to  empty  into  any  gutter 
or  ditch  any  house  slops  or  the  contents  of  spittoons. 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  within  the  garbage 
districts  described  in  Sections  3 and  4,  to  deposit  ashes  and  non-combust- 
able  rubbish  in  the  same  vessel  or  receptacle  with  combustible  garbage  or 
liquid  substances. 

Section  8.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  cor- 
poration to  use  any  cart  or  vehicle  for  the  conveyance  or  removal  of  swill, 
garbage,  filth,  offal  of  any  kind,  or  any  offensive  or  ill  smelling  matter,  or 
any  mixture  of  swill,  garbage,  filth,  offal  of  any  kind,  or  any  offensive,  or 
ill  smelling  matter  unless  the  said  cart  or  vehicle  is  staunch,  tight,  and 
closely  covered  with  a wooden  or  metal  cover  so  as  wholly  to  prevent 
leakage  or  smell;  or  to  use  any  cart  or  vehicle  for  the  conveyance  or  re- 
moval of  manure,  rubbish  or  street  sweepings  unless  the  said  cart  or  vehicle 
be  provided  with  a canvas  cover  securely  fastened  over  the  top  thereof, 
and  be  so  constructed  as  to  prevent  the  deposit  of  such  manure,  rubbish 
or  street  sweepings,  or  any  portion  thereof,  in  or  upon  the  streets  through 
which  said  cart  or  vehicle  may  be  driven. 

Section  9.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  fail  to  move  all 
garbage,  manure,  ashes  and  other  refuse  and  offal  to  a place  designated 
as  the  City  Garbage  Ground,  and  it  is  and  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 


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engaged  in  hauling  garbage,  rubbish  or  decaying  matter  of  any  kind,  to 
permit,  allow  or  cause  any  of  said  matter  to  fall  and  remain  in  the  streets. 

Section  10.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  there- 
of, shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  more  than  one  hundred  dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  not  more  than  One  Hundred  Days  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  11.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  12.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  upon  its 
passage,  adoption,  approval,  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Section  13.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  Seventy-three,  published  daily  for  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening 
Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Passed  and  adopted  after  the  second  reading  thereof,  this  22nd  defy 
of  July,  1907,  by  the  following  vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Kinney,  Mr.  Jamison,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Nelson,  and  Mr. 
Fitzgerald. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved,  this  22nd  day  of  July,  1907. 

R.  KIRMAN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  89. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  74. 

An  Ordinance  To  Prohibit  the  Cutting,  Multilating,  Injury  Or  Destroying 
of  Ornamental  Trees  Or  Shrubbery,  Upon  Or  Along  the  Publ’c  Streets, 
Alleys,  Highways  Or  Within  the  Public  Parks  Or  Private  Grounds, 
Within  the  Corporate  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Without  the  Consent 
of  the  Owner  Or  Owners,  in  Writing,  and  Fixing  the  Penalty 
Therefor. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  or  persons  to  cut  or 
mutilate  any  ornamental  tree  or  trees  or  shrubbery  of  any  kind,  upon  or 
along  any  of  the  public  streets,  highways,  alleys,  public  or  private  parks 
or  grounds,  or  to  tie,  hitch  or  fasten  any  horse  or  horses  or  other  animals 
to  any  ornamental  tree  or  trees  or  shrubbery  on  or  upon  any  of  the  public 
streets,  highways,  alleys,  public  or  private  parks  or  grounds,  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  without  the  consent  shall  be  first  ob- 
tained in  writing  from  the  owner  or  owners,  person  or  officers  or  duly 
authorized  agent  or  agents,  of  the  property  or  premises  upon  or  in  front  of 
which  such  tree  or  trees  or  shrubbery  stands. 

Section  2.  Every  person  convicted  of  a violation  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  Ten  ($10.00) 
Dollars,  nor  more  than  One  Hundred  ($100.00)  Dollars,  or  by  imprison- 
ment in  the  City  Jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  for  a period  of  not  less  than  Ten 


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(10)  Days,  nor  more  than  One  Hundred  (100)  Days,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 

Section  3.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
No.  74  published  daily  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper, 
published  in  the  said  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week,  and  this  ordi- 
nance shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its  passage,  adoption  and  publi- 
cation daily  as  above  stated. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  the  13th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1907,  by  the 
following  vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Kinney,  Mr.  Jamison,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Nelson,  Mr. 
Fitzgerald. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1907. 

R.  KIRMAN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  82. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  75. 

An  Ordinance  To  Regulate  Public  Open  Air  Meetings,  Gatherings  Or  As- 
semblages, Providing  the  Place  Where  the  Same  Must  Be  Held  Or  Con- 
ducted Within  the  City  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  Providing  the 
Penalty  for  a Violation  of  the  Same. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  On  and  after  the  passage,  adoption  and  publication  of  this 
ordinance  for  a period  of  one  week  in  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  pub- 
lished in  said  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  it  shall  and  will  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  corporation,  to  hold,  conduct  or  man- 
age any  public  open  air  meetings  or  gatherings  on  any  of  the  public  streets, 
alleys  or  other  public  places  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  City  of 
Reno,  excepting  that  portion  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  north  side  line 
of  the  Plaza,  on  the  south  by  the  possessions  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
way Company,  on  the  east  by  the  west  side  line  of  North  Virginia  street, 
and  on  the  west  by  the  east  side  line  of  Sierra  street. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  corporation  vio- 
lating any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  and  declared 
to  be  guilty  of  a nuisance,  and  any  person  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  cor- 
poration duly  convicted  of  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  committing  a nuisance,  and  shall  be  fined  in  any 
sum  not  less  than  Five  Dollars,  nor  more  than  One  Hundred  Dollars,  or 
by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  not  to  exceed  One 
Hundred  (100)  Days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  3.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  Citv 


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of  Reno,  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  Seventy-five,  published  daily  in  the  Daily  Nevada  State  Journal,  a 
daily  newspaper,  published  in  the  said  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one 
week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  13th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1907,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Kinney,  Mr.  Jamison.  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Nelson,  Mr. 
Fitzgerald. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  dav  of  August,  A.  D.,  1907. 

R.  KIRMAN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  85. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  77. 


An  Ordinance  Requiring  All  Street  Cars  Operated  By  Steam,  Electricity 
Or  Gasoline  Within  the  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno  To  Be  Equipped 
With  Air  and  Hand  Breaks. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  all  street  cars  carrying  passengers,  over  or  on  the 
streets,  highways  or  alleys  of  the  City  of  Reno  and  operated  by  steam, 
electricity  or  gasoline,  must  be  equipped  with  hand  and  air  brakes  within 
ninety  days  after  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  said  brakes  to  be  maintained 
in  first-class  operative  condition  at  all  times. 


Section  1-A.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  corporation 
operating  street  cars  over,  across,  or  along  any  of  the  streets  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  without  having  his,  its  or 
their  said  street  cars  properly  equipped  with  hand  and  air  brakes,  as  pro- 
vided in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  committed 
a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  the  sum  of 
Twenty-five  ($25.00)  Dollars  for  each  and  every  day  said  street  car,  or  cars, 
is,  or  are,  so  operated.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  191.) 


Section  2.  All  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  upon  its 
passage,  adoption,  approval  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one  week. 


Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No.  77 
published  daily  for  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  news- 
paper published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Passed  and  adopted  after  the  second  reading  thereof  this  13th  day  of 
August,  1907,  by  the  following  vote: 

Ayes— -Kinney,  Quinn,  Nelson,  Fitzgerald. 

Nays — Jamison. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  August,  1907. 


Attest: 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 
Clerk. 


R.  KIRMAN, 

Mayor. 


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BILL  NO.  100. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  92. 

An  Ordinance  Requiring  All  Street  Cars  Operating  By  Steam,  Electricity 

Or  Gasoline  Within  the  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno  To  Be  Equipped 

With  Good  and  Approved  Fenders. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  all  street  cars  carrying  passengers,  over  or  on  the 
streets,  highways  or  alleys  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  being  operated  by  steam, 
electricity  or  gasoline,  must  be  equipped  with  good  and  approved  car  fenders 
on  each  end  of  each  and  every  car  while  operating  over  or  along  any  and  all 
streets  of  said  City  of  Reno;  and  all  cars  so  operating  over  and  along  any 
and  all  streets  within  the  corporate  limits  of  said  City  of  Reno,  must  within 
sixty  days  after  the  passage,  adoption,  approval  and  publication  of  this 
ordinance  for  the  period  of  one  full  week,  have  its  or  their  cars  so  equipped 
with  said  good  and  approved  car  fenders,  and  the  same  to  be  maintained  in 
first  class  operative  condition  at  all  times  during  the  operation  of  any  and 
all  cars  so  operated. 

Section  2.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  corporation  that 
continues  to  so  operate  its  said  cars  over,  across  or  along  any  of  the  streets 
within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Reno,  Nevada,  after  the  said  sixty 
days  have  expired,  without  having  their  or  its  said  cars  properly  equipped 
with  good  and  approved  fenders  as  provided  in  section  one  of  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  deemed  to  have  committed  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  will  be  fined  in  the  sum  of  Twenty-five  Dollars  each  and  every  day 
said  car  or  cars  are  being  operated  after  the  said  sixty  days  has  expired. 

Section  3.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  upon  its 
passage,  adoption,  approval  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  Ninety-two,  published  daily  for  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening 
Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Passed  and  adopted  after  the  second  reading  thereof  this,  the  10th  day 
of  August,  1908,  by  vote  of  the  City  Council  as  follows: 

Ayes — Mr.  Kinney,  Mr.  Jamison,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Nelson,  Mr. 
Fitzgerald. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  10th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1908. 

R.  KIRMAN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  104. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  94. 

An  Ordinance  Relating  To  Employment  Agencies,  Prescribing  the  Amount 
of  the  License  To  Conduct  Such  Business,  Requiring  a Bond  for  Con- 
ducting the  Same,  and  Other  Matters  Relating  Thereto. 


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The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  o* 
corporation  to  engage  in  the  business  of  conducting  an  employment  agency, 
for  commission,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  without 
first  obtaining  a quarterly  license  for  such  business,  as  provided  in  the  iol- 
lowing  schedule,  according  to  his,  her,  its,  or  their  quarterly  gross  receipts 
for  such  business,  or  occupation,  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dol- 
lars and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  ($1000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-two  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($22.50)  dol- 
lars per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceechfive  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pav  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty-  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand 
($20,000  00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  ($135.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00) 
dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and 
eighty  ($180.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  require 
each  person  herein  licensed  to  make  a statement  under  oath,  or  affirmation, 
of  the  amount  of  business  which  he,  or  the  firm  of  which  he  is  a member 
or  for  which  he  is  agent  or  attorney,  or  the  association  or  corporation  of 
which  he  is  president,  secretary,  or  managing  or  resident  agent,  have  done  or 
transacted  during  the  last,  preceding  quarter,  in  order  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  193.) 

Section  2.  All  employment  agencies  engaged  in  such  business  in  the 
said  City  of  Reno,  whether  free  or  for  a commission,  must  give  a bond  to 
the  City  of  Reno,  with  corporate  surety,  in  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dol- 
lars, conditioned  for  the  faithful  observance  of  all  ordinances  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  and  that  he,  she,  they,  or  it  will  pay  all  damages  occasioned  to  any 
person  or  persons  by  reason  of  any  mis-statement,  misrepresentation,  fraud 
or  deceit  of  himself  or  herself  or  any  of  his,  her,  or  its  agents  or  employees; 
such  bond  must  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno  and  filed 
with  the  City  Clerk  of  said  City. 

Section  3.  Every  person  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  corporation  who 
so  engages  in  the  business  of  conducting  an  employment  agency  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  who  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  as  a whole,  or  any  part  or  provision 
of  the  same,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  committed  a misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  Ten  Dollars  nor  more  than 
One  Hundred  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  not  less  than  Ten 


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Days  nor  more  than  One  Hundred  Days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  impriso- 
inent,  for  each  and  every  offense  so  committed.  And  each  day  that  said 
business  is  conducted  as  aforesaid  shall  constitute  a new  and  separate  offense 
in  the  violation  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  4.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  5.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  and 
apply  to  all  time  after  its  passage,  adoption,  approval  and  publication  daily 
for  a period  of  one  full  week. 

Section  6.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  Ordinance  Number 
Ninety-four  published  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  full  week,  and  shall  certify 
to  the  passage  of  the  same. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  24th  day  of  August,  1908,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Mr.  Kinney,  Mr.  Jamison,  Mr.  Quinn,  Mr.  Fitzgerald. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Nelson. 

Approved  this  24th  day  of  August,  1908. 

R.  KIRMAN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE,  ' 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  121. 

ORDINANCE  NO  110. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  and  Establishing  the  Distance,  Curbing  Shall  Be  Set 
from  the  Property  Line,  Within  the  Area,  Or  District,  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  Nevada,  Bounded  on  the  North  By  Court  Street,  on  the  South 
By  California  Avenue,  on  the  East  By  South  Virginia  Street,  and  on  the 
West  By  the  Western  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  To  Repeal  AH 
Ordinances  Or  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Herewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  all  curbing  shall  be;  set  twelve  feet  from  the  property 
line  on  all  streets  of  the  City  of  Reno,  within  the  District,  or  area,  bounded 
as  follows,  to-wit:  On  the  north  by  Court  street,  on  the  south  by  California 
avenue,  on  the  east  by  South  Virginia  street,  and  on  the  west  by  western 
limits  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  2.  All  ordinances  or  .parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  after  its  pas- 
sage, adoption  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  110  published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  news- 
paper published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  26th  day  of  July,  1909,  by  the  following  vote, 
of  the  Councilmen: 


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Ayes — Councilmen  Jamison,  Sadleir  and  Clark. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilmen  Steinmetz  and  Gignoux. 

Approved  this  the  29th  day  of  July,  1909. 

A.  M.  BRITT 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  122. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  111. 

An  Ordinance  Establishing  a City  Base  Or  Plane  of  Reference  for  Eleva- 
tions, Fixing  the  Elevation  of  a Primal  Bench  Mark,  Establishing  Street 
Grades,  and  Fixing  a Penalty  for  Violation  of  Any  of  the  Provisions 
Hereof. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  the  Official  City  Base  or  Plane  of  Reference  for  ele- 
vations in  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  fixed  at  a point  96.68  feet  below  the 
top  of  the  water  table  of  the  City  Hall  of  the  City  of  Reno  Nevada  at 
the  southeast  corner  of  said  City  Hall. 

Section  2.  The  top  of  the  letter  M in  the  copper  plate,  set  in  the  top 
of  the  stone  buttress  on  the  south  side  of  the  east  entrance  to  the  City 
r 01L.  e &round  floor  ls  hereby  declared  to  be  the  Primal  Bench  Mark 
of  the  City  of  Reno  and  the  elevation  thereof  is  96.72  feet  above  the  Citv 
Base.  J 


Section  3.  Whenever  it  shall  be  deemed  advisable  to  establish  a °-rade 
on  any  street  where  no  grade  has  been  heretofore  established  or  to  change 
any  established  grade,  the  City  Engineer  shall  cause  the  necessary  survey 
to  be  made  and  prepare  and  submit  to  the  Council  a profile  map  of  such 
proposed  grade  with  his  recommendations  concerning  the  same.  When 
ever  any  such  profile  map  shall  have  been  approved  and  adopted  by  a 
majority  of  the  City  Council  as  a correct  map  of  the  grade  on  such  street, 
the  action  of  the  Council  shall  be  endorsed  on  said  map  by  the  City  Clerk 
and  said  map  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Engineer  and  the  grade 
on  any  such  street  shall  thereafter  be  considered  as  established  as  shown 
on  such  profile  map.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  erect  or  to 
construct  or  commence  the  erection  or  construction  of  any  buildino-  or 
other  structure  upon  the  line  of  any  street,  where  the  grade  of  said  street 
has  already  been  established,  without  first  making  application  to  the 
City  Engineer  to  indicate  the  grade  of  the  street  upon  which  said  buildino- 
or,  °th+nr  st™ctl|reis  tc>  be  erected  or  to  thereafter  build  to  any  grade 
other  than  that  indicated  by  the  Engineer.  y 8 

Section  No.  4 All  official  elevations  hereafter  established  in  the  City 
^ I*  sh^11.b1eldescn.bedr  Wlth  reference  to  their  elevations  as  compared 
with  the  official  base  in  feet  and  decimal  parts  of  a foot.  No  grade  or 

irf^thts  ordinance SHa  ^ establlshed  other  than  in  the  manner  described 

Section  No.  5.  The  elevations  shall  be  fixed  at  the  property  lines. 

Section  No.  6 The  elevation  of  the  curbs  shall  be  fixed  at  the  time  the 
street  is  improved  and  the  slope  of  the  property  line  to  the  curb  across 


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the  sidewalk  shall  not  be  less  than  one-eighth  of  an  inch  per  foot  (A) 
nor  more  than  one-half  of  an  inch  (A)  Per  foot. 

Section  No.  7.  The  shape  of  the  cross  section  and  the  elevations 
therof  shall  be  fixed  at  the  time  the  street  is  improved  depending  on  the 
material  used  for  paving. 

Section  No.  8.  The  longitudinal  slope  or  grade  of  the  street  shall  be 
on  straight  lines  connecting  the  points  where  the  elevations  are  fixed  or 
shall  hhreafter  be  fixed  as  provided  in  this  ordinance;  excepting  where 
the  qrade  breaks  in  the  block  between  intersecting  streets,  then  the  road- 
way and  curbs  shall  be  on  vertical  curves  of  such  length  and  kind  that 
the  allowable  cross  slope  of  the  sidewalk  will  be  maintained. 

Section  No.  9.  The  grade  of  the  gutters  shall  be  so  fixed  that  the 
extreme  height  between  the  tops  of  the  curbs  and  the  bottom  of  the 
gutters  will  not  exceed  one  (1)  foot. 

Section  No.  10.  The  official  elevations  of  the  corners  of  intersecting 
streets,  alleys,  places,  lanes  and  other  places  and  highways  intersecting 
said  street  at  points  between  points  on  which  the  official  elevations  are 
fixed  in  the  manner  described  in  this  ordinance,  shall  be  and  are  hereby, 
fixed  at  an  elevation  being  on  a straight  line  connecting  the  two  estab- 
lished points  nearest  said  intersecting  corners. 

Section  11.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  before  the  Police  Judge  of  said  City  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not 
less  than  Ten  Dollars  nor  more  than  One  Hundred  Dollars,  or  shall  be 
imprisoned  in  the  City  Jail  for  any  term  not  less  than  Ten  Days,  nor  more 
than  One  Hundred  Days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  No.  12.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with 
this  ordinance  or  with  any  part  of  it  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  No.  13.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its 
passage,  adoption  and  publication  daily  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Section  No.  14.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  ordered  to  have  this  Ordinance  Number 
111  published  daily  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  26th  day  of  July,  1909,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Jamison,  Sadlier  and  Clark. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilmen  Steinmetz  and  Gignoux. 

Approved  this  the  26th  day  of  July,  1909. 

A.  M.  BRITT 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  126. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  114. 

An  Ordinance  To  Regulate  and  Prohibit  Posting  and  Distributing  Hand 
Bills,  Dodgers,  Circulars  Or  Other  Advertisements  In  the  City  of 


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Reno,  and  Other  Matters  Relating  Thereto,  Fixing  a Penalty  for  the 

Violation  Thereof,  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordi- 
nances In  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  post,  stick, 
stamp,  paint  or  otherwise  affix,  or  cause  the  same  to  be  done  by  another,  any 
notice,  placard,  bill,  poster  or  advertisement  to  or  upon  any  sidewalk,  curb- 
ing, hydrant,  shade  tree  or  tree  bos,  fence,  inclosure,  or  to  place  the  same 
upon  any  building,  telegraph,  telephone,  electric  railway  or  electric  lighting 
pole,  without  first  obtaining  the  permission  of  the  owner,  agent  or  occu- 
pant thereof,  in  the  City  of  Reno,  provided  that  this  ordinance  shall  not 
apply  to  the  posting  of  legal  notices  of  any  kind. 

Section  2.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  distribute  or  cause  to  be  dis- 
tributed, or  thrown  upon  any  street,  sidewalk,  or  public  square,  or  in  or 
upon  any  private  premises  within  what  is  known  as  the  “Fire  Limits’'  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  any  handbill,  dodger,  circular  or  other  advertisement. 

Section  3.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  ot  this  ordi- 
nance, upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than 
Ten  Dollars  or  more  than  One  Hundred  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in 
the  City  Jail  not  less  than  Ten  Days  or  more  than  One  Hundred  Days, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  4.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  after  its  pas- 
sage, adoption  and  approval,  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one 
week. 

Section  6.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  Num- 
ber 114  published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper 
published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  25th  day  of  October,  1909,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Jamison,  Sadleir  and  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  25th  day  of  October,  1909. 

A.  M.  BRITT 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

By  A.  F.  CUNNINGHAM, 

Deputy  City  Clerk 


BILL  NO.  127. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  116. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  and  Establishing  the  Distance  Curbing  Shall  Be  Set 
from  the  Property  Lines,  On  Both  Sides  of  Court  Street  In  the  City 
of  Reno,  Nevada,  Commencing  At  the  West  Side  Line  of  Belmont 
Road  and  Running  West  on  Court  Street  To  a Point  N.ne  Hundred 


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and  Five  and  73-100  Feet  Measured  Along  the  North  Side  Line  of  Said 

Court  Street,  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances 

In  Conflict  Herewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  all  curbing  shall  be  set  15  feet  from  the  property 
lines  on  both  sides  of  Court  street  in  the  City  of  Reno  commencing  at 
the  west  side  line  of  Belmont  Road  and  running  west  on  said  Court  street 
to  a point  nine  hundred  and  five  and  73-100  feet  measured  along  the  north 
side  line  of  said  Court  street. 

Section  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with are  hereby  repealed  to  the  extent  of  such  conflict. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  after  its  pas- 
sage, adoption,  approval  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No. 
116  published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  12th  day  of  November,  1909,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Clark,  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilmen  Jamison,  Sadleir. 

Approved  this  12th  day  of  November,  1909. 

A.  M.  BRITT 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE. 


BILL  NO.  131. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  119. 

An  Ordinance  To  Prohibit  Children  and  Minors  Under  the  Age  of  17  Years 
from  Loitering  About  the  Streets  and  Other  Public  Places  In  the  City 
of  Reno  At  Night,  Providing  Penalties,  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances 
and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Herewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  under  the  age  of  17 
years  *to  loiter  about,  or  frequent,  the  streets,  alleys,  public  parks  or  other 
public  or  unoccupied  grounds  in  the  City  of  Reno  between  the  hours  of 
eight  o'clock  in  the  evening  and  six  o’clock  in  the  morning.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  any  police  officer  finding  any  person  violating  this  section  to  take 
the  name  and  address  of  such  person,  direct  such  person  to  his  or  her 
home,  and  report  such  name,  address  and  circumstances  of  the  case  to  the 
Chief  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Reno  and  the  Probation  Officer  of  Washoe 
County,  Nevada,  as  soon  as  possible;  provided,  however,  that  if  such  person 
shall  refuse  to  give  his  or  her  name  and  address  to  the  officer  and  depart 
for  his  or  her  home  upon  notice,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  officer  to  take 
such  person  into  custody  and  report  the  matter  as  aforesaid. 

Section  2.  Nothing  in  this  ordinance  contained  shall  be  construed  to 
apply  to  any  child  or  children  who  are  in  company  of  a parent,  parents,  guar- 
dian, or  guardians,  nor  to  any  child  or  children  who  may  be  sent  upon  any 


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proper,  lawful  or  necessary  errand  by  the  parent,  parents  or  guardian,  nor  to 
any  child  or  children  whose  lawful  employment  makes  it  necessary  to  be 
upon  said  streets,  public  parks  or  other  publicor unoccupied  grounds  or  public 
places  during  the  night  time  as  aforesaid. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  parent,  guardian  or  other 
person  having  the  legal  care,  custody  or  control  of  any  person  under  the 
age  of  17  years  to  allow  or  permit  any  such  child  to  loiter  about  or  frequent 
the  streets,  public  parks  or  other  public  or  unoccupied  grounds  or  public 
places  in  this  City  between  the  hours  mentioned  in  Section  1 of  this  ordi- 
nance, unless  there  be  a reasonable,  proper  and  lawful  necessity  therefor. 

Section  4.  Any  person  violating  Section  3 of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined 
in  any  sum  not  less  than  Five  Dollars  or  more  than  One  Hundred  Dollars, 
or  be  imprisoned  in  the  City  Jail  not  less  than  Five  Days  nor  more  than 
One  Hundred  Days,  or  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  5.  For  the  purpose  of  assisting  in  the  enforcement  of  this 
ordinance,  it  is  hereby  declared  to  be  the  duty  of  the  person  in  charge  of 
the  Central  Fire  Station  of  the  City  of  Reno,  at  the  hour  of  eight  o’clock 
of  every  evening,  to  cause  the  fire  bell  to  be  rung  for  thirty  seconds  at 
said  Fire  Station. 

Section  6.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  7.  This  ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  immediately  upon  its 
passage,  approval  and  publication  for  a period  of  one  week  in  a daily 
newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  Washoe  County,  Nevada. 

Section  8.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  119 
published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  13th  day  of  December,  1909,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Council: 

Ayes — Councilmen  S’teinmetz,  Jamison,  Sadleir  and  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  December,  1909. 

A.  M.  BRITT 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE. 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  138. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  126. 

An  Ordinance  Providing  for  a City  Pound;  Appointment  of  a Pound 
Master  and  Deputy  Pound  Master;  Providing  Rules  and  Regulations 
for  the  Government  of  the  Same;  Prohibiting  Animals  Running  At 
Large  Within  the  City  and  Providing  for  the  Custody  and  Destruction 
of  the  Same  and  Matters  Relating  Thereto;  Imposing  a License  Tax  On 
All  Dogs;  Making  It  a Misdemeanor  for  any  Person  To  Own,  Keep  or 
Harbor  a Dog  In  the  City  Without  Procuring  a License  Therefor;  Fix- 
ing the  Fees  To  Be  Charged  By  the  Pound  Master,  His  Salary  and  His 
Duties;  Fixing  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  of  Any  of  the  Provisions 


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Hereof,  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  Or  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Con- 

flict  Herewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  A Public  Pound  is  hereby  provided  and  established,  and 
the  same  shall  be  located  at  such  place  in  the  City  of  Reno  as  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  Pound  Master,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  City  Council. 

Section  2.  The  Chief  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Reno  shall  be  ex-officio. 
Pound  Master,  and  shall  appoint  a Deputy,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the 
City  Council,  who  shall  have  police  power,  and  devote  his  entire  time  to 
the  duties  of  the  office.  The  Deputy  Pound  Master  shall  receive  a salary  of 
Ninety  ($90.00)  Dollars  per  month,  without  fees,  or  other  compensation, 
and  shall  hold  his  office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  City  Council.  The 
Deputy  Pound  Master  before  entering  upon  his  office,  shall  execute  a good 
and  sufficient  bond  to  the  City  of  Reno,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in 
the  penal  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars,  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  duties  of  the  office. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Deputy  Pound  Master  or  any 
police  officer  to  take  up,  seize  and  impound  all  horses,  mules,  asses,  goats, 
cows,  bulls,  calves,  sheep,  swine,  untagged  dogs,  fowls,  or  other  domestic 
animals,  or  any  thereof,  running  at  large  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  take 
up,  seize  and  impound  any  of  such  animals  herded  in  charge  of  any  person, 
or  staked,  or  in  any  manner  grazing,  or  being  grazed  or  fed,  upon  any 
public  street,  alley,  sidewalk,  square,  park,  or  public  grounds  in  said  City, 
or  any  of  said  animals  which  is  upon  or  being  led  or  driven  upon  any 
sidewalk  in  said  City. 

Section  4.  Any  animal  or  fowl  found  trespassing  upon  any  private 
grounds  or  premises  in  said  City  may  be  taken  up  by  any  person  and 
committed  to  the  custody  of  the  Pound  Master,  or  Deputy  Pound  Master, 
who  shall  hold  the  same  subject  to  reasonable  demands  and  charges  for 
actual  damages  done  by  said  animal  or  fowl,  in  addition  to  the  fees  herein- 
after prescribed. 

Section  5.  The  Deputy  Pound  Master  shall  keep  a true  and  com- 
plete record  of  the  number  and  description  of  all  animals  and  fowls  taken 
into  his  custody,  with  the  date  of  their  receipt,  and  the  date  and  manner 
of  their  disposal,  with  the  fees  and  charges  collected  on  account  of  said 
animals  and  fowls,  and  the  disposition  thereof.  Said  record  to  be  kept  in 
a book  or  books  provided  for  that  purpose,  which  shall  be  the  record 
book  or  books  of  the  office  of  the  Pound  Master,  and  shall  not  be  re- 
moved therefrom.  He  shall  also  keep  conspicuously  posted  at  the  entrance 
of  the  pound,  and  on  the  bulletin  board  in  the  south  entrance  of  the  City 
Hall  a list  of  all  animals  and  fowls  impounded  and  detained  by  him  He 
shall  also  provide  necessary  subsistence  for  all  animals  and  fowls  while 
in  his  custody. 

Section  6.  All  fowls  and  animals,  (except  dogs)  taken  into  the  cus- 
tody of  the  Pound  Master,  if  not  reclaimed  within  five  (5)  days  thereafter, 
shall  be  advertised  for  sale  by  written  notices  conspicuously  posted  on  the 
pound  gate,  and  on  the  bulletin  boards  in  the  south  entrance  of  the  City 
Hall.  Said  notices  shall  be  substantially  in  the  following  form: 

NOTICE  OF  CITY  POUNDMASTER’S  SALE. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  animals  and  fowls 
hereinafter  described,  and  to  whomsoever  it  may  concern;  that  there  are 


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impounded  at  the  present  time  in  the  City  Pound  the  following  described 
animals  and  fowls: 

Kind  of  animal  or  fowl,  and  number 


Full  description  by  color,  age,  marks,  brands,  etc. 


Damage  appraised 

Cost  of  impounding, 


fees,  and  expenses  of  feeding,  sale  and  advertising. 


Amount  required  to  redeem. 


If  said  animal,  animals  or  fowls  are  not  claimed,  and  all  amounts  due 
thereon  paid,  and  said  animal,  animals  or  fowls  taken  away  within  five  (5) 
days  from  the  date  of  this  notice,  they  will  be  sold  by  the  City  Found 

Master  or  Deputy  Pound  Master  at  public  sale  at -------  ------ -------- 

in  this  City  at  the 

hour  of - A.  M.,  P.  M 19 

to  the  highest  bidder. 

Dated 19 


City  Pound  Master 


Deputy  Pound  Master. 

Section  7.  Unless  said  animal,  animals  or  fowls  are  claimed  by  the 
owner  or  his  agent,  and  ownership  proved,  and  all  costs  and  damages  paid 
on  or  before  the  day  and  hour  named  for  the  sale,  the  Pound  Master  must 
sell  such  animal,  animals  or  fowls  to  the  highest  bidder  for  cash,  at  the 
place,  day  and  hour  set;  but  in  no  case  shall  a sale  be  made  for  less  than 
the  damages,  fees  and  costs  of  detention  and  expense  of  sale.  And  in  the 
event  of  no  bids  being  made  for  any  animal,  animals  or  fowls  for  the  full 
amount  due,  they  shall  be  bid  in  by  the  Pound  Master  for,  and  sold  to  the 
City,  for  the  amount  of  damages,  fees  and  costs  accrued  and  accruing 
against  the  same. 

Section  8.  The  net  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  all  animals  and  fowls  as 
herein  provided  shall  be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury,  subject  to  the  order 
of  the  owners  of  said  animals  or  fowls,  if  applied  for  within  six  months 
from  the  date  of  sale;  if  the  same  is  not  applied  for  within  that  time  the 
City  Treasurer  shall  cover  the  amount  into  the  general  fund  of  the  City. 

Section  9.  The  Pound  Master  shall  have  power  t(o  purchase  all  neces- 
sary  forage  or  feed  for  impounded  animals  and  fowls,  on  the  credit  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  and  shall  certify  to  all  accounts  therefor,  which,  upon  pre- 
sentation to  the  City  Council,  if  found  correct,  shall  be  ordered  paid. 

Section  10.  All  damages  done  by  any  animal,  animals  or  fowls  tres- 
passing shall,  upon  the  request  of  the  person  damaged  be  forthwith 
appraised  by  any  disinterested  person  appointed  by  the  Pound  Master, 
who  may  make  a reasonable  charge  for  such  service,  and  shall  set  forth  in 
such  appraisal  in  writing,  the  time  and  place  of  damage,  the  amount  of 
damages,  together  with  his  charges,  the  name  of  the  owner  of  the  animal, 
animals  or  fowls,  if  known,  the  name  of  the  person  so  damaged,  also  the 


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kind  and  description  of  the  animal,  animals  or  fowls,  which  appraisal,  if 
not  paid  or  satisfactorily  arranged  for  by  the  owner,  or  if  the  owner  be  not 
found,  shall  together  with  the  animal,  animals  or  fowls,  be  delivered  to  the 
City  Pound  Master;  provided  that  if  the  owner  deems  the  appraisal  of 
damages  too  high,  said  owner  may  choose  another  appraiser,  who  with 
the  first,  together  with  the  Pound  Master  or  Deputy  Pound  Master,  may 
make  a new  appraisal;  and  the  three  may  proceed  to  make  a final  appraisal. 

Section  11.  Any  animal,  animals  or  fowls  found  doing  damage,  or 
trespassing  on  private  property  or  premises  in  the  city,  may  be  taken  up 
by  any  person,  and  if  the  owner  cannot  be  readily  found,  or  if  found,  shall 
refuse  to  pay  all  costs  and  damages  occasioned  by  said  animal,  animals  or 
fowls,  they  may  be  taken  forthwith  to  the  City  Pound  and  delivered  to  the 
keeper  thereof,  and  may  be  held  and  sold  as  hereinafter  provided,  unless 
previously  redeemed;  provided,  however,  that  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  other  than  the  City  Pound  Master  or  Deputy  Pound  Master  to  take 
up  any  animal  or  fowl  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  retain 
it  more  than  eighteen  (18)  hours. 

Section  12.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  maliciously  or  mis- 
chievously secrete  or  impound  the  animal,  animals  or  fowls  of  another  or 
to  knowingly  aid  or  abet  therein. 

Section  13.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  own,  keep  or  harbor 
a dog  within  the  City  of  Reno  without  making  application  to  the  City 
Clerk  for  that  purpose,  and  paying  to  the  City  Clerk  for  the  benefit  of  the 
City,  an  annual  fee  or  tax  of  Five  ($5.00)  Dollars  for  a female  dog  and 
Three  ($3.00)  Dollars  for  a male  dog.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City 
Clerk  to  register  the  applicants’  name,  residence,  and  a description  of  the 
dog,  and  to  give  to  the  applicant  a license  or  certificate  of  registry  and  a 
metallic  plate  or  check,  numbered  to  correspond  with  the  license  or  cer- 
tificate of  registry,  and  having  the  year  stamped  thereon,  and  all  certificates 
or  licenses,  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  year.  (As  amended  by 
Ordinance  No.  266.) 

Section  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owners  and  keepers  of  all  dogs 
so  licensed,  to  provide  the  said  dogs  with  a properly  fitted  wire  muzzle, 
projecting  at  least  one  (1)  inch,  beyond  the  end  of  the  nose  of  said  dog, 
and  with  a suitable  collar  with  a metallic  plate  or  check  attached  thereto; 
having  a number  corresponding  with  the  license  or  certificate  of  registry, 
and  year,  inscribed  thereon,  and  all  dogs  not  so  registered,  licensed,  muz- 
zled, checked,  and  collared,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  impounded  and  the  owners 
or  keepers  subjected  to  the  same  penalty  as  the  owners  and  keepers  of 
unregistered  dogs.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  266.) 

Section  15.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Pound  Master,  Deputy  Pound 
Master,  or  any  Policeman,  to  take  up  and  impound  any  dog  found  in  the 
City  without  a muzzle,  and  without  a collar  around  its  neck,  with  the 
metallic  plate  or  check  hereinbefore  mentioned,  showing  the  payment  of 
the  current  year  s license  attached  thereto.  Dogs  impounded  under  the 
provisions  of  this  section,  shall  be  well  houses  and  fed  and  watered  at  the 
expense  of  the  City  of  Reno,  while  so  impounded.  (As  amended  by  Ordi- 
nance No.  266.) 

Section  16.  Any  dog  impounded  as  an  unmuzzled  or  unlicensed  or 
unregistered  dog,  may  be  redeemed  and  taken  from  the  pound  by  any  person 
upon  exhibiting  to  the  Pound  Master  or  Deputy  Pound  Master,  a certificate 
of  registration,  as  provided  for  in  Section  13  of  said  Ordinance,  showing 
that  the  license  fee  under  said  section  imposed,  has  been  paid  for  said  dog, 
and  upon  the  payment  to  such  officer,  in  case  of  a previously  unlicensed 


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dog,  of  an  impounding  fee  of  Five  ($5.00)  Dollars,  and  in  all  cases  the 
further  sum  of  twenty-five  (25c)  cents  for  each  and  every  day  said  dog 
shall  have  been  impounded,  provided,  however,  that  said  person  redeeming 
said  dog,  shall  immediately  properly  muzzle  said  dog.  (As  amended  by 
Ordinance  No.  266.) 

Section  17.  The  Pound  Master  shall  cause  all  impounded  dogs  not 
redeemed  within  three  (3)  days  to  be  sold  for  the  charges  and  fees  thereon 
or  killed  in  the  most  humane  manner  possible,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  maltreat  or  torture  any  dog,  or  having  *he  right  or  authority 
to  kill  any  dog,  to  kill  such  dog  in  any  except  an  humane  manner. 

Section  18.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  owner  or  keeper  of  any  dog 
to  permit  the  same  to  run  at  large  in  said  City  or  to  be  on  the  streets  or 
public  places  of  said  City,  unless  said  dog  is  properly  collared,  licensed, 
tagged,  muzzled  and  attached  to  a leash  in  the  hands  of  the  owner  or 
keeper  or  person  in  charge  of  said  dog,  and  such  dog  not  so  collared, 
licensed,  tagged,  muzzled  and  leashed  shall  be  taken  up  and  impounded  by 
any  Police  Officer,  and  the  owner  or  keeper  or  person  in  charge  thereof, 
shall  be  punished  as  in  this  Ordinance  hereinafter  provided.  (As  amended 
by  Ordinance  No.  266.) 

Section  19.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  kill,  or  cause  to  be 
killed  any  dog  registered  as  herein  provided,  without  the  consent  of  the 
owner,  keeper  or  possessor  thereof,  or  to  deprive  a registered  dog  of  its 
collar  or  tag  or  to  place  a registration  tag  or  check  on  any  dog  not 
registered. 

Section  20.  The  Pound  Master  for  impounding  and  posting  up  notices 
shall  (on  all  animals  except  dogs)  collect  fees  for  his  services  as  follows: 
One  dollar  per  head  for  horses,  mules,  or  cattle;  fifty  cents  per  head  for 
calves,  goats,  sheep  and  swine,  and  ten  cents  per  head  for  all  fowls;  for 
feeding  horses,  mules  and  cattle  one  dollar  per  day;  for  calves,  goats,  sheep 
and  swine,  fifty  cents  per  day,  and  for  fowls,  ten  cents  per  day,  per  head. 
Fees  for  advertising  and  sale  shall  be  one  dollar  each  for  horses,  mules  and 
cattle;  fifty  cents  each  for  goats,  sheep,  calves  and  swine,  and  ten  cents  each 
for  fowls. 

Section  21.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Pound  Master  to  make 
monthly  and  file  with  the  City  Clerk  on  or  before  the  second  Monday  of 
each  month,  a sworn  statement  of  the  business  transacted  by  him  in  con- 
nection with  the  City  Pound,  showing  in  detail  all  animals  and  fowls 
received,  sold,  advertised  or  handled  by  him,  together  with  a detailed 
statement  under  oath  of  all  moneys  received  and  expended  by  him,  and  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  turn  into  the  City  Treasury  on  or  before  the  second 
Monday  of  each  month  all  moneys  received  by  him  in  virtue  of  said  office, 
during  the  preceding  month. 

Section  22.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  take  his  own  animal, 
or  fowl,  or  that  of  any  other  person  out  of  the  custody  of  a person  holding 
the  same  for  damages  done  by  it,  or  out  of  the  City  Pound  by  stealth,  by 
fraud,  or  by  force;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  interrupt  or 
hinder  any  one  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duty  under  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance. 

Section  23.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  Five  Dollars,  or  more 
than  One  Hundred  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail,  not  less 
than  Five  Days,  or  more  than  One  Hundred  Days,  or  by  both  such  fine 
and  imprisonment. 


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Section  24.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed,  so  far  as  the  same  may  conflict  therewith. 

Section  25.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its 
adoption  and  approval,  and  its  publication  daily  for  one  week. 

Section  26.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  126 
published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  24th  day  of  January,  1910,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Jamison,  Sadleir,  Clark. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Gignoux. 

Approved  this  27th  day  of  January,  1910. 

A.  M.  BRITT, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada. 


BILL  NO.  141. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  129. 

An  Ordinance  Prohibiting  the  Obstruction  of  Fire  Hydrants  on  the  Public 

Streets  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  Providing  a Penalty  for  the  Violation 

Thereof. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  obstruct  any  Fire 
Hydrant  on  any  public  street  in  the  City  of  Reno,  or  to  place  or  deposit 
any  lumber,  rock,  sand,  or  other  substance  within  fifteen  (15)  feet  of  any 
such  hydrant  on  the  roadway  of  any  street. 

Section  2.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  more  than  Five  Hundred 
($500.00)  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  for  a period  not 
exceeding  Six.  (6)  Months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its  adopt- 
tion  and  approval,  and  its  publication  daily  for  one  week. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  129 
published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  28th  day  of  February,  1910,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Sadleir,  Clark,  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Jamison. 

Approved  this  28th  day  of  February,  1910. 

A.  M.  BRITT, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada. 


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BILL  NO.  142. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  130. 

An  Ordinance  Providing  for  Licensing,  Regulating  and  Controlling  the 
Business  of  Dealing  in  Second-Hand  Goods,  Wares,  Merchandise  or 
Junk  of  any  Kind  in  the  City  of  Reno;  Fixing  a License  Fee  Therefor, 
and  Matters  Relating  Thereto;  Fixing  Penalties  for  the  Violation 
Thereof;  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in 
Conflict  Herewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  copartnership,  corpora- 
tion  or  association  to  buy,  sell,  or  deal  in  second-hand  goods,  or  junk,  of 
any’ kind  in  the  City  of  Reno  without  first  obtaining  a license  so  to  do, 
under  the  terms  and  conditions  hereinafter  provided;  and  the  carrying  on 
of  the  aforesaid  business  together  with  any  other  business  for  which  a 
license  is  paid,  or  required  to  be  paid,  shall  not  exempt  such  person,  copart- 
nership,  corporation  or  association  from  paying  a license  fee  as  provided 
in  this  ordinance. 

Section  2.  Applications  for  such  license  shall  be  made  annually  by 
petition  to  the  City  Council,  by  the  applicant,  and  filed  with  the  City  Clerk; 
and  such  petition  must  state  definitely,  the  particular  place  at  which  such 
business  is  to  be  carried  on.  At  the  time  of  filing  such  petition  the  appli- 
cant shall  deposit  with  the  City  Clerk  an  amount  of  money  equal  to  one- 
quarter  year’s  charge  for  the  license  applied  for,  which  said  sum  of  money 
shall  be  refunded  to  the  applicant,  upon  demand,  in  case  the  license  peti- 
tioned for  shall  not  be  granted  by  the  City  Council.  The  applicant  shall 
also  file  with  the  petition  a bond  running  to  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period 
of  one  year,  conditioned  that  during  the  continuance  of  such  license,  and 
any  renewals  for  one  year,  he,  she,  they,  or  it  will  comply  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  and  will  pay  all  damages,  fines  and  forfeitures 
which  may  be  adjudged  him,  her,  them,  or  it,  under  the  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Reno;  which  said  bond  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dol- 
lars, with  two  or  more  individual  sureties.  Said  bond  and  the  sureties 
thereto  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  before  such  license  shall  be  issued. 
To  such  bond  shall  be  attached  a justification  to  the  effect  that  the  sureties 
are  residents  within  the  County  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  and  each  are 
worth  the  amount  specified  in  said  bond,  over  and  above  all  just  debts  and 
liabilities,  and  exclusive  of  property  exempt  from  execution. 

Section  3.  No  such  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  person,  copartner- 
ship, corporation  or  association  other  than  the  real  and  actual  proprietor 
of  the  place  and  business  for  which  it  is  issued,  and  the  petition  for  such 
license  in  case  of  a copartnership  shall  state  the  names  in  full  of  each  and 
all  of  the  copartners.  Such  license  shall  be  non-transferable  to  any  other 
person  or  other  place  of  business,  except  by  a vote  of  four-fifths  of  the  City 
Council,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  copartnership,  corporation 
or  association  to  do  business,  or  attempt  to  do  business,  under  a license 
transferred  to  him,  her,  them  or  it,  or  at  any  other  place  without  such  con- 
sent of  the  City  Council,  and  no  license  shall  extend  beyond  the  period  of 
one  year  for  which  issued,  without  a new  petition  and  bond  therefor. 

Section  4.  All  applications  for  said  licenses  shall  be  made  by  petition 
as  aforesaid  at  a regular  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  and  shall  be  immedi- 
ately referred  to  the  Chief  of  Police,  or  Acting  Chief  of  Police,  for  his 
approval,  and  in  no  case  shall  a license  be  issued  where  his  disapproval 
thereof  is  indorsed  upon  the  petition,  except  by  a vote  of  four-fifths  of  the 


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City  Council.  The  Chief,  or  Acting  Chief  of  Police  shall  return  all  such 
petitions  with  his  approval  or  rejection  indorsed  thereon  to  the  City  Council 
for  final  action  at  the  next  regular  meeting  thereof  after  the  receipt  of  such 
petition  by  him. 

Section  5.  All  licenses  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  for  a period  of  a quarter  of  a year,  and  such  quarter  year  shall 
each  begin  with  the  first  days  of  the  following  months,  to-wit:  January, 
April,  July,  and  October  of  each  and  every  year. 

Section  6.  The  following  amounts  shall  be,  and  are  hereby,  established 
and  fixed  as  a quarterly  charge  for  a license  under  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  to-wit: 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty  ($20.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dol- 
lars, or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty  ($40.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  ten  thousand  ($10000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  fifteen  thousand  ($15000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  thirty  thousand  ($30000.00) 
dollars  or  over  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  ($45,000.00)  dollars 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  ($180.00)  dol- 
lars per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  forty-five  thousand  ($45000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  five  hundred  ($500.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  require 
each  person  herein  licensed  to  make  a statement  under  oath,  or  affirmation, 
of  the  amount  of  business  which  he,  or  the  firm  of  which  he  is  a member 
or  for  which  he  is  agent  or  attorney,  or  the  association  or  corporation  of 
which  he  is  president,  secretary,  or  managing  or  resident  agent,  have  done 
or  transacted  during  the  last,  preceding  quarter,  in  order  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  186.) 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  whether  acting  for 
himself  or  as  agent,  servant  or  employee  of  any  other  person  to  purchase 
any  of  the  goods,  wares,  merchandise  or  junk  aforesaid  from  any  minor, 
except  with  the  written  consent  or  direction  of  the  parent  or  guardian  of 
such  minor. 

Section  8.  Every  dealer  in  second-hand  goods  or  junk  as  aforesaid,  in 
the  City  of  Reno  must  before  the  hour  of  10  <^’clock  in  the  forenoon  of 
each  and  every  day,  except  Sunday,  make  and  deliver  to  the  Chief  of  Police 
of  said  City  a full,  true  and  detailed  report  in  writing,  on  blank  forms  to  be 
prepared  by,  and  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  setting  forth  an  exact 
description  of  each  and  every  article  (except  paper  and  rags)  purchased  or 
received  by  such  dealer  during  the  24  hours  immediately  preceding  such 
report,  and  also  the  name,  residence,  and  full  description  of  the  vendor 
thereof,  the  amount  of  money  paid  therefor,  together  with  the  date,  and 
hour,  of  the  receipt  of  such  article,  or  thing;  and  the  report  so  made  on 


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each  Monday  shall  include  all  purchases  made  from  and  after  the  report 
made  and  delivered  on  the  Saturday  preceding;  provided,  however  that  if 
no  purchase  or  receipt  has  been  made  the  report  must  nevertheless  be  made 
to  that  effect. 

Section  9.  Every  such  dealer  in  second-hand  goods  or  junk,  except 
furniture  and  carpets,  must  keep  without  concealment  for  a period  of  fifteen 
days,  subject  to  inspection  by  any  police  officer,  all  goods,  wares  and  mer- 
chandise (except  furniture  and  carpets,  paper  and  rags)  purchased  or 
received  from  any  person,  before  selling,  shipping  or  otherwise  disposing 
of  the  same;  provided,  furniture  and  carpets  shall  be  kept  for  a period  of 
three  days  only. 

Section  10.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  such  second-hand  or  junk 
dealer  to  fail  to  keep  a substantial  and  well  bound  book  in  which  he  shall 

enter  in  ink  at  the  time  of  purchase  or  receipt,  legibly,  in  the  English 

language:  . . „ . , . . 

First.  A true  and  accurate  description  of  every  article  or  thing  pur- 
chased or  received  by  him  (except  paper  or  rags). 

Second.  The  name,  age,  sex  and  residence  of  the  vendor. 

Third.  The  amount  paid  therefor,  and  estimated  value  thereof. 

Fourth.  The  date  and  hour  of  purchase  or  receipt. 

Section  11.  Any  person,  copartnership,  corporation  or  association 
licensed  as  a second-hand  or  junk  dealer  in  whose  place  of  business  either 
or  any  of  the  offenses  mentioned  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  committed,  or 
who  himself,  or  any  agent,  servant,  or  employee,  shall  be  found  guilty  of 

either  or  any  of  said  offenses,  shall  thereby  forfeit,  his,  their,  or  its  license 

and  the  same  shall  upon  notice  to  appear  before  the  City  Council  for  a 
hearing,  be  revoked  by  the  City  Council. 

Section  12.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction 
thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  ($10*U»0) 
dollars,  nor  more  than  three  hundred  ($300.00)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment 
in  the  City  Jail  not  less  than  one  month,  nor  more  than  six  months,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  and  the  license  of  any  such  person  to 
engage  in  the  business  of  buying,  selling,  or  dealing  in  second  hand  goods, 
wares,  merchandise,  or  junk  shall  be  ordered  forfeited,  cancelled,  and 
revoked,  by  the  City  Council.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  186.) 

Section  13.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  14.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its 
adoption  and  approval,  and  its  publication  daily  for  one  week. 

Section  15.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  130  published  daily  in 
the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno, 
for  a period  of  one  week.  , . „ . 

Passed  and  adopted  this  30th  day  of  March,  1910,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Sadleir,  Clark,  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Jamison. 

Approved  this  30th  day  of  March,  1910. 

A.  M.  BRITT, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council. 


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BILL  NO.  150. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  138. 

An  Ordinance  Providing  for  Licensing  and  Regulating  the  Business  of 
Pawnbrokers  and  Pawnshops,  and  Defining  the  Same;  Fixing  and  Im- 
posing the  License  Fee  to  Be  Paid  Therefor;  Providing  Regulations 
for  the  Conduct  of  Such  Business;  Fixing  Penalties  for  the  Violation 
Thereof;  Defining  the  Duties  of  Certain  Officers  in  Connection  There- 
with, and  to  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict 
Herewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Any  person  within  the  City  of  Reno  who  loans  money  on 
deposit  of  personal  property  or  deals  in  the  purchase  or  possession  of  per- 
sonal property  on  condition  of  selling  the  same  back  again  to  the  pledgor 
or  depositor,  or  who  loans  or  advances  money  on  personal  property  by 
taking  chattel  mortgage  security  thereon,  and  takes  or  receives  such  per- 
sonal property  into  his  possession,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a pawnbroker. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation,  to  conduct  or  transact  a pawnbroking  business,  or  pawnshop 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  without  first  having  procured  a city  license  therefor,  as 
hereinafter  provided. 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation,  to  conduct  or  transact  a pawnbroking  business,  or  pawnshop 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  unless  he,  she,  they,  or  it,  shall  keep  posted  in  a con- 
spicuous place  in  the  place  of  business,  the  license  certificate  therefor,  and 
a copy  of  all  City  Ordinances  relating  to  pawnbrokers,  and  pawnshops. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful,  in  all  cases  in  which  articles  pledged 
have  been  forfeited,  for  a sale  or  other  disposition  thereof  to  be  made  by 
the  pledgee  within  the  period  of  thirty  days  after  such  forfeiture;  during 
which  time  the  pledgor  shall  have  the  first  right  to  redeem  such  article  or 
articles  at  no  greater  advance  than  ten  per  cent  upon  the  amount  due,  when 
the  forfeiture  occurred. 

Section  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  pawnbroker  to  fail  to  keep  a 
book  in  which  shall  be  entered  and  fairly  written  in  ink,  in  the  English 
language,  at  the  time  of  each  loan  or  receipt  of  personal  property,  an  accu- 
rate account  and  description  of  the  goods,  articles  or  things  pawned,  or 
received,  the  amount  of  money  loaned  or  advanced  thereon,  and  time  when 
redeemable,  the  time,  both  day  and  hour,  of  pawning  or  receiving  such 
goods,  article  or  thing,  and  the  name,  residence,  age,  sex,  color,  and  a 
description  as  near  as  possible  of  the  person  pawning  or  delivering  the 
said  goods,  article  or  thing;  and  no  entry  made  in  said  book  shall  be 
erased,  obliterated,  or  defaced,  and  the  said  book,  as  well  as  every  article 
or  thing  pawned,  pledged  or  deposited  shall  at  all  reasonable  times  be  open 
to  the  inspection  of  the  Chief  of  Police  or  any  officer  directed  by  the  Chief. 

Section  6.  Every  pawnbroker  or  pawnshop  keeper  in  the  City  of  Reno 
must  before  the  hour  of  10  o’clock  in  the  forenoon  of  each  and  every  day, 
except  Sunday,  make  and  deliver  to  the  Chief  of  Police  of  said  City  at  the 
City  Hall,  a full,  true  and  detailed  report  in  writing,  on  blank  forms  to  be 
prepared  by  and  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Police,  setting  forth  an  exact 
description  of  each  and  every  article  or  thing  pawned  or  received  by  such 
pawnbroker,  or  pawnshop  keeper  during  the  24  hours  immediately  preced- 
ing such  report,  such  report  to  be  a full,  detailed  and  correct  copy  of  all 
entries  in  the  book  required  to  be  kept  as  aforesaid;  and  the  report  so 


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made  on  each  Monday  shall  include  all  articles  or  things,  pawned  or  re- 
ceived from  and  after  the  report  made  and  delivered  on  the  Saturday  pre- 
ceding: Provided,  however,  that  if  no  article  or  thing  has  been  pawned  or 

received  a report  must  be  made  to  that  effect. 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  pawnbroker,  pawnshop  keeper, 
servant  or  employee  to  receive  any  goods,  articles  or  things  in  pawn  or 
pledge  from  a person  who  is  intoxicated,  or  known  to  be  an  habitual 
drunkard,  a thief,  or  an  insane  person,  or  a person  under  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  without  the  written  or  personal  consent  of  the  parent  or  legal 
guardian  of  such  minor. 

Section  8.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  pawnbroker  to  employ  any 
clerk  or  person  under  the  age  of  16  years  to  receive  any  pledge  or  make 
any  loan. 

Section  9.  The  holder  of  a pawnbroker’s  license  is,  and  shall  be,  liable 
for  any  and  all  acts  of  his  employees,  and  for  any  violation  by  them  of  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  10.  Application  for  a pawnbroker’s  license,  or  any  extension 
or  renewal  of  the  same,  shall  be  made  annually  by  petition  to  the  City 
Council  by  the  applicant  and  filed  with  the  City  Clerk;  and  such  petition 
must  state  definitely  the  particular  place  at  which  such  business  is  to  be 
carried  on.  At  the  time  of  filing  such  petition  the  applicant  shall  deposit 
with  the  City  Clerk  an  amount  of  money  equal  to  at  least  one-half  year,  and 
not  more  than  one  year’s  charge  for  the  license  applied  for,  which  said  sum 
of  money  shall  be  refunded  to  the  applicant  upon  demand  in  case  the  license 
petitioned  for  shall  not  be  granted  by  the  City  Council.  Ihe  applicant  shall 
also  file  with  the  petition  a bond  running  to  the  City  of  Reno  for  a period 
of  one  year,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  observance  of  all  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Reno  respecting  pawnbrokers,  during  the  continuance  of  such 
license,  and  any  renewal  thereof,  for  not  more  than  one  year . inclusive; 
which  said  bond  shall  be  in  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars,  with  two  or 
more  individual  sureties.  Said  bond  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor  before 
such  license  shall  be  issued.  To  such  bond  shall  be  attached  a justification 
to  the  effect  that  the  sureties  are  residents  within  the  County  of  Washoe, 
Nevada,  and  each  are  worth  the  amount  specified  in  said  bond,  over  and 
above  all  just  debts  and  liabilities,  and  exclusive  of  property  exempt  from 
execution;  Provided,  however,  that  the  license  provided  for  in  this  ordi- 
nance shall  not  permit  the  licensee  to  conduct  the  business  of  a merchant, 
or  any  other  business,  except  the  sale  of  pawned  or  pledged  articles  or 
things  after  forfeiture  according  to  law. 

Section  11.  No  such  license  shall  be  issued  to  any  person,  copartner* 
ship,  corporation  or  association  other  than  the  real  and  actual  proprietor 
of  the  business  and  place  of  business  for  which  it  is  issued,  and  the  petition 
for  such  license  in  case  of  a copartnership  or  association  shall  state  the 
names  in  full  of  each  and  all  of  the  copartners  or  associates,  and  in  case  of 
a corporation  the  names  of  the  officers,  and  manager  thereof.  Such  license 
shall  be  non-transferable  to  any  other  person,  or  place  of  business,  except 
by  a four-fifths  vote  of  the  City  Council,  and  the  filing  of  a new  bond  by 
the  person  to  whom  such  license  is  or  may  be  transferred  or  assigned;  and 
it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  copartnership,  association  or  corpora- 
tion to  do  business,  or  attempt  to  do  business  under  a license  transferred  to 
him,  her,  them,  or  it,  without  such  consent  of  the  City  Council;  and  no 
pawnbroker’s  license  now  issued,  or  hereafter  issued,  shall  be  renewed  or 
extended  for  a total  period  of  more  than  one  year  without  complying  with 
all  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  as 


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to  issuance  of  licenses  shall  apply  to  all  persons  now  holding  pawnbroker’s 
licenses,  when  the  same  shall  expire  by  their  terms. 

Section  12.  All  applications  for  said  licenses  or  renewals  thereof,  shall 
be  made  by  petition  to  the  City  Council  at  a regular  meeting  thereof,  and 
shall  be  immediately  referred  to  the  Chief  of  Police,  or  acting  Chief,  for  his 
approval,  and  in  no  case  shall  a license  be  issued  or  renewed  when  his  dis- 
approval is  indorsed  upon  the  petition,  except  by  a four-fifths  vote  of  the 
City  Council.  The  Chief  or  Acting  Chief  of  Police  shall  return  all  such 
petitions  with  his  approval  or  rejection  indorsed  thereon  to  the  City  Coun- 
cil for  final  action  at  the  next  regular  meeting  thereof  after  the  receipt  of 
such  petition  by  him. 

Section  13.  Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged 
in,  or  proposing  to  engage  in,  the  business  of  a pawnbroker  in  the  City  of 
Reno  shall  obtain  a quarterly  license  therefor,  as  provided  in  the  following- 
schedule,  according  to  his,  her,  its,  or  their  quarterly  gross  receipts  from 
such  business,  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dol- 
lars per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dol- 
lars and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  ten  thousand  ($10000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  fifteen  thousand  ($15000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  ($150.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  thirty  thousand  ($30000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  ($45000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  seventy  ($270.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  forty-five  thousand  ($45000.00) 
dollars  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and 
fifty  ($750.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  require 
each  person  herein  licensed  to  make  a statement  under  oath,  or  affirmation, 
of  the  amount  of  business  which  he,  or  the  firm  of  which  he  is  a member  or 
for  which  he  is  agent  or  attorney,  or  the  association  or  corporation  of  which 
he  is  president,  secretary,  or  managing  or  resident  agent,  have  done  or 
transacted  during  the  last,  preceding  quarter,  in  order  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  187.) 

Section  14.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  immediately  upon  adoption  and 
publication  of  this  ordinance  cause  such  a number  of  blanks  to  be  printed 
as  may  be  necessary  for  the  purpose  of  making  the  reports  required  by  this 
ordinance,  and  shall  thereafter  from  time  to  time  cause  such  additional 
blanks  to  be  printed  as  may  be  required,  which  said  blanks  shall  be  so 
printed  and  subdivided  that  they  shall  have  space  for  writing  in  all  the 
matters  required  by  this  ordinance  to  be  registered  and  reported,  and  said 
report  shall  be  written  in  the  English  language  in  a clear,  legible  manner. 
Said  blanks  shall  bear  a caption,  providing  spaces  in  which  shall  be  filled  in 
the  date  of  said  report,  the  name  and  residence  of  the  person  making  the 
same,  and  the  hour  of  day  when  made,  and  all  other  matters  required  by 
this  ordinance  to  be  reported. 


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Section  15.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  deliver  said  blanks  to  the  person 
from  whom  said  reports  are  required,  from  time  to  time,  free  of  charge, 
and  shall  upon  receipt  of  such  reports  file  the  same  in  some  secure  place  in 
his  office,  and  the  same  shall  be  open  to  inspection  only  to  the  Chief  of 
Police  or  any  officer  directed  by  the  Chief,  or  upon  the  order  of  some  Court 
duly  made  for  that  purpose. 

Section  16.  Any  pawnbroker  or  keeper  of  a pawnshop  shall  furnish  to 
the  pledgor  what  is  known  as  a pawn  ticket,  plainly  numbered,  containing 
the  name  of  the  pledgor,  a description  of  the  article  or  thing  pawned  or 
received,  date  of  receipt  thereof,  the  amount  loaned  thereon,  time  for  re- 
demption, amount  to  be  paid  on  redemption,  and  name  of  the  pledgee,  and 
shall  affix  to  each  article,  or  thing,  a tag,  upon  which  tag  shall  be  inscribed 
a number  of  legible  characters,  which  number  shall  correspond  to  the  num- 
ber on  the  pawn  ticket,  and  be  entered  in  the  book  required  to  be  kept  as 
hereinbefore  provided;  and  such  article  or  thing  shall  not  be  returned  to  the 
pledgor  or  any  other  person,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  or  removed,  before 
the  Chief  of  Police  shall  have  had  an  opportunity  of  inspecting  the  same. 

Section  17.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof 
shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  One  Hundred  Dollars  or  more 
than  Three  Hundred  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  not  less 
than  One  Month,  or  more  than  Six  Months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment, and  the  license  of  such  person  shall  be  ordered  forfeited,  can- 
celled and  revoked  by  the  City  Council. 

Section  18.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  19.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its  adop- 
tion and  approval,  and  its  publication  daily  for  one  week. 

Section  20.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  138 
published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published 
in  the  City  of  Reno  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  29th  day  of  August,  '1910,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Jamison,  Sadleir,  Clark  and  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  29th  day  of  August,  1910. 

A.  M.  BRITT, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

H.  E.  CHRISTIE. 

City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  153. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  140. 

An  Ordinance  for  the  Regulation  of  the  Use  of  Fire  Works  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  Prohibiting  Firing  or  Discharging  any  Fireworks  Within  the 
City  Without  a Permit  Granted  by  the  City  Council,  and  Providing 
Penalties  for  the  Violation  Hereof. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 


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Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  persons,  firm,  com- 
pany, corporation  or  association,  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  to 
discharge  or  set  off  any  rocket,  squib,  fire  cracker,  or  other  fire  works  of 
any  description,  except  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  lawful  to  give  public  displays  of  fire  works 
within  the  City  of  Reno  by  obtaining  permission  from  the  City  Council, 
which  permission  shall  be  in  writing,  and  shall  specifically  state  the  time 
when,  and  the  place  where  such  fire  works  may  be  discharged  or  set  off. 

Section  3.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm,  company,  corporation  or  asso- 
ciation who  or  which  shall  violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  $10.00  or  more  than  $100.00,  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  City  Jail  for  a period  not  less  than  10  Days  or  more  than 
100  Days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its  adop- 
tion and  approval,  and  its  publication  daily  for  one  week. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  140 
published  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the 
City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  the  16th  day  of  November,  1910,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Jamison,  Sadleir,  Clark  and  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

(Approved  this  18th  day  of  November,  1910.) 

A.  M.  BRITT, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  156. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  143. 

An  Ordinance  Requiring  Ditch,  Canal  and  Flume  Companies,  Corporations 
and  Persons  Owning,  Operating,  or  Controlling  Ditches,  Canals, 
Flumes  or  Water-ways,  to  Bridge  Streets  and  Alleys  Over  the  Same, 
or  to  Pipe  the  Water  Therein  Over  or  Under  the  Streets  and  Alleys 
within  the  City  of  Reno,  Upon  Notice  From  the  City  Council,  Desig- 
nating the  Materials  and  the  Manner  of  Construction  Thereof,  and  Pre- 
scribing a Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Every  person,  firm,  association,  company  or  corporation 
owning,  operating  or  controlling  any  ditch,  canal,  water-way  or  flume  run- 
ning through,  over  or  under  any  street  or  alley  within  the  City  of  Reno,  or 
any  portion  thereof,  shall  within  (15)  fifteen  days  after  having  been  notified 
in  writing  by  the  City  Council  of  said  City,  commence  in  good  faith  and 
cause  to  be  completely  bridged  or  piped  from  side  to  side,  across  any  street 
or  alley  through,  over  or  under  which  any  ditch,  canal,  water-way  or  flume 
owned  by  such  person,  firm,  association,  company  or  corporation  may  flow 
or  run,  and  shall  keep  the  same  in  good  repair. 


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Section  2.  The  notice  mentioned  in  Section  I of  this  ordinance  shall 
specify  the  material  or  materials  (which  shall  be  wood,  iron,  cement  con- 
crete °ranite,  or  asphalt,  or  a combination  of  any  of  said  materials)  and 
the  manner  in  which  such  bridge  shall  be  built  or  constructed;  provided, 
that  said  City  Council  may,  if  deemed  by  it  practicable  and  advisable  for  the 
protection,  comfort,  safety,  and  welfare  of  the  inhabitants  of  said  City,  or 
the  protection  of  any  property  in  any  portion  thereof,  require  the  water  in 
any  ditch  canal,  flume  or  water-way  to  be  conducted  through,  over  or  under 
any  street,  alley  or  highway,  through  or  under  which  it  may  now  or  here- 
after flow,  by  means  of  a pipe  or  pipes,  or  underground  conduit,  or  water- 
way in  which  case  the  notice  hereinbefore  mentioned  shall  state  the  dimen- 
sion’s of  such  pipe  or  conduit,  and  direct  the  manner  in  which  the  same  shall 
be  constructed. 


Section  3.  Any  person,  or  the  officer  or  manager,  or  the  agent  of  any 
corporation,  company  or  association  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance,  or  failing  or  refusing  to  comply  with  the  terms  thereof  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a fine  of  not  less  than  Twenty-five  ($25.00)  Dollars  or  more  than 
Five  Hundred  ($500.00)  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  of  said 
City  not  less  than  Twenty-five  (25)  Days  nor  more  than  six  Months  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  4.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  upon  its  adop- 
tion and  approval,  and  its  publication  daily  for  one  week. 

Section  6.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  143  pub- 
lished daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the 
City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  13th  day  of  March,  1911,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Jamison,  Sadleir,  Clark,  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Steinmetz. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  March,  1911. 

A.  M.  BRITT, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  161. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  147. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  and  Establishing  the  Distance  Curbing  Shall  Be  Set 
From  the  Property  Lines  on  What  Is  Known  as  Peavine  Street  in  the 
City  of  Reno,  State  of  Nevada,  Bounded  on  the  North  by  Ninth  Street 
and  on  the  South  by  Sixth  Street  in  Said  City,  and  to  Repeal  All  Ordi- 
nances Or  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Herewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  That  all  curbing  shall  be  set  twenty  (20)  feet  from  the 
property  lines  on  what  is  known  as  Peavine  street  in  the  City  of  Reno  be- 
tween Ninth  street  on  the  north  and  Sixth  street  on  the  south. 


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Section  2.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  after  its  pas- 
sage, adoption  and  approval  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No. 
147  published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  24th  day  of  April,  1911,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steinmetz,  Jamison,  Clark,  Gignoux. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Sadleir. 

Approved  this  24th  day  of  April,  1911. 

A.  M.  BRITT, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk. 


BILL  NO.  163. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  149. 

An  Ordinance  Empowering  and  Authorizing  the  City  Clerk  to  Appoint  an 

Assistant,  Providing  for  the  Compensation  of  Such  Assistant,  and  Re- 
pealing All  Acts  Relating  to  Employes  in  the  Office  of  the  City  Clerk. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized 
and  empowered  to  appoint  an  assistant,  whose  duties  shall  be  to  assist  the 
City  Clerk  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  office  of  City  Clerk. 

Section  2.  The  assistant  so  appointed  shall  receive  as  compensation  a 
sum  not  exceeding  One  Hundred  Dollars  per  month.  He  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  City  Clerk  and  removed  at  the  pleasure  of  the  City  Clerk, 
and  the  duly  qualified  City  Clerk  shall  be  held  responsible  for  the  official 
acts  of  his  assistant. 

Section  3.  All  other  ordinances  and  all  resolutions  providing  for  depu- 
ties or  assistants  in  the  office  of  City  Clerk  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  149  pub- 
lished daily  for  one  full  week  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  news- 
paper published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  12th  day  of  June,  1911,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Watt,  Steffes,  Sadleir,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  White. 

Nays— None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  12th  day  of  June,  1911. 

R.  C.  TURRITTIN, 

Attest:  Mayor. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


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BILL  NO.  166. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  151. 


An  Ordinance  Regulating  and  Licensing  the  Messenger  Service  Business  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  Making  Unlawful  Certain  Acts,  and  Repealing  All 
Ordinances  or  Parts  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno  Heretofore 
Passed  Pertaining  to  Said  Messenger  Service  Business  in  the  City  of 
Reno. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  to 
engage  in  the  business  of  delivering  messages,  packages  or  parcels,  either 
bv  vehicle  or  otherwise,  except  duly  licensed  express  men  without  first  ob- 
taining a license  so  to  do  as  hereinafter  provided.  Provided,  however,  that 
this  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  so  as  to  include  merchants  or  others 
engaged  in  business  in  the  City  of  Reno,  who,  in  the  conduct  of  their  said 
business,  are  actually  engaged  in  delivering,  or  having  delivered,  their  own 
wares  and  merchandise. 


Section  2.  For  a license  to  conduct  the  messenger  service  business,  as 
set  forth  in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  application  and  payment  for  the 

same  shall  be  made  as  follows:  , . 

The  person,  firm,  or  corporation  desiring  to  engage  in  said  business 
shall  deposit  with  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  at  the  time  of  filing 
his  or  its,  petition,  an  amount  of  money  equal  to  one  quarter  s charge  tor 
the  license  applied  for,  which  said  sum  of  money  shall  be  refunded  to  the 
applicant,  upon  demand,  in  case  the  license  petitioned  for  shall  not  be 
granted  by  the  City  Council.  Accompanying  the  said  amount  of  money 
and  the  bond  hereinafter  mentioned,  the  applicant  shall  file  with  the  City 
Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno  the  petition,  or  application  for  said  license,  setting 
forth  in  writing  the  name  and  address  of  the  applicant,  and,  if  a person,  that 
he  is  twenty-one  years  of  age,  or  over,  the  location  of  the  business  by  street 
and  number,  and  the  length  of  residence* of  the  petitioner  in  the  City  of 
Reno  The  petition,  or  application,  shall  be  presented  to  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Reno  at  its  first  regular  meeting  thereafter,  at  which  time  it 
shall  be  read,  and  referred  to  the  Chief  of  Police  of  the  Citv  of  Reno,  who 
shall  make  a report  thereon  at  the  next  regular  meeting  thereafter  of  the 
City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  which  report  shall  contain  all  information 
within  the  knowledge  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  obtained  after  due  investiga- 
tion, regarding  the  moral  character  of  the  applicant.  The  City  Council 
shall  by  a majority  vote  of  all  the  members  elected,  after  considering  the 
report  of  the  Chief  of  Police,  reject  or  grant  said  license;  provided,  that  no 
petition,  or  application  for  said  license  shall  be  considered  unless  the  peti- 
tioner, or  applicant,  at  the  time  of  filing  his  petition,  or  application,  shall 
file  with  the  City  Clerk  a bond,  with  two  or  more  individual  sureties,  or 
one  corporate  surety,  m the  sum  of  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  running 
to  the  City  of  Reno,  and  conditioned  that  he  will  conduct  his,  or  its,  busi- 
ness in  an  orderly  manner  and  will  abide  by  all  the  rules  and  regulations,  or 
ordinances,  of  the  City  of  Reno  and  the  Statutes  of  the  State  of  Nevada. 
To  the  said  bond  there  shall  be  attached  a justification  to  the  effect  that,  in 
the  case  of  individual  sureties,  said  sureties  are  residents  of  the  County  of 
Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  and  worth  the  amount  specified  in  the  said  bond, 
over  and  above  all  just  d?bts  and  liabilities  and  exclusive  of  property  ex- 
empt from  execution;  and  in  the  case  of  a corporate  surety  said  justification 
shall  be  to  the  effect  that  said  surety  is  qualified  and  authorized,  under  the 
Statutes  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  to  do  business  within  said  State  as  a surety 
company. 


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The  following  amounts  shall  be,  and  are  hereby,  established  and  fixed 
as  a quarterly  charge  for  a license  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 
to-wit: 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  ($500.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  ($1000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-two  and  fifty  one  hundredths  ($22.50)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

. Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand 
($20,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  ($135.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  exceed  thirty  thousand 
($30000.00)  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  eighty  ($180.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  require 
each  person  herein  licensed  to  make  a statement  under  oath,  or  affirmation, 
of  the  amount  of  business  which  he,  or  the  firm  of  which  he  is  a member 
or  for  which  he  is  agent  or  attorney,  or  the  association  or  corporation  of 
which  he  is  president,  secretary,  *or  managing  or  resident  agent,  have  done 
or  transacted  during  the  last,  preceding  quarter,  in  order  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  192.) 

Section  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  licensee  under  this  ordinance 
to  report  to  the  Chief  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Reno,  the  names  and  numbers 
of  all  persons  in  his,  or  its  employe,  who  are  engaged  in  the  business  of 
delivering  messages,  packages  or  parcels;  and  in  the  event  that  any  change, 
or  changes,  is,  or  are,  made  in  the  personnel  of  his,  or  its,  employees  as 
herein  mentioned,  the  licensee  shall,  within  twenty-four  hours,  report  said 
change,  with  the  name  and  number  of  the  new  employee,  if  any,  to  the 
Chief  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  licensee  under  this  ordinance 
to  provide  his,  or  its,  employees  engaged  in  the  business  of  delivering  mes- 
sages, packages,  or  parcels,  with  a cap,  bearing  thereon  the  number  or 
name  designating  the  number  or  name  of  the  messenger  business  so  licensed, 
and  the  number  of  the  person  so  employed. 

Section  5.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  under  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  engaged  in  the  business,  or  in  the  employ,  of  any  messenger 
service,  to  enter  any  house  of  prostitution,  or  ill-fame,  within  the  corporate 
limits  of  the  City  of  Reno;  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  this 
section  shall  not  be  constructed  so  as  to  prevent  any  such  person  under  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years  from  receiving  or  delivering  messages,  parcels,  or 
packages  by  remaining  at  the  outside  door  of  said  house  of  prostitution,  or 


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ill-fame,  for  a sufficient  length  of  time  only  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of 
receiving  or  delivering  said  message,  parcel  or  package. 

Section  6.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  licensee  under  this  act,  or  any 
one  in  his  or  its,  employ,  to  deliver,  or  receive  for  delivery,  to  any  person, 
any  opium,  yen-shee,  morphine  or  cocaine.  Provided,  however,  the  provis- 
ions of  this  section  shall  not  be  construed  so  as  to  prevent  any  person 
under  this  ordinance  from  delivering,  or  receiving  for  delivery  any  opium, 
yen-shee,  morphine,  or  cocaine,  to  any  person  who  has  first  obtained  a 
physician's  prescription  for  the  same. 

Section  7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  of  the  City  of 
Reno  to  report  to  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  any  disorderly  con- 
duct. or  infraction  of  any  city  ordinance,  or  any  State  law,  on  the  part  ot 
any  licensee,  or  any  one  in  the  employ  of  said  licensee.  After  receiving  such 
report  the  City  Council  shall  order  the  licensee  to  appear  before  it  on  a date 
certain  and  show  cause,  if  any  he  or  it  may  have,  why  his  or  its  hcense 
should  not  be  revoked;  and  if,  in  the  opinion  of  five-sixths  of  the  members 
of  the  Council,  evidenced  by  an  “Aye  and  Nay.  vote,  sufficient  cause  re- 
mains. after  a hearing  having  been  given  the  licensee  as  herein  provided 
why  his,  or  its,  license  should  be  revoked,  the  said  license  shall  thereby 
become  revoked,  and  of  no  effect,  and  any  one  continuing  in  the  business  as 
aforesaid,  after  his,  or  its,  license  shall  have  been  revoked,  shall  be  guilty 
of  a misdemeanor. 

Section  8.  Any  one  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  thereof  shah 
be  sentenced  to  pay  a fine  of  not  more  than  $100,  and  not  less  than  $10,  or, 
in  default  of  the  payment  of  said  fine,  the  person  so  convicted  may  be  in- 
carcerated in  the  City  Jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  for  a period  of  one  day  for 
each  one  dollar's  fine  remaining  unpaid. 

Section  9.  All  ordinances,  or  parts  of  ordinances,  of  the  City  of 
Reno  heretofore  passed  which  in  any  way  conflict  with,  or  pertain  to.  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed.  This  ordinance  shall  be 
in  effect  on  and  after  January  15th,  1912  , 

Passed  and  adopted  this  26th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1911,  and  ordered 
published  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette  for  a period  of  one  week,  by  the 
following  vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes— Councilmen  Steffes,  Sadleir,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  White. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Watt. 

(Approved  this  26th  day  of  December,  1911.) 

R.  C.  TURRITIN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk. 


BILL  NO.  169. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  152. 

An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Distribution  of  Medicine,  and  Samples 
Thereof,  Within  the  Corporate  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  distribute,  or  cause  to  be  distributed  to,  or 


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among,  pedestrians,  or  throw,  or  cause  to  be  thrown,  or  placed  into  or  upon, 
any  car,  vehicle,  or  other  conveyance  in,  or  upon,  any  public  street  or  alley 
of  this  city,  or  to  throw,  place,  or  leave,  or  cause  to  be  thrown,  placed,  or 
left,  into  or  upon  any  yard,  porch  or  premises,  any  drug,  physic  or  medicine 
of  any  kind,  or  sample'  thereof.  Provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  be  con- 
structed so  as  to  prohibit  any  person,  in  the  lawful  discharge  of  his  busi- 
ness, from  delivering  to  any  adult  person  any  medicine,  or  sample  thereof, 
at  the  latter’s  place  of  business  or  residence. 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  sentenced  to  pay  a fine  of  not  less  than  $10,  nor  more  than  $100,  and  in 
default  of  the  payment  of  said  fine  he  may  be  confined  in  the  City  Jail  one 
day  for  each  $2  of  said  fine  remaining  unpaid. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  6th  day  of  March,  1912,  and  ordered  published 
in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette  for  a period  of  one  week,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Watt,  Steffes,  Nelson,  White — 4. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilmen  Sadleir,  Twaddle. 

(Approved  this  6th  day  of  March,  1912.) 

R.  C.  TURRITIN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  Parry, 

City  Clerk,  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada. 


BILL  NO.  171. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  154. 

An  Ordinance  Licensing  and  Regulating  the  Business  of  Plumbing  and 
Drainlaying  Within  the  City  of  Reno,  Prescribing  and  Establishing  Cer- 
tain Rules  and  Regulations  Regarding  Plumbing  and  Drainlaying  In 
the  City  of  Reno,  Establishing  and  Creating  the  Office  of  Plumbing 
Inspector,  Prescribing  the  Duties  Thereof,  Making  Certain  Acts  Mis- 
demeanors, Regulating  All  Other  Matters  In  Relation  To  Plumbing 
and  Drainlaying  In  the  City  of  Reno,  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances 
Or  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Any  Way  Relating  Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation  to  engage  in  the  business  of  plumbing  or  drainlaying  within  the 
corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno  without  having  complied  with  the 
terms  of  this  ordinance,  and  any  person  who  shall  enter  upon  any  premises 
and  engage  in  the  doing  of  any  plumbing  work  or  drainlaying,  or  who  shall 
cause  any  other  person  acting  in  the  capacity  of  employee  to  so  engage 
in  such  work  unless  a permit  to  do  such  work  has  been  granted  by  the 
Plumbing  Inspector  of  the  City  of  Reno  as  in  this  ordinance  hereinafter 
contained,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  punished  as  hereinafter  prescribed. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or  cor- 
poration to  engage  in  the  business  set  forth  in  Section  1 hereof  without  first 
procuring  a license  from  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and,  prior  to 
the  issuance  of  the  same,  filing  with  the  said  City  Clerk  a bond,  with  two 
or  more  sureties,  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  which  bond 
shall  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  and  conditioned  that  the  licensee  shall 


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theSyO  Rmi  p e rtaining11  to 1 the'' b us in  e s s 'of6 Sp  lu  mid n g "and6  dr^n lay^n& 

astsiS  s s^«r.ar  &s  |r«o  ^ 

or  caustTo  be  done^n  any”  l.censT  "hall  be 

• j t arlv  Oerson  as  in  this  ordinance  provided,  the  applicant  shall  pre 
ent  to  the  &ircTerk  o?  the  City  of  Reno  a certificate . of  registration 
which  shall  be  obtained  from  the  Plumbing  Inspector,  as  in  this  ordinanc 

hereThetfhlowin°gt:tam0untS  shall  be,  and  are  hereby,  established  a«d  fixed 
as  a quarterly  charge  for  a license  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance, 

t0'WThose  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  and  fifty  one- 

hundredths  ($7.50)  dollars  per  quarter.  hundred  ($500  00) 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  (^uu.uuj 
dollar^  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  rtmnnno'i 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  ($1000.00) 
dollars  and  do  no?  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  /<tw)0  00> 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  sue  i 
license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  (<t?n00  00t 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($500U.UU) 
dollar?  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  forty  ($40.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,u0U.UU) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  °^err^e^^°?XJs(sSu 
000  00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars  snail 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000  00)  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  oi  one  u 
dre'd  and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  empowered,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  require 
each  person  herein  licensed  to  make  a statement  under  oath  or  affirmation 
of  the  amount  of  business  which  he,  or  the  firm  of  which  he  is  a mem 
or  for  which  he  is  agent  or  attorney,  or  the  association  or  corporation  of 
which  he  is  president,  secretary,  or  managing  or  resident  agent,  have  done 
or  transacted  during  the  last,  preceding  quarter,  in  order  to  carry  out  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  194.) 

Section  3.  There  is  hereby  created  and  established  by  the  City  of 
Reno  an  office  to  be  known  as  and  called  “Plumbing  Inspector,  the  duties 
of  the  incumbent  of  which  office  it  shall  be  to  see  that  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions of  this  ordinance  and  all  subsequent  ordinances  of  this  city  pertain- 
ing to  plumbing  and  drainlaying  are  enforced  and  observed;  he  shall  be 
vested  with  full  police  authority  and  shall  be  authorized  to  inspect  at  al 
reasonable  hours  any  premises  upon  which  he  has  reason  to  believe  there 
is  being  done  any  plumbing  or  drainlaying  work;  he  shall  consult  and  advise 
with  the  City  Board  of  Health  upon  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  sanitary 
condition  of  any  and  all  premises  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  and  he  shall  do  all  and  every  other  thing  pertaining  to  the  office 


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of  Plumbing  Inspector  as  in  this  ordinance  contained.  The  City  Electrician 
lI«nh<>!.tC!tyf0LRer°*  shall  be,  and  hereby  is  appointed  ex-officio  Plumbing 
nspector  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  his  duties  as  said  Plumbing  Inspector 
shall  be  in  addition  to  those  of  City  Electrician. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  person,  firm,  association  or 
th^Prr^U°nt  lesinnf  t(?  ensage  in  the  business  of  plumbing  or  drainlaying  in 
the  City  of  Reno  to  have  his,  her  or  its  full  name  and  place  of  business 
registered  in  a book  kept  for  that  purpose  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector  and 
in  case  of  removal  or  change  in  the  firm,  to  have  such  change  made  in  the 
register  without  delay.  The  Plumbing  Inspector  shall  upon  application 
issue  to  every  person  qualified  a certificate  of  registration,  which  shall 

‘k6-  ‘“t  that  tHe  h°ider  thereof  is  duly  registered  in  the  book  o 
the  Plumbing  Inspector  and  upon  compliance  with  the  other  provisions 
of  tins  ordinance  is  qualified  to  do  a plumbing  and  drainlaying  business  in 
the  City;  and  any  person  who  shall  fail  to  register  as  in  this  section  con- 
Xf’  °h  whKose,  certified  of  registration  shall  have  been  revoked  or  can- 
workdin  this  Chy & PermU  l°  d°  a"y  kmd  °f  Plumbing  or  drainlaying 

Action  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector  to  receive 
fial^mtna  P-  anS  °f  PlumblnS  and  drainage  submitted  for  approval, 
f he  finds  them  in  accordance  with  the  ordinances  he  shall  endorse  the 

thereof  a nd"  Pfif ” ' 3S  aPproved’  and  issue  a permit  for  the  construction 

or  Dan's  Tf  m ? comment  form  for  reference  the  duplicate  plan 

hi  P an  ■ tbe  Plans  submitted  are  not  in  accordance  with  this  ordinance 
he  shall  reject  them,  and  if  requested,  state  the  grounds  for  rejection.  Ap- 

fiWra  rfJe,l;t,0.n  of  pIans  ,sba11  be  made  within  two  days  after  date  ot 
filing.  He  shall  give  general  information  and  advice  as  to  the  meaning  and 
requirements  of  the  ordinance  to  persons  desiring  the  same.  He  shall  in- 
vestigate all  cases  reported  to  him  or  referred  to  him  of  bad  or  imperfect 
work  or  material,  old  or  new,  and  report  same  to  the  Board  of  Health  He 
shall  report  all  cases  of  violation  or  attempted  violation  of  the  ordinances 
rules  and  regulations  on  the  part  of  plumbers  and  drainlayers,  builders,  owners 
or  agents,  and  prosecute  the  offending  parties.  He  shall  issue  all  notices  and 
whenulf  ?f  r®g'stration  and  keep  a record  of  all  inspections  made,  and 

completed  'pg-  °F  draitdaylng  on “X  premises  shall  be  satisfactorily 

completed  he  shall  issue  to  the  party  doing  the  work  a certificate  that  the 

of  "on  eh  do  Bar  <tf  no  Y a"d  Properl.y  don,e-.  There  shall  be  charged  a fee 
l t ($100.)  for  such  permit,  and  in  addition  thereto,  twenty-five 
nts,  (25c)  for  each  outlet  not  exceeding  twenty-five  outlets  proposed  to 
nL  ° ghed  n Pr,oylded  /or  m work  to  be  done  under  said  permit,  and 
teen  cents  (15c)  additional  for  each  outlet  in  excess  of  twenty-five  outlets 

, SectI°n  6.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  plumber  and  drainlayer,  be- 

wnrP  t nen-Cinil  th<L  construction  of  new.  or  the  reconstruction  of  old 
work,  to  file  in  the  office  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector  duplicate  plans  of  the 
work  proposed  to  be  done,  showing  the  whole  course  of  drains,  soil  and 
ofat™nP,pe’d  arrange.mepts  and  connections  of  all  fixtures,  the  position 
of  traps  and  their  ventilation.  Approval  shall  be  attested  by  indorsement 
on  the  copy  of  the  plans  which  shall  be  returned  to  the  party  filing  the 
same,  a duplicate  copy  being  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Plumbing  Inspector 

first  ^ubmitteHr°VHd  ShaH  "a1  a®  Var'ed  fr0m-  excePf  an  amended  plan  be 
♦ kTnfi  k ttCd  a d aPProved-  A c°Py  of  the  plans  so  attested  shall  permit 
t e plumber  or  contractor  to  execute  the  work  in  the  manner  as  set  forth 
by  the  indorsed  plan.  Provided,  It  shall  not  be  necessary  to  obtain  a 
permit  in  case  of  the  following  repairs:  Leaks  in  drains,  soil,  water  or 
vent  pipes.  Provided  Further,  however,  that  in  the  case  of  any  change  in 
drains,  soil  or  vent  pipes,  a permit  and  inspection  must  be  had 


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Section  7.  All  work  done  on  submitted  plans  shall  be  subject  to  in- 
spection, and  notice  shall  be  given  to  the  Plumbing  Inspector  by  the  con- 
tractor doing  said  work,  or  having  the  same  done,  as  soon  as  said  work 
is  ready  for  inspection.  Notice  shall  be  given  to  inspect  both  rough  and 
tinished  work,  and  the  contractor  shall  secure  a final  certificate  from  the 
Plumbing  Inspector  and  deliver  the  same  to  the  owner  or  agent.  All  work 
must  be  left  uncovered  and  convenient  for  examination  until  inspected  and 
approved  by  said  Plumbing  Inspector.  Such  inspection  shall  be  made 
within  24  hours  of  such  notification  being  received  at  the  office  of  said 
Inspector.  The  Inspector  may  apply  the  water  and  smoke  tests,  and  all 
necessary  tools,  labor  and  assistance  for  such  tests  shall  be  furnished  by 
the  persons  assuming  control  of  the  work,  and  such  person  or  persons 
shall  remove  or  repair  any  defective  material  or  work  when  so  ordered  by 
the  Inspector.  Any  soil  pipe,  drain  pipe,  traps,  water  closets,  urinal,  sink  or 
other  fixtures  set  up,  or  fitting  or  fittings  laid,  used  or  constructed,  other- 
wise than  in  accordance  with  this  or  any  subsequent  ordinance,  shall  be 
removed  or  repaired  so  as  to  conform  to  the  terms  of  said  ordinance,  and 
within  the  time  fixed  by  the  inspecting  officer,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  or  persons  to  occupy  or  make  use  of  any  house  or  building 
where  plumbing  work  has  been  constructed,  unless  the  owner,  agent  or 
lessee  of  said  building  shall  have  first  procured  a final  certificate  of  accept- 
ance from  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

Section  8.  Every  house  or  building  in  or  for  which  any  house  drain- 
age or  plumbing  arrangements  are  constructed  shall  be  separately  and  in- 
dependently connected  with  an  accepted  city  sewer,  when  such  sewer  is 
constructed  on  the  street  or  alley  upon  which  the  property  abuts,  and  in 
case  there  is  no  sewer  constructed,  said  house  or  building  must  be  con- 
nected with  a cesspool,  to  be  constructed  in  conformity  to  the  following 
regulations.  It  must  not  be  located  at  a less  distance  than  five  (5)  feet 
from  any  property  line,  nor  less  than  twenty  (20)  feet  from  any  dwelling, 
and  shall  have  a strong  and  firm  cover  not  less  than  eighteen  (18)  inches 
below  the  surrounding  surface  of  the  ground;  there  shall  be  no  fresh-air 
inlets  between  cesspools  and  houses;  provided,  however,  that  when  a build- 
ing is  on  the  rear  of  a lot,  on  the  front  of  which  there  is  another  building, 
the  plumbing  work  of  the  building  in  the  rear  may  be  connected  with  the 
plumbing  work  of  the  building  in  front,  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  or  persons  to  use  or  occupy  any  house  or  building  in  the  City  of 
Reno  in  or  for  which  any  house  drainage  or  plumbing  arrangements  are 
constructed,  unless  such  house,  drainage  or  plumbling  arrangements  are  con- 
nected with  an  accepted  sewer,  when  said  sewer  is  constructed  on  the  street 
or  alley  upon  which  the  property  abuts. 

Section  9.  All  soil  and  waste  pipes  to  a point  two  (2)  feet  outside  of 
the  exterior  wall  of  the  building  shall  be  cast  iron  not  less  than  two  (2) 
inches  internal  diameter,  except  in  case  of  water  closet,  which  shall  not  be 
less  than  four  (4)  inches  internal  diameter  and  shall  be  carried  undiminished 
in  size  up  to  24  inches  above  the  roof  of  all  new  buildings  and  in  old  build- 
ings to  a point  which  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  feet  above  any  window, 
air  shaft  or  opening  of  any  house  or  building.  All  drains  outside  of  the 
building  and  to  the  street  sewer  or  cesspool  shall  be  first-grade  vitrified  iron 
stone  pipe,  castiron  or  cement,  and  shall  have  an  internal  diameter  of  not 
less  than  four  (4)  inches.  Stoneware  or  cement  pipe  shall  not  be  allowed 
within  two  feet  of  the  exterior  wall  of  the  building,  neither  shall  any  vitri- 
fied pipe  come  within  twelve  inches  of  the  surface  of  the  ground  through 
its  entire  course.  The  joint  of  each  and  every  section  of  vitrified  piping 
must  be  completely  and  uniformly  filled  with  two  parts  of  sand  and  one 
part  of  cement,  and  every  joint  thoroughly  cleaned  from  the  inside,  so  as 
not  to  form  an  obstruction.  The  different  sections  must  be  laid  in  perfect 


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lines  on  the  bottom  and  sides  with  a fall  of  not  less  than  one-quarter  of  an 
inch  per  foot  towards  the  street,  sewer  or  cesspool.  Provided,  however, 
that  said  sections  and  said  sewer  may  be  laid  with  a fall  of  less  than  one- 
quarter  (%.)  of  an  inch  per  foot  after  written  permission  obtained  from  the 
Plumbing  Inspector.  (Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  272.) 

Section  10.  Every  water  closet,  sink,  slop  hopper,  bath  tub,  and  each 
tray  or  set  of  wash  trays  or  other  fixtures  connected  with  the  drain  pipe 
directly  or  indirectly,  must  be  separately,  independently  and  effectively 
trapped  and  vented.  The  trap  must  be  placed  as  near  the  fixture  as  pos- 
sible, and  in  no  case  further  than  two  feet  from  the  fixture.  All  sinks  in 
kitchens  or  boarding  houses,  or  hotels  accommodating  more  than  twenty 
persons,  shall  be  provided  with  a suitable  and  approved  grease  trap.  No 
wooden  trays  shall  be  maintained,  constructed  or  used  inside  of  any  build- 
ing or  porch,  and  all  such  trays  shall  be  on  non-absorbent  material.  No 
union  coupling  of  any  description  shall  be  used  in  or  in  connection  with 
concealed  work.  No  rubber  connection  shall  be  used.  Drum  traps  may  be 
used  only  in  bath  tub  connections.  No  brick,  sheet  metal,  earthware  or 
chimney  flue  shall  be  used  as  a sewer  ventilator  or  to  ventilate  any  trap, 
drain,  soil  or  waste  pipe. 

Section  11.  The  Plumbing  Inspector,  in  approving  plans,  or  in  accept- 
ing work  of  any  and  all  persons  carrying  on,  conducting,  assuming  control 
of,  constructing,  or  causing  to  be  constructed,  any  plumbing  or  house  drain- 
age affecting  the  sanitary  conditions  of  any  house  or  buildings  of  said  City, 
shall  be  governed  by  the  following  regulations,  and  it  is  hereby  made  his 
duty  to  see  that  all  of  said  work  complies  with  the  same,  and  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  construct  any  plumbing  or  drainlaying  work 
in  any  manner  not  in  accordance  with  such  rules,  viz: 

First.  No  water  closet  shall  be  put  into,  or  upon  any  property,  house, 
or  building  except  those  flushed  by  a tank  containing  not  less  than  four 
gallons  of  water.  Plunger  closets,  hoppers,  pan  closets,  or  any  other  closets, 
where  the  supply  to  the  bowl  is  direct  from  the  street  service  or  building 
supply,  are  prohibited  in  all  cases,  except  in  out-houses,  and  where  such 
exist,  unless  the  same  be  properly  trapped  and  vented,  shall  be  removed  and 
replaced  with  water  tank  closets. 

Second.:  A fixture  that  is  a top  fixture  on  a vertical  stack  and  not  more 

than  (2)  feet  from  the  inlet  to  the  stack,  need  not  have  its  trap  revented, 
provided  it  does  not  discharge  into  the  stack  below  the  level  of  its  seal,  ex- 
cept water  closets  whose  trap  is  in  a bowl.  All  other  traps  shall  set  true 
to  their  water  seals. 

Third:  Every  soil  pipe  or  waste  pipe  under  or  inside  of  any  building 

shall  be  of  cast  iron,  wrought  iron  or  steel,  lead  or  brass.  All  joints  in  cast- 
iron  pipe,  whether  inside  of  the  building  line  or  otherwise,  shall  be  made 
with  molten  lead  and  oakum  and  thoroughly  caulked.  When  wrought  iron, 
steel,  lead  or  brass  pipe  is  used  for  soil  or  waste,  no  grade  lighter  than 
standard  shall  be  used.  All  changes  in  direction  shall  be  made  as  required 
in  Rule  6 of  Section  11  of  this  Ordinance,  and  all  fittings  used  in  the  sev- 
eral angles  shall  be  standard  drainage  fittings.  Ordinary  maleable  or  cast- 
iron  fittings  that  are  not  recessed  are  prohibited,  and  all  fittings  used  in 
such  work  must  be  of  same  internal  diameter  as  pipe  line  upon  which  it  is 
used. 

Fourth:  All  soil  pipes  shall  be  carried  up  full  size  up  to  and  twelve 
inches  above  the  roof,  and  at  a point  which  shall  be  not  less  than  fifteen 
feet  from  any  window  or  opening  in  any  adjoining  building,  and  left  with- 


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out  cowl  or  cap.  No  fixture  shall  be  trapped  by  having  its  outlet  connected 
with  the  trap  of  another  fixture. 

Fifth:  All  vent  pipes  and  their  fittings  less  than  three  inches  shall  be 

galvanized  iron  screw  pipe  or  cast  iron. 

Sixth:  All  vertical  stacks  of  soil  and  waste  pipe  shall  be  provided  with 

a brass  trap  screw  ferrule  at  the  foot  of  each  angle  in  horizontal  runs.  Trap 
screw  ferrules  must  be  the  same  diameter  as  waste  stacks  or  lateral  run. 
All  changes  of  direction  of  soil  or  waste  pipe  shall  be  made  with  full  “Y” 
branches  and  one-eighth  bends,  and  sanitary  “TS”  shall  not  be  used  ex- 
cept in  perpendicular  stacks.  All  clean-outs  shall  be  extended  to  the  out- 
side of  the  walls  or  some  convenient  point  easy  of  access,  satisfactory  to 
the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

Seventh:  All  connections  between  lead  piping  shall  be  jointed  by 
wiped  joints.  Connections  between  soil  pipe  and  lead  or  wrought  iron 
pipe  or  lead,  shall  be  made  with  brass  ferrules  or  brass  solder  nipples,  and 
their  joining  shall  be  wiped.  Bolted  or  copper  bit,  cup  or  flush  soldered 
joints  are  prohibited  in  all  cases. 

Eighth:  The  vent  pipe  of  every  small  fixture  shall  be  the  same  size  as 

the  trap  used  for  said  fixtures,  provided,  that  if  more  than  one  trap  shall  be 
vented  by  the  same  pipe,  the  size  of  such  pipe  shall  be  as  follows: 

For  more  than  one  and  not  exceeding  two  fixtures,  not  less  than  one 
and  one-half  inch  vent  pipe;  for  more  than  two  and  not  exceeding  eight 
fixtures,  not  less  than  two-inch  vent  pipe;  for  more  than  eight  and  not  ex- 
ceeding sixteen  fixtures,  not  less  than  a two  and  one-half  inch  vent  pipe; 
for  more  than  sixteen  and  not  exceeding  twenty-eight  fixtures,  not  less 
than  a three-inch  vent  pipe.  The  vent  from  any  water  closet,  slop  hopper 
or  slop  sink  shall  not  be  smaller  than  two  inches  internal  diameter,  and 
where  more  than  three  such  fixtures  are  vented  through  the  same  pipe  its 
internal  diameter  shall  be  as  follows:  For  more  than  three  and  not  exceed- 
ing eight  such  fixtures,  not  less  than  two  and  one-half  inch  vent  pipe;  for 
more  than  eight  and  not  exceeding  fourteen  such  fixtures,  not  less  than 
four-inch  vent  pipe. 

Ninth:  All  vents  shall  rise  perpendicular  to  six  inches  above  the  fix- 

tures to  prevent  backwater  entering. 

Tenth:  No  privy  vault,  cesspool,  exhaust  from  engine  or  blowoff  from 

boiler  shall  be  connected  with  a house  drain  or  sewer. 

Eleventh:  Every  water  closet,  sink,  bath  tub,  basin,  or  fixture,  main- 

tained within  any  house  or  building,  that  are  of  bad  and  defective  quality, 
and  are  removed  and  replaced  with  other  fixtures  of  their  respective  class, 
shall  have  their  traps  vented  in  accordance  with  the  Ordinance. 

Twelfth:  No  privy  vault  or  cesspool  shall  be  maintained  or  allowed 

in  any  part  of  the  City  where  a sewer  exists  in  the  street  or  alley  upon 
which  the  property  abuts. 

Thirteenth:  All  plumbing  or  house  drainage  work  done  to  replace 

that  which  may  be  condemned  by  the  Board  of  Health  or  Plumbing  In- 
spector, shall  be  considered  as  new  work  and  constructed  in  conformity 
with  the  requirements  of  the  City  Ordinance,  and  no  person  or  persons 
shall  connect  or  cause  to  be  connected  any  plumbing  or  house  drainage 
work  within  any  public  sewer  unless  the  said  plumbing  and  house  drainage 
work  conforms  to  the  requirement  of  this  Ordinance. 

Fourteenth:  Upon  the  removal  or  alteration  of  any  building  or  the 


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making  of  any  addition  thereto,  if  new  plumbing  fixtures  are  placed  in  such 
building,  either  in  the  original  or  altered  or  added  parts  thereof  such  new 
fixtures  must  be  properly  connected  with,  and  attached  to  the  fixtures  in 
the  original  part  of  said  building,  then  both  such  original  or  additional 
fixtures  and  any  altered  plumbing  whatever,  must  comply  in  all  respects 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  in  the  Ordinance.  Provided, 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  as  requiring  any  change  in 
plumbing  already  installed. 

Fifteenth:  Refrigerator,  receptable,  boiler,  drain,  tube,  stop  cocks, 

overflow  pipes,  drainage,  waste  pipes  from  refrigerators  or  other  recep- 
tacles in  which  provisions  are  stored,  shall  not  be  connected  directly  with 
the  drainage  system,  but  shall  be  arranged  to  waste  into  an  open  sink  or 
tray  in  open  sight  below  the  refrigerator.  No  sediment  from  boilers  or 
drain  tubes  from  stop  and  waste  cocks  shall  be  connected  directly  with  any 
waste  or  sewer.  Drips  or  overflow  pipes  from  safes  under  water  closets 
and  other  fixtures,  or  from  tanks  or  cistrens,  shall  in  no  case  be  connected 
directly  to  the  drainage  system,  but  shall  run  to  some  place  in  open  sight. 

Sixteenth:  Drains  from  light  wells  or  light  courts  must  not  be  con- 

nected directly  with  sewer.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  272.) 

Section  12.  Every  carriage  wash,  area  or  cellar  drain  shall  be  trapped 
by  a sand  trap  of  not  less  than  twelve  by  twelve  by  twelve  inches,  and  con- 
structed of  brick  and  cement,  or  vitrified  stone  pipe  with  cement  bottom, 
the  water  seal  of  such  trap  shall  be  constructed  by  inverting  its  waste  pipe. 
Such  trap  need  not  be  vented.  A water  seal  of  less  than  four  inches  is  pro- 
hibited, and  the  minimum  size  of  waste  pipe  shall  be  three  inches  where  trap 
is  not  vented.  All  rooms  where  closets  are  placed  that  do  not  have  outside 
windows  shall  have  a vent  pipe  from  ceiling  up  through  roof  at  least 
twelve  inches  in  diameter. 

Section  13.  All  fees  collected  by  the  Plumbing  Inspector  shall  be  by 
that  officer  turned  over  to  the  City  Treasurer  and  credited  to  a fund  to  be 
known  as  the  Plumbing  Fund. 

Section  14.  The  word  “person”  wherever  and  whenever  used  in  this 
Ordinance  shall  include  both  the  singular  and  plural  and  shall  also  mean 
and  include  firm,  association,  corporation  or  partnership.  When  anything 
is  prohibited  in  this  Ordinance  not  only  the  person  actually  engaged  in 
doing  the  thing  prohibited,  but  the  contractor  or  employer  in  whose  employ 
is  the  one  so  engaged,  and  all  other  persons  actually  concerned  therein, 
shall  be  liable  upon  conviction  to  the  penalty  prescribed. 

Section  15.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordin- 
ance, or  the  officers  of  any  corporation  or  association  violating  any  of  the 
terms  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  sentenced  to  pay  a fine  of  not  more  than 
$100  ,or  in  the  default  of  the  payment  of  said  fine  may  be  incarcerated  in 
the  City  Jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  one  day  for  every  two  dollars'  fine  re- 
maining unpaid;  and  every  licensed  plumber  or  d.rainlayer  who  shall  be 
convicted  of  any  violation  of  this  Ordinance  a third  time  shall  have  his 
license  revoked  by  operation  of  the  third  conviction. 

Section  16.  All  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinances  heretofore  passed 
relating  to  Plumbing  and  Drainlaying  in  this  city  are  hereby  repealed.  This 
Ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  on  and  after  the  1st  day  of  July,.  1912,  and  every 
person  engaged  in  the  business  of  plumbing  or  drainlaying  in  this  city  shall 
on  or  before  that  date,  take  out  a license  as  herein  contained  and  shall  con- 
form to  this  Ordinance  in  every  particular,  and  when  the  said  license  shall 


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have  been  issued  by  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno  the  same  shall  be 
deemed  to  have  been  accepted  and  issued  subject  to  all  the  terms  and  con- 
ditions of  this  Ordinance. 

Passed  and  adopted  and  ordered  published  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette 
for  a period  of  one  week,  this  17th  day  of  June,  1912,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Watt,  Steffes,  Frank,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  White. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  17th  day  of  June,  1912. 

R.  C.  TURRITIN, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk. 


BILL  NO.  191. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  170. 

An  Ordinance  Providing  for  the  Use  of  “Time  Checks”  By  the  City  of  Reno, 

Prescribing  the  Duties  of  Certain  Officers  in  Relation  Thereto,  and 

Providing  for  the  Payment  Thereof. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  City  of  Reno  to  issue  time  checks 
to  its  employees  of  the  engineering  departments  on  Saturday  of  each  and 
every  week,  or  at  any  other  time,  to  its  employees  of  the  engineering  de- 
partments whose  employment  by  the  City  of  Reno  shall  be  terminated  in 
any  manner  whatsoever  at  any  time  in  the  week  prior  to  Saturday.  The 
said  time  checks  shall  be  issued  by  the  City  Engineer  and  shall  not  be  valid 
unless  countersigned  by  the  City  Clerk.  They  shall  be  numbered,  and  a true 
and  correct  copy  of  each  and  every  one  of  said  time  checks  shall  be  re- 
tained by  the  City  Engineer  and  the  City  Clerk.  The  same  shall  be  payable 
at  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  on  any  day,  during  office  hours,  after  the 
second  Monday  in  each  and  every  month  after  issuance.  Upon  the  issuance 
of  any  of  said  time  checks,  the  City  Clerk  shall  immediately  charge  the 
same  to  the  account  of  the  person  to  whom  issued,  and  the  full  amount 
thereof  shall  at  once  be  set  aside  by  the  City  of  Reno  for  the  payment 
thereof.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  233.) 

Section  2.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  170  published  in 
the  Nevada  State  Journal  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  15th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1914,  by  the  following- 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  15th  day  of  July,  1914. 

F.  J.  SHAIR, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk. 


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BILL  NO.  204. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  180. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Salary  of  the  Health  Officer  in  the  City  of  Reno; 
and  Repealing  Section  31  of  City  Ordinance  Number  34  and  All  Ordi- 
nances Amendatory  Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Salary  of  Health  Officer— The  Health  Officer  of  the  City 

of  Reno  shall  receive  as  full  compensation  for  his  services  the  sum  of 
twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments. 

Section  2.  Repealing  Clause— Section  31  of  City  Ordinance  Number 
34  and  all  ordinances  amendatory  thereto  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  When  To  Take  Effect — This  ordinance  shall  go  into  force 
and  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  publication  for  the  period  of  one  week 
in  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  180 
published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and 
published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  15th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen : 

Ayes— Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson  and  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Twaddle. 

Approved  this  15th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  206. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  181. 

An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Regulation  of  Sanitary  Matters  Within  the 
City  of  Reno;  to  Define,  Regulate  and  Compel  Abatement  of  Certain 
Nuisances  Therein;  Declaring  What  Diseases  Are  Communicable  and 
Dangerous,  and  Providing  for  the  Suppression  Thereof;  Defining  the 
Duties  of  Certain  Persons  in  Relation  To  Births  and  Deaths  Therein; 
Prohibiting  Expectorating  Upon  Sidewalks  and  Other  Public  Places 
Therein;  Defining  the  Duties  and  Powers  of  the  Board  of  Health  and 
of  the  Health  Officer;  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordi- 
nances in  Conflict  Therewith,  and  More  Particularly  Sections  1,  2,  3, 
4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  25,  27,  28, 
29,  30,  32,  and  33  of  City  Ordinance  Number  34. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Nuisances — Whatever  is  injurious  to  human  life  or  health, 
whatever  renders  the  air  or  food  or  water  or  other  drink  unwholesome, 
and  whatever  building,  erection  or  part  or  cellar  thereof  is  over-crowded, 
or  not  provided  with  adequate  means  of  ingress  and  egress,  or  is  not  suffi- 
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dared  to  be  nuisances  and  to  be  illegal;  and  every  person  having  aided  in 
creating  or  contributing  to  the  same  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a violation 
of  these  provisions  and  also  shall  be  liable  for  the  expense  of  the  abatement 
and  remedy  thereof. 

Section  2.  Disposal  of  Rubbish. — No  house  refuse,  offal,  garbage,  dead 
animals,  decaying  vegetable  or  organic  waste  substance  of  any  kind  shall 
be  thrown  on  any  street,  alley,  road,  ditch,  gutter,  or  public  place  within 
the  city  limits,  and  no  putrid  or  decaying  animal  or  vegetable  matter  shall 
be  kept  in  any  house,  cellar,  or  adjoining  out-building  or  grounds  for  more 
than  twenty-four  hours. 

Section  3.  Care  of  Slaughter  Houses — No  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation,  without  the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Health,  shall  build  or  use 
any  slaughter  house  within  the  city  limits,  and  the  keeping  and  slaughtering 
of ^ all  cattle,  sheep  and  swine,  and  the  preparation  of  all  meat,  fish,  birds  or 
other  animal  food,  shall  be  in  the  manner  best  adapted  to  securing  and 
continuing  their  wholesomeness  as  foods;  and  every  butcher  and  other 
person  owning,  leasing  or  occupying  any  place,  room  or  building  wherein 
any  cattle,  sheep  or  swine  have  been  or  are  killed  or  dressed,  and  every 
person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  being  the  owner,  lessee  or  occupant 
of  any  room  or  stable  wherein  any  animals  are  kept,  or  any  market  public 
or  private,  shall  cause  such  place,  room  or  building,  stable  or  market,  to  be 
thoroughly  cleansed  and  purified,  and  all  offal,  blood,  fat,  garbage,  refuse 
and  unwholesome  and  offensive  matter  to  be  removed  therefrom  at  least 
once  in  every  twenty-four  hours  after  the  use  thereof  for  any  of  the  pur- 
poses herein  referred  to,  and  shall  also  at  all  times  keep  all  woodwork,  save 
floors  and  counters,  in  any  building,  place  or  premises  aforesaid  thoroughly 
painted  or  whitewashed;  and  the  floors  of  such  buildings,  place  or  premises 
shall  be  so  constructed  as  to  prevent  blood  or  foul  liquids  or  washings 
from  settling  in  the  earth  beneath. 

Section  4.  Receptacles  and  Slaughter  Houses.— No  blood-pit,  dung-pit, 
offal-pit,  or  privy  wall  shall  remain  or  be  constructed  within  any  slaughter 
house  within  the  city  limits. 

Section  5.  Conduct  of  Manufactures. — No  person,  firm,  asso- 
ciation or  corporation  shall  erect  or  maintain  within  the  city  limits  any 
manufactory  or  place  of  business  dangerous  to  life  or  detrimental  to  health, 
or  where  unwholesome,  offensive  or  deleterious  odors,  gas,  smoke  deposits 
or  exhalations  are  generated,  such  as  tanneries,  refineries,  manufactures  of 
starch,  glue,  leather,  chemicals,  fertilizers,  gas,  etc.,  without  a permit  from 
the  Board  of  Health,  and  all  such  establishments  shall  be  kept  clean  and 
wholesome  so  as  not  to  be  offensive  or  prejudicial  to  public  health;  nor 
shall  any  offensive  or  deleterious  waste  substance,  refuse  or  injurious' mat- 
ter be  allowed  to  accumulate  upon  the  premises. 

Section  6,  Stables  and  Stable  Yards — Every  person,  firm,  association 
or  corporation  being  the  keeper  or  keepers  of  a livery  or  any  other  stable, 
shall  keep  his  or  their  stable  and  stable  yard  clean,  and  shall  cause  the 
same  to  be  clean  and  the  refuse  removed  therefrom  every  twenty-four 
hours  when  the  same  shall  amount  to  one  or  more  wagon  loads. 

Section  7.  Pigpens — No  pigpen  shall  be  built  or  maintained  within 
the  city  limits,  without  a permit  from  the  Board  of  Health;  nor  within  one 
hundred  (100)  feet  of  any  well  or  spring  of  water  used  for  drinking  pur- 
poses; nor  within  fifty  (50)  feet  of  any  street,  or  of  any  inhabited  house, 
unless  constructed  in  the  following  manner,  to-wit:  So  that  the  floor,  or 
floors,  of  the  same  shall  be  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet  from  the  ground,  in 
order  that  the  filth  accumulating  under  the  same  may  be  easily  removed  or 


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so  that  the  floor,  or  floors,  of  the  same  shall  be  of  cement  or  concrete,  and 
in  connection  therewith,  an  underground  pit  with  an  air-tight  cover  may  be 
maintained  for  the  disposal  of  the  accumulation  of  the  pen;  and  the  filth 
accumulating  in  or  about  such  pen  shall  be  removed  at  least  once  in  every 
forty-eight  hours,  and  oftener  if  so  ordered;  and  on  the  failure  of  any  owner 
or  occupant  of  such  premises  so  to  do,  then  the  same  may  be  done  by  the 
Board  of  Health,  at  the  expense  of  the  maintainer.  (As  amended  by  City 
Ordinance  No.  200.) 

Section  8.  Disposal  of  Drainage — No  privy  vault,  cesspool  or  reservoir 
into  which  a privy,  water-closet,  cesspool,  stable  or  sink  is  drained,  shall  be 
constructed,  dug  or  permitted  to  remain  within  any  section  of  this  city  pro- 
vided with  sewerage  facilities. 

Section  9.  Cleaning  and  Disinfecting  in  Unsewered  Sections — All  privy 

vaults,  cesspools  or  reservoirs  in  unsewered  section  of  this  City  shall  be 
cleaned  out  at  least  twice  a year,  or  oftener  if  ordered  by  the  Board  of 
Health,  once  in  the  spring  not  later  than  the  fifteenth  day  of  May,  and  once 
in  the  autumn  not  later  than  the  fifteenth  day  of  October.  From  the  fif- 
teenth day  of  May  to  the  fifteenth  day  of  October  of  each  and  every  year  the 
same  shall  also  be  thoroughly  disinfected  by  adding  to  their  contents  once 
every  week  from  one  to  four  gallons  of  a disinfectant  solution,  according 
to  the  size  of  the  vault,  cesspool,  or  reservoir. 

Section  10.  Communicable  Diseases — The  following  diseases  are  de- 
clared to  be  communicable  and  dangerous  to  the  public  health,  to-wit: 
Smallpox  (varioloid),  cholera  (Asiatic  or  epidemic),  scarlet  fever  (scarle- 
tina,  scarlet  rash),  measles,  diptheria  (diptheretic  croup,  dipthenc  sore 
throat),  typhoid  fever,  typhus  fever,  yellow,  spotted  fever,  (cerebro  spinal 
meningitis),  relapsing  fever,  epidemic  dysentery,  hydrophobia  (rabies), 
glanders  (farcy),  plague  and  leprosy,  and  shall  be  understood  to  be  included 
in  the  following  regulations,  unless  certain  of  them  only  are  specified. 

Section  11.  Householders  to  Report — Whenever  any  householder,  ho- 
tel keeper,  or  lodging  house  keeper  knows  that  any  person  within  his  family 
or  household  has  a communicable  disease  dangerous  to  the  public  health, 
he  shall  immediately  report  the  same  to  the  Board  of  Health,  giving  the 
street  number  or  location  of  the  house. 

Section  12.  Physicians  to  Report — Whenever  any  physician  finds  that 
any  person  whom  he  is  called  upon  to  visit  has  a communicable  disease 
dangerous  to  the  public  health,  he  or  she  shall  immediately  report  the  same 
to  the  Board  of  Health,  giving  the  street  and  number  or  location  or  the 
house. 

Section  13.  School  Authorities  to  Be  Informed— On  receipt  of  any 
report  mentioned  in  the  preceding  Section  the  Health  Officer  shall  imme- 
diately notify  the  teachers,  principals,  or  governing  authorities  of  all 
schools  of  the  name  and  residence  of  every  person  sick  with  any  commun- 
icable disease. 

Section  14.  Duty  of  School  Authorities— All  principals,  teachers  or 
other  school  authorities,  when  notified  as  provided  in  the  preceding  Sec- 
tion, must  refuse  admittance  to  the  schools  of  any  member  of  the  house- 
hold, one  or  more  of  whose  inmates  are  sick  from  any  of  the  aforemen- 
tioned communicable  diseases.  The  person  excluded  shall  be  admitted 
only  upon  the  presentation  of  a certificate  of  his  or  her  attending  physician, 
countersigned  by  the  Health  Officer,  to  the  effect  that  there  is  no  longer 
any  danger  of  contagion  or  infection. 

Section  15.  Avoidance  of  Exposure — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every 


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physician  and  of  all  other  attendants  upon  persons  affected  with  any  com- 
municable disease  to  avoid  exposure  to  the  public  of  any  garments  or 
clothing  about  their  own  persons  that  may  have  been  subjected  to  the  risk 
of  infection. 

Section  16.  Quarantine  and  Isolation — Whenever  a case  of  contagious 
disease  is  reported  to  the  Health  Officer,  he  shall  forthwith  visit  the  prem- 
ises where  the  person  is,  and  when  satisfied  that  such  disease  exists  he 
shall  place  a flag  or  conspicuous  notice  on  said  premises,  which  shall  re- 
main upon  the  same  during  the  continuance  of  the  disease  at  such  place. 
The  Health  Officer  may  cause  to  be  removed  to  a smallpox  hospital  or  a 
pesthouse  any  person  having  smallpox.  When  a case  of  smallpox  exists 
in  any  house  and  the  person  so  affected  is  not  removed  to  said  hospital  or 
pesthouse,  the  Health  Officer  shall  immediately  place  a quarantine  flag  on 
said  premises,  and  may  place  competent  persons  in  charge  thereof,  who 
shall  see  that  the  quarantine  is  strictly  enforced  as  long  as  the  public  safety 
requires. 

Section  17.  Removal  of  Persons  With  Communicable  Diseases — No 

person  shall,  without  a permit  from  the  Health  Officer,  carry  or  remove 
from  one  building  to  another,  or  from  any  railroad  depot  to  any  house,  or 
through  any  public  streets,  any  patient  affected  with  any  communicable 
disease  dangerous  to  the  public  health.  Nor  shall  any  person  by  exposure 
of  any  individual  so  affected,  or  of  the  body  of  such  individual,  or  of  any 
article  capable  of  conveying  contagion  or  infection,  or  by  any  negligent 
act  connected  with  the  care  or  custody  thereof,  or  by  a needless  exposure 
of  himself  or  herself,  cause  or  contribute  to  the  spread  of  such  commun- 
icable disease. 

Section  18.  Public  Funerals  Prohibited  in  Certain  Cases — There  shall 
be  no  public  or  church  funeral  of  any  person  who  has  died  of  Asiatic 
cholera,  smallpox,  typhus  fever,  diptheria,  yellow  fever,  scarlet  fever,  or 
plague,  and  the  family  of  the  deceased  shall  in  all  cases  limit  the  attend- 
ance to  as  few  as  possible,  and  take  all  precautions  possible  to  prevent  the 
exposure  of  other  persons  to  contagion  or  infection;  and  the  persons 
authorizing  the  public  notice  of  death  of  such  person  shall  have  the  name 
of  the  disease  which  caused  the  death  appear  in  such  public  notice. 

Section  19.  Quarantine  to  Be  Observed — Members  of  any  household 
in  which  smallpox,  diptheria,  scarlet  fever,  or  any  other  contagious  disease 
exists  shall  abstain  from  attending  places  of  public  amusement,  worship  or 
education,  and  shall  refrain  from  entering  and  leaving  the  household  afore- 
said as  long  as  the  same  is  under  quarantine.  And  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person,  whether  a member  of  the  household  or  not,  to  knowingly  enter 
and  leave  any  premises  upon  which  there  is  posted  a placard  showing  the 
same  to  be  under  quarantine.  Provided,  that  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall  not  apply  to  any  physician  or  skilled  nurse  actually  engaged  in  and 
employed  upon  the  case,  and  any  one  so  engaged  or  so  employed  shall  use 
all  possible  precautions  to  prevent  the  spread  of  the  disease  by  reason  of 
their  personal  contact  with  the  same. 

Section  20.  Disinfection  of  Premises — The  clothing,  bedclothing  and 
bedding  of  persons  who  have  been  sick  with  any  communicable  disease  dan- 
gerous to  the  public  health,  and  the  rooms  which  they  have  occupied  during 
such  sickness,  together  with  their  furniture,  shall  be  disinfected  under  the 
direction  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

Section  21.  Public  Library — All  books  belonging  to  any  public  library 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  coming  from  premises  infected  by  any  infectious  or 
contagious  disease,  shall  be  disinfected  under  the  supervision  of  the  Health 


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Officer  before  being  returned  to  such  public  library.  The  Health  Officer 
shall  report  in  writing  to  the  librarian  of  any  public  library  the  name  and 
residence  of  each  person  affected  with  any  infectious  or  contagious  disease. 
The  librarian,  upon  receipt  of  information  from  the  Health  Officer  of  any 
infectious  or  contagious  diseases  existing  in  a house,  shall  refuse  to  issue 
books  from  the  public  library  to  any  person  residing  in  such  house  until 
after  the  Health  Officer  has  declared  said  house  thoroughly  disinfected. 

Section  22.  Childen  Excluded  From  Public  Gatherings— Whenever  the 
prevalence  in  the  community  of  a contagious  or  infectious  disease  shall,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  Board  of  Health,  necessitate  such  action,  the  said  Board 
may,  in  its  discretion,  order  that  all  children  of  or  under  the  age  of  twelve 
years  shall  be  excluded  from  public  gatherings,  playgrounds,  and  places  of 
amusement,  instruction  or  entertainment. 

Section  23.  Dogs  to  Be  Muzzled — Whenever  rabies  shall  appear  with- 
in the  City  of  Reno  or  the  vicinity  thereof,  the  Board  of  Health  may,  by 
proclamation  printed  and  published  once  in  a daily  newspaper  printed  and 
published  within  the  City  of  Reno,  order  that  all  dogs  be  muzzled  or  con- 
fined upon  the  premises  of  the  owners;  and  the  Board  of  Health  is  further 
empowered  in  the  proclamation  aforesaid  to  provide  rules  and  regulations 
for  the  enforcement  of  the  same,  and  a violation  thereof  by  the  owner  of 
any  dog  or  dogs  shall  be  deemed  a violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordi- 
nance. Such  rules  and  regulations  shall  remain  and  be  in  full  force  and 
effect  until  the  Board  of  Health  shall,  by  proclamation  printed  and  pub- 
lished once  in  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  within  the  City  of 
Reno,  declare  the  further  muzzling  of  dogs  unnecessary. 

Section  24.  Burial  and  Transit  Permits — Every  undertaker  or  other 
person  who  may  have  charge  of  the  funeral  of  any  dead  person  shall  pro- 
cure a properly  filled  out  certificate  of  the  death  and  its  probable  cause, 
in  accordance  with  the  form  prescribed  by  the  Board  of  Health;  and  shall 
present  the  same  to  the  Health  Officer  or  member  of  the  Board  of  Health 
and  obtain  a burial  or  transit  permit  thereupon;  and  he  shall  not  remove 
any  dead  body  until  such  burial  or  transit  permit  shall  have  been  procured 
No  burial  or  transit  permit  shall  be  issued  and  no  interments  shall  be  made 
in  the  cemeteries  of  this  city  unless  said  Health  Officer  is  satisfied  with  the 
correctness  and  reliability  of  the  certificate  of  death  presented  for  his  in- 
spection. He  shall  have  power  to  reject  certificates  which  do  not  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  section  or  the  regulations  of  the  Board  of 
Health.  For  the  issuance  of  an  original  burial  or  transit  permit  as  con- 
tained in  this  section  there  shall  be  charged  a fee  of  one  dollar;  and  for 
each  and  every  certified  copy  thereof  there  shall  be  charged  a like  fee  of 
one  dollar,  and  the  same  shall  be  at  once  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  who  shall  credit  it  to  the  Board  of  Health  fund.  Provided, 
however,  that  in  the  case  of  indigents  there  shall  be  no  fee  charged,  and 
the  same  shall  be  made  to  appear  by  affidavit  of  the  applicant. 

Section  25.  Sextons  and  Undertakers — Every  person  who  acts  as  a 
sexton  or  undertaker,  or  cemetery  keeper,  within  the  city  limits,  or  has  the 
charge  or  care  of  any  tomb,  vault,  burying  ground  or  other  place  for  the 
reception  of  the  dead,  or  where  the  bodies  of  any  human  beings  are  de- 
posited, shall  so  conduct  his  business  and  so  care  for  any  such  place  above 
named  as  to  avoid  detriment  or  danger  to  the  public  health;  and  every 
person  undertaking  preparations  for  the  burial  of  a dead  body  where  death 
resulted  from  any  communicable  disease,  as  herein  above  enumerated,  shall 
adopt  such  precautions  as  the  Board  of  Health  may  prescribe  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  such  disease.  No  dead  body  shall  be  exhumed  and  removed 
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where  death  resulted  from  smallpox  shall  be  exhumed  and  removed  unless 
by  permission  of  the  Board  of  Health. 

Section  26.  Physicians  and  Midwives  to  Register — Every  physician, 
surgeon,  or  midwife  practicing  his  or  her  profession  in  the  City  of  Reno 
shall  register  with  the  Health  Officer,  giving  the  location  of  office  or  place 
of  business,  and  residence,  together  with  street  and  number. 

Section  27.  Physicians  and  Midwives  to  Make  Returns — Physicians 
and  midwives  must  on  or  before  the  fourth  day  of  each  and  every  month 
make  a return  to  the  Health  Officer  of  all  births,  deaths,  and  the  number  of 
stillborn  children  occurring  in  their  practice  during  the  preceding  month. 
In  the  absence  of  such  attendants,  the  parents  must  make  such  return 
within  thirty  days  after  the  birth  of  the  child.  Such  returns  must  be  made 
in  accordance  with  rules  adopted  and  upon  blanks  furnished  by  the  Board 
of  Health. 

Section  28.  Expectoration — No  person  shall  expectorate  upon  any 
public  sidewalk,  street  crossing,  bridge  walk,  or  upon  the  floor,  lobby,  en- 
trance, stairway,  porch  or  elevator  of  any  public  building,  postoffice, 
church,  theatre,  store,  shop,  market,  street  car  or  other  public  conveyance 
within  the  city  limits. 

Section  29.  Duties  of  Health  Officer — The  Health  Officer  shall  see 
that  all  laws  and  ordinances  relating  to  the  health  and  sanitary  condition 
of  the  City  of  Reno  and  the  regulations  and  orders  of  the  Board  of  Health 
are  strictly  enforced  and  observed.  He  shall  keep  a full  record  of  all  trans- 
actions of  the  Board,  as  well  as  all  reports  pertaining  thereto.  He  shall 
have  the  power  of  a police  officer  in  the  enforcement  of  all  sanitary  laws, 
ordinances  and  regulations  of  said  Board  of  Health  and  of  said  City.  He 
shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  affairs  pertaining 
to  his  office,  including  mortuary  and  other  statistics,  with  such  observations 
and  recommendations  in  relation  to  the  sanitary  condition  of  the  City  as  he 
may  deem  proper.  He  shall  also  render  to  the  City  Councl  each  month  a 
brief  report  of  the  sanitary  and  health  conditions  of  the  said  City,  together 
with  such  recommendations  and  observations  as  the  Board  of  Health  may 
desire  to  make. 

Section  30.  General  Powers — Wherever  and  whenever  in  this  Ordi- 
nance the  Board  is  referred  to,  it  shall  be  taken  to  mean  the  Board  of 
Health  of  the  City  of  Reno,  or  the  officers  or  agents  of  said  Board  of 
Health,  and  the  foregoing  provisions  contemplate  the  general  supervision 
of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  sanitary  conditions  of  the  City  of  Reno  and 
the  public  institutions  thereof  over  all  questions  of  defective  drainage,  dis- 
infecting and  sanitary  cleaning  of  all  pubic  places,  and  the  abatement  of  all 
nuisances  prejudicial  to  the  health  of  the  citizens,  or  any  of  them,  and  for 
the  prevention  of  the  development  and  spread  of  infectious  and  contagious 
diseases. 

Section  31.  Claims  to  Be  Allowed — All  claims  for  expenses  necessarily 
incurred  by  the  Board  of  Health  or  the  Health  Officer  in  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  the  law,  the  proper  regulations  of  said  Board  of  Health,  or 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  after  having  first  been  approved  by 
said  Board,  or  any  member  thereof,  and  duly  allowed  by  the  City  Council  of 
said  City  and  approved  by  the  Mayor,  be  paid  out  of  the  general  funds  of 
the  City  in  the  same  manner  as  other  claims  are  allowed  and  paid. 

Section  32.  Penalty  for  Violation — Any  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation  who  shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
or  requirements  of  this  ordinance,  or  who  shall  violate  any  section  thereof, 


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shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall 
be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  dollars,  and  in  default 
of  the  payment  thereof,  the  person  so  convicted  may  be  imprisoned  in  the 
City  Jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  one  day  for  each  two  dollars  of  such  fine 
remaining  unpaid. 

Section  33.  Time  for  Taking  Effect — This  Ordinance  shall  go  into  force 
and  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage  and  adoption  and  publication 
daily  for  the  period  of  one  week  in  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published 
within  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  34.  Repealing  Clause — All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances 
in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed,  and  more  particularly  Sections  1, 
2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  25,  27,  28,  29,  30,  32  and  33  of 
City  Ordinance  No.  34. 

Section  35.  Publication — The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordi- 
nance No.  181  published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  news- 
paper published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  15th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes— Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson  and  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Twaddle. 

Approved  this  15th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  205. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  182. 

An  Ordinance  Concerning  the  Establishment  of  and  Enforcement  of  Com- 
pliance With  Sanitary  Regulations  in  All  Places  in  the  City  of  Reno 
Where  Food  for  Human  Beings  Is  Manufactured,  Kept,  Prepared  or 
Sold;  Fixing  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  of  Any  of  the  Provisions 
Thereof;  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in 
Conflict  Therewith,  and  More  Particularly  Sections  24  and  26  of  City 
Ordinance  Number  34. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Places  to  Be  Kept  Clean — Every  person  keeping,  maintain- 
ing or  being  in  charge  of  any  factory,  public  or  private  market,  stall,  shop, 
store,  storehouse,  warehouse,  cold  storage,  cart,  wagon  or  other  vehicle,  in 
or  from  which  any  meat,  fish,  oysters,  birds,  fowls,  vegetables,  fruit,  milk 
or  other  provisions  are  manufactured,  held,  kept,  stored  or  offered  for  sale 
or  other  disposition  as  food  for  human  beings,  shall  keep  the  same  in  a 
clean,  pure  and  wholesome  condition. 

Section  2.  How  Food  Stuffs  to  Be  Kept — No  person,  firm,  association 
or  corporation  shall,  from  the  fifteenth  day  of  May  to  and  including  the 
fifteenth  day  of  October  in  each  and  every  year,  maintain,  conduct,  carry  on 
or  manage  any  store,  restaurant,  kitchen  or  place  where  food  stuffs  are 
kept,  prepared,  sold  or  disposed  of  for  human  consumption,  unless  the 


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doors,  windows,  apertures  or  other  openings  thereto  are  effectually  inclosed 
with  finely-woven  mesh  screens  of  not  less  than  14  equidistant  strands  in- 
tersecting, woven  through,  or  crossing  a like  fourteen  equidistant  strands 
to  the  square  inch;  and,  furthermore,  in  case  the  screen  aforesaid  shall  be 
insufficient  or  inadequate  to  keep  all  meat,  game,  fish,  fruit,  prepared  food 
products,  or  candies,  exposed  for  sale  in  open  receptacles  or  broken  pack- 
ages within  any  such  store,  restaurant,  kitchen  or  place,  free  from  all  Hies 
or  other  insects,  then  the  Board  of  Health,  or  any  member  thereof,  may 
order  and  direct  the  proprietor,  owner,  or  person  in  charge  of  any  such 
store,  restaurant,  kitchen  or  place  to  effectually  inclose  all  such  meat,  game, 
fish  fruit  prepared  food  products,  or  candies  within  a finely-woven  mesh 
screen  of  not  less  than  fourteen  equidistant  strands  intersecting,  woven 
through,  or  crossing  a like  fourteen  equidistant  strands  to  the  square  inch 
or  other  material  equal  thereto  in  keeping  the  same  free  from  all  flies  or 
other  insects;  provided,  however,  that  the  said  meat,  game,  fish,  fruit,  pre- 
pared food  products,  or  candies,  exposed  for  sale  in  open  receptacles  or 
broken  packages,  may  be  kept  on  the  outside  of  said  store,  restaurant, 
kitchen  or  place  only  if  the  same  be  inclosed  at  all  times  within  a glass  case, 
and  unless  so  inclosed  the  same  must  be  kept  within  the  doors  of  said  store, 
restaurant,  kitchen  or  place,  and  in  the  manner  aforesaid. 

Section  3.  Street  Stands— No  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation 
shall  maintain,  conduct,  carry  on  or  manage  any  street  stand,  whether  sta- 
tionary or  movable,  where  is  exposed  for  sale  any  meat,  game,  fish,  fruit, 
prepared  food  products  or  candies  in  open  receptacles  or  broken  packages, 
whether  consumed  at  said  stand  or  elsewhere,  unless  the  said  stand  is  fur- 
nished with  tight  glass  cases  so  as  to  protect  said  meat,  game,  fish,  fruit, 
prepared  food  products  or  candies  exposed  for  sale  in  open  receptacles  or 
broken  packages  from  exposure  to  dirt,  dust,  flies,  or  other  insects  and  to 
prevent  handling  of  the  same  by  patrons  or  prospective  purchasers. 

Section  4.  Toilets— No  meats,  fish,  game,  vegetables,  fruits,  or  other 
food  stuffs,  prepared  or  unprepared,  shall  be  kept  for  sale  in  any  room  in 
which  a toilet  is  located,  or  in  any  room  opening  directly  into  a toilet  room, 
unless  there  is  outside  ventilation  to  such  toilet  room. 

Section  5.  Water  Supply — In  every  case  where  meats,  fish,  vegetables, 
fowls,  fruits,  groceries,  or  any  other  food  for  human  beings  shall  be  kept 
for  sale,  there  shall  be  in  the  room  or  rooms  where  the  business  is  carried 
on,  where  there  is  a public  water  supply,  at  least  one  running  water  faucet 
with  lavatory  conveniences  for  the  use  of  employes. 

Section  6.  Ventilation — No  baking  of  bread,  cakes,  pies,  or  manufac- 
ture of  candy,  or  cooking  of  food  for  sale,  shall  be  done  in  any  cellar,  base- 
ment, or  other  room,  unless  there  be  a direct  ventilation  of  the  same. 

Section  7.  Curing  and  Canning — Every  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation  owning,  managing  or  in  charge  of  any  premises  where  meats, 
fish,  oysters,  fowl,  fruits,  or  vegetables  are  canned,  cured,  or  preserved 
for  human  food,  shall  conduct  the  same  in  a neat,  clean  and  sanitary  man- 
ner; and  no  such  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  shall  can,  cure,  or 
otherwise  preserve  any  meat,  fish,  oysters,  fowls,  fruits,  or  vegetables  for 
human  food,  which  shall  have  become  diseased,  decayed,  or  unwholesome; 
nor  shall  any  such  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  can,  cure,  or 
otherwise  preserve  foods  taken  from  filthy  boxes,  baskets  or  other  con- 
tainers, or  use  any  chemical  deleterious  to  health  in  the  process  of  such 
canning,  curing  or  preserving. 

Section  8.  Employes — No  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation 
maintaining  or  in  charge  of  any  store,  restaurant,  kitchen,  or  place  where 


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food  is  sold,  served  or  manufactured,  in  either  a cooked  or  raw  state,  shall 
keep  such  place  in  a filthy  or  unsanitary  condition.  And  all  persons  em- 
ployed in  or  about  such  places  shall  keep  themselves  and  their  clothing  in 
a clean,  sanitary  and  healthful  condition. 

Section  9.  Tubercular  Persons — No  person  suffering  from  tuberculosis 
or  any  other  communicable  disease  shall  be  employed  in  or  about  any  store, 
restaurant,  kitchen,  or  place  where  food  is  sold  or  served,  in  any  such  man- 
ner as  that  he  or  she  will  come  in  contact  with  such  food. 

Section  10.  Decayed  Food  Stuffs — No  person,  firm,  association  or  cor- 
poration maintaining  or  in  charge  of  any  store,  restaurant,  kitchen,  or  place 
where  food  is  served  or  sold,  either  in  a cooked  condition  or  otherwise, 
shall  serve  or  sell,  or  cause  to  be  served  or  sold,  any  tainted  or  diseased 
meat,  fish,  oysters,  fowls,  or  any  decayed  or  partially  decayed  or  unwhole- 
some fruit  or  vegetables,  or  any  other  unwholesome  food  whatever. 

Section  11.  Unhealthy  Food  Stuffs  Prohibited  Entry — No  meat,  fish, 
oysters,  birds,  fowls,  fruits,  vegetables,  milk,  or  other  provisions  of  any 
kind  not  being  in  a healthy,  sound  and  wholesome  condition,  and  no  part 
of  any  animal  or  fish  that  dies  by  accident  or  from  disease  shall  be  brought 
into  the  City  of  Reno  for  the  purpose  of  sale  or  gift  as  human  food;  nor 
shall  the  same  be  offered  for  sale  by  any  person  at  or  in  any  public  or  pri- 
vate market,  store,  stall,  warehouse,  cold  storage,  or  other  place  of  business. 

Section  12.  Live  Fowls — No  person,  firm,  association  or  corporation 
shall  keep  chickens,  ducks,  turkeys,  or  other  fowls  in  any  cellar  or  basement 
underneath  any  grocery  store,  market,  or  other  place  where  any  kind  of 
food  stuffs  are  kept,  or  in  any  room  where  such  food  stuffs  are  kept,  pre- 
pared, offered  for  sale,  or  sold. 

Section  13.  Garbage  Receptacles — Every  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation  owning  or  managing  any  store,  restaurant,  kitchen,  or  place 
where  meats,  fish,  fowls,  fruits,  or  vegetables  are  kept  or  offered  for  sale 
or  sold,  and  every  person  owning  or  managing  any  hotel,  restaurant,  or 
boarding  house,  is  required  to  provide  metallic  receptacles  with  close-fitting 
covers,  sufficient  for  the  depositing  of  all  garbage  from  their  premises;  and 
no  person  shall  remove  any  such  garbage  from  such  receptacles  after  it  has 
been  deposited  therein,  except  for  the  purpose  of  transporting  the  same  to 
the  place  provided  for  the  destruction  or  other  disposing  thereof. 

Section  14.  Transportation  of  Food  Stuffs — No  person,  firm,  associa- 
tion or  corporation  shall  transport  any  meat,  game,  fish,  fruit,  prepared 
food  products  or  candies  in  open  receptacles  or  broken  packages  along  any 
public  street,  unless  it  be  so  covered,  or  unless  the  vehicle  in  which  it  is 
transported  be  so  constructed  as  to  entirely  protect  the  same  from  exposure 
to  dirt,  dust,  flies  or  other  insects,  and  to  prevent  handling  of  the  same  by 
patrons  or  prospective  purchasers. 

Section  15.  Board  of  Health — The  Board  of  Health,  or  any  member 
thereof,  is  hereby  empowered,  among  other  things,  to  inspect  all  meat,  fish, 
oysters,  birds,  fowls,  fruits,  vegetables,  milk,  or  other  provisions  of  any  kind 
offered  for  sale  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  whenever  the  Board  of  Health 
aforesaid,  or  any  member  thereof,  shall  find  in  or  about  any  store,  restau- 
rant, kitchen,  or  place,  any  unhealthy,  diseased,  unwholesome,  or  deleterious 
food  stuffs  of  the  kind  afore-mentioned,  the  said  Board  of  Health,  or  any 
member  thereof,  may  give  notice  to  the  owner  or  manager  of  such  place  to 
at  once  remove  the  said  food  stuffs  to  such  place  as  they,  or  he,  may  desig- 
nate, and  there  destroy  the  same.  And  such  owner  or  manager  shall  at 
once  remove  such  food  stuffs  to  the  place  designated  and  destroy  the  same, 


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or  the  Board  of  Health,  or  any  member  thereof,  may  seize  such  food  stuffs 
and  summarily  destroy  the  same. 

Section  16.  Board  of  Health  to  Have  Access— In  order  to  enable  the 
Board  of  Health,  or  the  members  thereof,  to  make  the  inspections  herein 
provided  for,  they  shall  have  access  to  all  parts  of  any  buildings  where  busi- 
ness of  the  kind  herein  contemplated  is  carried  on  at  all  reasonable  hours. 

Section  17.  Provisions  to  Apply  to  Factories,  Etc.— The  provisions 
herein  contained  shall  apply  to  all  factories  for  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
ice  cream,  confectionery  and  soft  drinks,  and  all  premises  kept  by  street 
vendors  in  the  manufacture  of  tamales,  candy,  and  other  like  articles  of 
food. 

Section  18.  Defining  Ventilation — The  ventilation  of  rooms  within  the 
meaning  of  the  provisions  contained  herein  shall  consist  of  an  opening  to 
the  outer  air  at  each  end  of  such  room,  said  openings  to  be  at  least  two 
feet  square,  and  to  be  so  placed  as  to  produce  a free  circulation  of  air  in 
each  room. 

Section  19.  Penalty  for  Violation— Any  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation  who  shall  fail,  neglect  or  refuse  to  comply  with  the  provisions 
or  requirements  of  this  Ordinance,  or  who  shall  violate  any  section  thereoi, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be 
punished  by  a fine  of  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  dollars,  and  in  default  of 
the  payment  thereof,  the  person  so  convicted  may  be  imprisoned  in  the 
City  Jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  one  day  for  each  two  dollars  of  such  fine  re- 
maining unpaid. 

Section  20.  Time  for  Taking  Effect— This  Ordinance  shall  go  into 
force  and  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage  and  adoption  and  publica- 
tion daily,  for  the  period  of  one  week,  in  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  21.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  182 
published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  published 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  26th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Frank. 

Approved  this  26th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  208. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  183. 

An  Ordinance  to  Fix,  Impose,  and  Provide  for  the  Collection  of  a License 
Tax  Upon  Jitney  Busses,  and  to  Regulate  the  Operation  and  Running 
of  the  Same  Within  the  City  of  Reno;  to  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  Viola- 
tion of  Its  Provisions;  and  to  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordi- 
nances in  Conflict  Therewith,  and  Particularly  City  Ordinance  Number 
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The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Definition  of  Terms— Unless  it  appears  from  the  context 
that  a different  meaning  is  intended,  the  following  words  shall  have  the 
meaning  attached  to  them  by  this  section: 

(a.)  A “jitney  bus”  shall  mean  and  include  any  self-propelled  motor 
vehicle,  other  than  a street  car,  employed  in  the  business  of  carrying  pas- 
sengers for  hire  over  fixed  routes  or  between  certain  definite  points,  within 
the  City  of  Reno,  at  a rate  of  fare  of  fifteen  (15c)  cents,  or  less,  for  each 
passenger. 

(b.)  “Street”  shall  mean  and  include  all  avenues  open  to  public  travel 
and  traffic  within  the  City  of  Reno. 

(c.)  “Person”  shall  mean  and  include  both  the  singular  and  the  plural, 
and  embrace  each  and  every  person,  firm,  corporation,  or  association  of 
persons.  (As  amended  by  City  Ordinance  Number  201.) 

Section  2.  Application  for  License — Any  person  desiring  to  engage*in 
the  business  of  operating  or  running  a jitney  bus  within  the  City  of  Reno 
shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk  a written  application  for  a license  so  to  do, 
which  application  shall  set  forth: 

(a.)  The  type  of  vehicle  and  the  name  under  which  the  same  is  manu- 
factured or  sold,  or  commonly  known; 

(b.)  The  horse-power  thereof; 

(c.)  The  factory  number  thereof; 

(d.)  The  state,  county,  or  city  license  number  thereof; 

(e.)  The  seating  capacity  thereof  according  to  its  trade  rating,  or  the 
actual  seating  capacity  thereof  in  case  the  same  has  been  altered’  recon- 
structed, or  privately  built; 

(f.)  The  name  of  the  owner,  lessee,  or  person  having  the  control 
thereof  and  the  name  and  age  of  the  person  or  persons  to  be  in  immediate 
charge  thereof  as  operator  or  chauffeur; 

(g.)  The  route  over  and  upon  which  it  is  intended  to  operate,  together 
with  the  hours  of  operation,  or  operating  schedule  to  be  maintained,  and 
the  tariff  of  fares  to  be  charged  for  such  service; 

(h.)  That  the  operator  or  chauffeur  is  physically  qualified  to  safely 
operate  a jitney,  and  has  good  sight  and  hearing; 

. 0:)  The  signature  of  each  applicant  and  of  the  person  or  persons  to 
be  in  immediate  charge  of  such  jitney  bus  as  operator  or  chauffeur,  as  pro- 
vided in  Subdivision  (f.)  supra,  shall  be  acknowledged  before  a Notary 
Public  or  some  other  officer  or  magistrate  duly  authorized  to  administer 
oaths. 

Section  3.  Indemnity  Bond  to  Be  Furnished — At  the  time  of  filing  the 
application  as  in  Section  2 herein  provided,  the  applicant  shall  also  file  with 
the  City  Clerk,  either: 

(a.)  A bond  of  the  owner,  lessee,  or  person  in  control  of  said  jitney 
bus,  with  a responsible  surety  company,  or  association,  authorized  to  do 
business  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  in  the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand 
($10,000.00)  Dollars,  for  the  operation  of  not  to  exceed  one  jitney  bus;  and 
when  it  is  desired  to  operate  more  than  one  jitney  bus,  an  additional  in- 
demnity bond,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  filed  in  the  sum  of  Five  Thousand 
($5000  00)  Dollars  for  each  additional  jitney  bus;  and  each  and  every  such 
indemnity  bond  shall  be  conditioned  to  the  effect  that  in  the  event  of  any 
person  or  property  being  injured  or  damaged  by  negligence  or  carelessness 
in  the  operation  of  any  jitney  bus  owned  or  operated  by  or  under  the  con- 
trol of  the  person  filing  such  indemnity  bond,  the  person  so  injured  in  his 
person  or  property  shall  have  a right  of  action  thereon,  and  such  indemnity 
bond  shall  not  be  void  upon  first  recovery,  but  may  be  sued  upon  and  re- 


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covered  upon  from  time  to  time  until  the  full  penalty  thereof  is  exhausted; 
or 

(b.)  A policy  of  insurance  in  a company  authorized  to  do  business 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  insuring  said  owner,  lessee,  or  person 
in  control  of  said  jitney  bus  against  loss  by  reason  of  damage  that  may  re- 
sult to  any  person  or  property  by  reason  of  negligence  or  carelessness  in 
the  operation  of  any  jitney  bus  owned,  operated,  or  under  the  control  of  the 
person  filing  such  policy  of  insurance,  said  policy  of  insurance  to  be  written 
to  cover  a total  liability  of  Ten  Thousand  ($10,000.00)  Dollars  for  the  opera- 
tion of  not  to  exceed  one  jitney  bus,  and  when  it  is  desired  to  operate  more 
than  one  jitney  bus,  an  additional  policy  of  insurance,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 
tiled  in  the  sum  of  Five  Thousand  ($5000.00)  Dollars,  for  each  additional 
jitney  bus. 

Said  policy,  or  policies,  of  insurance  shall  guarantee  payment  of  any 
final  judgment  rendered  against  the  said  owner  or  lessee  of  said  jitney  bus 
under  the  terms  and  conditions  hereinbefore  set  forth,  irrespective  of  the 
financial  responsibility  of  the  owner,  lessee,  or  person  having  the  control  of 
said  jitney  bus. 

Every  person  now  engaged  in  the  business  of  operating  or  running  a 
jitney  bus,  or  busses,  within  the  City  of  Reno,  who  has  filed  an  indemnity 
bond,  or  bonds,  or  insurance  policy,  or  policies,  with  said  City  of  Reno,  of 
a different  class  and  character  than  those  herein  provided  for,  shall  replace 
said  indemnity  bond,  or  bonds,  or  insurance  policy,  or  policies,  with  an  in- 
demnity bond  or  bonds,  or  insurance  policy  or  policies,  of  the  class  and 
character  herein  provided  for,  on  or  before  July  1,  1918.  (As  amended  bv 
Ordinance  No.  251.) 

Section  4.  Presentation  to  City  Council-— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
City  Clerk  to  present  the  application  and  indemnity  bond  or  insurance 
policy  with  him  filed,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  to  the  City  Council  at  its 
first  meeting  subsequent  to  such  filing;  and  the  City  Council  shall  there- 
upon grant  such  license,  when  it  appears  that  all  the  terms,  conditions  and 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  made  and  prescribed  have  been  met  and  fully 
complied  with;  and  the  City  Council  shall,  before  granting  said  license, 
approve  or  modify,  and  approve  as  modified,  the  route,  operating  schedule 
and  tariff  of  fares;  and  the  acceptance  of  such  license  shall  be  deemed  an 
agreement  by  the  person  to  whom  granted  to  operate  its  jitney  bus,  or 
jitney,  busses,  over  the  route,  upon  said  schedule,  and  for  the  said  fares ;’and 
for  failure  so  to  do  the  license  which  may  be  in  force  shall  be  subject  to 
revocation. 


Section  5.  City  Clerk  to  Issue  Licenses— Upon  the  Citv  Council  grant- 
ing the  license  as  hereinbefore  provided,  the  City  Clerk"  shall  issue  the 
same,  upon  the  payment,  in  advance,  of  a license  tax,  as  follows: 

For  each  jitney  bus  capable  of  seating  less  than  five  (5)  passengers, 
the  sum  of  Forty  ($40.00)  Dollars  per  quarter; 

For  each  jitney  bus  capable  of  seating  five  (5)  and  less  than  ten  (10) 
passengers,  the  sum  of  Fifty  ($50.00)  Dollars  per  quarter; 

For  each  jitney  bus  capable  of  seating  ten  (10)  and  less  than  fifteen 
(15)  passengers,  the  sum  of  Sixty  ($60.00)  Dollars  per  quarter; 
nmFor  each  jFney  bus  capable  of  seating  fifteen  (15)  and  less’than  twenty 
(20)  passengers,  the  sum  of  Seventy  ($70.00)  Dollars  per  quarter; 

hor  each  jdney  bus  capable  of  seating  twenty  (20)  and  less  than 
twenty-five  (25)  passengers,  the  sum  of  eighty  ($80.00)  Dollars  per  quarter 
bor  each  jitney  bus  capable  of  seating  twenty-five  (25)  or  more  pas- 
sengers, the  sum  of  Ninety  ($90.00)  Dollars  per  quarter.  (As  amended  by 
Ordinance  No.  251.) 

Section  6.  Operators  and  Chauffeurs  to  Procure  Badges— All  operators 


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and  chauffeurs  named  in  the  application  for  a jitney  bus  license,  as  herein- 
before provided,  shall  have  issued  to  them  by  the  City  Clerk  a numbered 
driver’s  badge,  which  shall  be  worn  in  a conspicuous  place  by  each  operator 
or  chauffeur,  for  which  badge  there  shall  be  deposited  with  the  City  Clerk 
the  sum  of  one  ($1.00)  dollar,  which  shall  be  repaid  to  the  operator  or 
chauffeur  upon  the  surrender  of  said  badge. 

Section  7.  Maintenance  of  Indemnity  Bond  or  Insurance  Policy— If  at 

any  time,  in  the  judgment  of  the  City  Council,  the  indemnity  bond,  or 
bonds,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  are  not  sufficient  for  any  cause,  the  City 
Council  may  require  the  person  to  whom  the  license  was  issued  to  replace 
said  indemnity  bond,  or  bonds,  with  another  indemnity  bond  satisfactory  to 
the  City  Council,  and  in  default  thereof  said  license  may  be  revoked. 

Or  if  at  any  time,  in  the  judgment  of  the  City  Council,  the  policy,  or 
policies,  of  insurance,  as  hereinbefore  provided,  are  not  sufficient  for  any 
cause,  the  City  Council  may  require  the  person  to  whom  the  license  was 
issued  to  replace  said  policy,  or  policies.,  of  insurance  with  another  policy 
of  insurance  satisfactory  to  the  City  Council,  and  in  default  thereof  said 
license  may  be  revoked. 

Section  8.  Certain  Acts  Unlawful— It  shall  be  unlawful: 

(a.)  To  operate  a jitney  bus  within  the  City  of  Reno  without  having 
first  obtained  a license  and  paid  the  prescribed  tax  therefor,  as  in  this  ordi- 
nance provided; 

(b.)  To  fail  to  display  the  state,  county,  or  City  license  number  of 
such  jitney  bus; 

(c.)  To  operate  a jitney  bus  without  having  prominently  displayed 
thereon  and  attached  thereto  a sign  or  painting  showing  the  route  over 
which  the  same  is  operated,  together  with  the  tariff  of  fares  to  be  collected 
for  carrying  passengers  over  such  route; 

(d.)  To  permit  passengers  to  ride  on  the  running-boards  or  sit  upon 
the  doors  of  such  jitney  bus,  and  to  permit  more  than  one  person  to  ride 
with  the  operator  or  chauffeur; 

(e.)  For  any  person  to  ride  upon  the  running-boards,  or  sit  upon  the 
running-boards,  of  such  jitney  bus,  or  to  occupy  a seat  with  the  operator 
or  chauffeur  thereof  when  by  so  doing  there  will  be  more  than  one  person 
riding  with  such  operator  or  chauffeur; 

(f.)  To  operate  a jitney  bus  without  first  having  obtained  a driver's 
badge,  as  in  this  ordinance  hereinbefore  provided; 

(g.)  To  stop  any  jitney  bus  or  to  permit  such  jitney  bus  to  remain 
standing  upon  any  street  for  the  purpose  of  loading  or  unloading  passengers 
except  the  same  be  brought  as  near  as  possible  to  the  right-hand  curb  of 
said  street  * 

(h.)  To  alter  the  seating  capacity  of  any  jitney  bus  so  as  to  make  the 
seating  capacity  thereof  greater  than  is  provided  for  by  the  license  under 
which  it  is  operated,  without  the  consent  of  the  City  Council; 

(i.)  To  run  any  jitney  bus  with  the  top  up  between  sundown  and 
sunup,  unless  the  same  is  equipped  with  a light  or  lights  which  shall  be 
kept  burning  so  as  to  well  light  both  the  front  and  rear  seats  of  said  jitney 

bus;  , t , 

(j.)  To  fail,  refuse,  or  neglect  to  operate  such  jitney  bus  over  the 
route  prescribed,  in  accordance  with  the  designated  tariff  of  fares  and 
during  the  hours  set  forth  in  the  application  made  for  a jitney  bus  license, 
except  on  Sundays  and  a reasonable  time  for  going  to  and  from  meals,  and 
in  case  of  accidents,  break-downs,  or  other  casualties,  or  upon  the  surrender 
of  said  license;  and  to  operate  or  permit  to  be  operated  any  such  jitney  bus 
off  of  or  away  from  the  prescribed  route  for  which  the  license  has  been 
granted,  except  in  case  of  emergency. 


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Section  9.  Revocation  of  License — Any  license  issued  hereunder  may 
be  revoked  by  the  City  Council  for  any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this 
Ordinance,  for  the  failure  to  pay  any  judgment  for  damages  arising  from 
the  unlawful  or  negligent  operation  of  the  jitney  bus  for  which  such  license 
was  issued,  or  for  violation  of  the  traffic  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno,  or 
laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  now  or  hereafter  to  be  in  force  and  effect. 
Any  operator  or  chauffeur  who  in  an  intoxicated  condition  operates  any 
jitney  bus  shall  forfeit  his  right  to  the  badge  issued  pursuant  to  Section  6 
of  this  Ordinance,  and  any  owner,  lessee,  or  person  in  control  of  any  jitney 
bus  thereafter  permitting  such  operator  or  chauffeur  to  operate  or  remain 
in  charge  of  any  jitney  bus  shall  forfeit  the  license  issued  for  the  jitney  bus 
so  operated. 

Section  10.  Signal  Gong  Required — Every  jitney  bus  shall  be  equipped 
with  a bell,  horn,  or  other  noise-producing  instrument  capable  of  being  dis- 
tinctly heard  for  the  distance  of  one  hundred  feet,  and  such  bell,  horn,  or 
other  noise-producing  instrument  shall  be  sounded  upon  crossing  all  street 
intersections  and  at  other  points  along  the  route  when  necessary  and  expe- 
dient. No  jitney  bus  shall  be  operated  at  a rate  of  speed  in  excess  of  that 
fixed  by  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada  and  the  ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno. 

Section  11.  Firemen  and  Policemen  to  Ride  Free — Every  person  oper- 
ating a jitney  bus  is  hereby  required  to  permit  and  allow  firemen  and  police- 
men in  the  employ  of  the  City  of  Reno,  while  engaged  in  the  actual  dis- 
charge of  their  duties,  to  ride  in  any  vacant  seat  on  the  jitney  bus,  without 
paying  any  sum  or  sums  of  money  for  fare  or  otherwise  for  riding  on  said 
jitney  bus;  and  no  person  owning  or  operating  any  jitney  bus  in  the  City  of 
Reno  shall  demand  or  collect  a fare  from  any  fireman  or  policeman  as  in 
this  Section  provided. 

Section  12.  Stop  Before  Crossing  Railroad  Tracks — Whenever  a jitney 
bus  approaches  the  track  of  a steam  railroad  it  must,  within  twenty-five 
feet  of  the  nearest  rail  of  said  steam  railroad,  come  to  a full  stop,  and  the 
operator  or  chauffeur  of  said  jitney  bus  must  stop,  look  and  listen  and  be 
satisfied  that  no  engine,  car  or  train  is  approaching  in  the  direction  of,  said 
jitney  bus,  in  which  event  he  may  then  proceed;  but  under  no  circum- 
stances shall  a jitney  bus  proceed  without  first  observing  the  precautions 
required  by  this  Section. 

Section  13.  Brakes  and  Non-Skidding  Apparatus — All  jitney  buses 
shall  be  equipped  with  adequate  brakes  and  non-skidding  devices  when 
operating  upon  a slippery  pavement. 

Section  14.  Police  Empowered  to  Divert  on  Other  Routes — The  Police 
Department  is  hereby  empowered,  in  cases  of  fire,  accident,  parades,  ob- 
structions on,  breaks  in,  or  repairs  to  streets,  or  any  emergency,  or  to  pre- 
vent accidents  or  congestion  of  traffic,  or  in  case  of  public  necessity,  to 
divert  and  route  jitney  buses  upon  such  streets  as  in  its  judgment  is 
necessary. 

Section  15.  Former  Licenses  to  Be  Credited — Any  person  holding  a 
license  to  operate  a public  motor  vehicle  in  the  City  of  Reno  at  the  time 
this  Ordinance  takes  effect,  may  surrender  the  same  and  shall  thereupon  be 
entitled  to  credit  for  the  value  of  the  unexpired  portion  thereof,  pro  rated 
according  to  the  time,  in  payment  of  a license  fee  hereunder.  Any  person 
operating  a jitney  bus,  as  defined  herein,  prior  to  the  introduction  of  this 
Ordinance,  under  a public  motor  vehicle  license,  who  shall  file  an  affidavit 
stating  that  he  has  elected  to  retire  from  such  business  because  of  the 
adoption  of  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  entitled  to  a refund  of  the  value  of  his 


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unexpired  license,  pro  rated  according  to  the  time;  provided,  that  said  affi- 
davit shall  be  made  within  fifteen  days  after  this  ordinance  goes  into  effect. 

Section  16.  Provisions  Separable — The  holding  or  adjudication  of  any 
section  or  sections  of  this  Ordinance  to  be  invalid  shall  not  affect  the  re- 
maining sections  thereof,  but  all  other  such  sections  shall  remain  and  be  in 
full  force  and  effect. 

Section  17.  Penalty — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  convic- 
tion thereof  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars 
nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars. 

Section  18.  Separate  Offenses— :Each  and  every  day’s  violation  of  the 
provisions  of  this  Ordinance  by  any  operator,  chauffeur,  or  owner  of  any 
jitney  bus  shall  constitute  a separate  distinct  offense. 

Section  19.  Purpose  of  Ordinance — This  Ordinance  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  passed  and  adopted,  both  for  the  purpose  of  revenue  and  for  the 
regulation  of  the  business  herein  legislated  upon. 

Section  20.  Repealing  Clause — All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  shall  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby  repealed, 
and  particularly  City  Ordinance  No.  176. 

Section  21.  When  to  Take  Effect — This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force 
and  effect  ten  days  after  its  passage,  approval,  and  publication,  in  order 
that  the  owners,  lessees,  or  persons  in  control  of  said  jitney  busses  have  an 
opportunity  to  procure  the  license  and  indemnity  bond,  or  policy  of  insur- 
ance, and  to  comply  with  its  provisions  as  hereinbefore  provided. 

Section  22.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No.  183  published  in 
the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the 
City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  26th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Frank. 

Approved  this  26th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  212. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  184. 

An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Keeping,  Storage  and  Use  of  Gasoline,  Ben- 
zine, Kerosene,  or  Any  Product  of  Petroleum  or  Hydro-Carbon  Liquids 
Which  Will  Flash  or  Emit  an  Inflammable  Vapor  at  a Temperature 
Below  110  Degrees  Fahrenheit,  Within  the  City  of  Reno;  and  Provid- 
ing a Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Permit  Required — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person. 


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firm  or  corporation  to  store,  keep  or  use  in  quantities  greater  than  ten 
(10)  gallons,  any  gasoline,  benzine,  kerosene,  or  any  product  of  petroleum 
or  hydro-carbon  liquids  which  will  flash  or  emit  an  inflammable  vapor  at  a 
temperature  below  110  degrees  Fahrenheit,  within  the  corporate  limits  of 
the  City  of  Reno,  without  first  obtaining  a permit  therefor  from  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno;  provided,  however,  that  the  City  Council  in 
the  granting  or  refusal  of  such  permit  shall  exercise  reasonable  and  sound 
discretion,  taking  into  consideration  the  character  of  the  applicant  for  such 
permit  and  the  intended  location. 

Section  2.  Presentation  of  Application — Applications,  as  provided  for 
in  Section  1 of  this  Ordinance,  shall  be  presented  in  writing  and  filed  with 
the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno.  The  applicant,  or  some  one  in  his,  her, 
or  its  behalf,  shall  be  present  at  the  meeting  of  the  City  Council  when  the 
application  is  considered  and  shall  answer  all  questions  pertaining  to  the 
character  of  the  applicant  and  the  condition  of  the  premises  upon  which 
the  liquids,  as  contained  in  Section  1 of  this  Ordinance,  are  purposed  to  be 
stored.  If  the  application  is  granted,  a storage  tank,  or  tanks,  as  herein- 
after provided  shall  be  installed  under  the  supervision  of  the  Fire  Chief  of 
the  City  of  Reno,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  Ordinance,  and  he 
shall  keep  a record  of  the  location  of  all  such  tanks. 

Section  3.  Quantity  Allowed  to  Be  Stored — Whenever  a greater  quan- 
tity than  ten  (10)  gallons  of  gasoline,  benzine,  kerosene,  or  any  other 
product  of  petroleum  or  hyrdo-carbon  liquids  which  will  flash  or  emit  an 
inflammable  vapor  below  110  degrees  Fahrenheit,  is  to  be  kept  or  stored, 
the  same  shall  be  in  tanks  arranged  as  in  this  Ordinance  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, or  in  barrels  or  metallic  cans  in  a one-storv  brick,  stone  or  concrete 
building  with  a concrete  or  hollow-tile  roof,  with  no  interior  woodwork 
whatever,  with  all  exterior  openings  protected  with  wired  glass  not  less 
than  one-fourth  inch  thick  in  metal  frames  and  sashes,  or  with  wooden, 
tin-clad  doors  or  shutters  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  specifications 
of  The  National  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters;  all  door  openings  to  have 
masonry  sills  rising  not  less  than  one  foot  above  the  floor;  such  buildings 
to  be  occupied  exclusively  for  storage  of  oils  and  liquids.  No  one  tank, 
constructed  as  in  this  Ordinance  hereinafter  provided,  shall  contain  more 
than  three  hundred  (300)  gallons,  and  not  more  than  four  (4)  tanks,  making 
twelve  hundred  (1200)  gallons  in  the  aggregate,  nor  more  than  twelve 
hundred  (1200)  gallons  in  the  aggregate  under  any  method  of  stor- 
age as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  be  allowed  to  be  stored  in  any  one 
premises,  without  special  permission  therefor  being  first  obtained  from 
the  City  Council. 

Section  4.  Garage  Regulations — Garages  must  at  all  time  conform 
with  the  following  regulations: 

(a.)  No  gasoline  shall  be  allowed  to  remain  in  any  open  can  or  open 
receptacle  of  any  kind,  in,  upon  or  about  any  garage. 

(b.)  No  gasoline  shall  be  put  into  or  taken  out  of  any  automobile 
where  there  is  an  open  light. 

(c.)  No  gasoline  shall  be  used  for  motive  power  to  supply  any  engine 
or  machinery  of  any  kind  used  or  run  by  an  automobile  garage. 

(d.)  Where  gasoline  is  pumped  or  handled  inside  of  any  building,  the 
lighting  shall  be  by  incandescent  electric  lights  with  all  electric  switches 
and  cut-offs  permanently  located  at  least  four  (4)  feet  above  the  floor. 

(e.)  No  oils,  gasoline,  or  any  inflammable  material  shall  be  allowed 
to  be  stored  or  kept  in  any  lockers. 

(f.)  All  electric  motors  installed  in  any  room  where  gasoline  is 
handled,  and  which  are  not  actually  a part  of  any  automobile,  shall  be 
located  at  least  four  (4)  feet  above  the  floor. 


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(g.)  All  lockers  in  automobile  garages  shall  be  so  constructed  as  to 
permit  of  ready  inspection. 

(h.)  No  smoking  shall  be  allowed  inside  of  any  building  used  as  an 
automobile  garage.  A notice  in  large  letters,  “NO  SMOKING,”  shall  be 
displayed  in  a conspicuous  place  and  manner  on  the  floor  and  at  all  en- 
trances to  the  garage. 

(i.)  Sand  shall  be  kept  in  iron  buckets  in  all  garages.  Every  public 
garage  shall  also  have  on  hand  at  all  times  four  (4)  barrels  of  clean  sand, 
each  barrel  to  contain  an  iron  scoop,  and  the  said  barrels  shall  be  placed 
in  different  parts  of  the  main  floor  and  repair  shop,  so  that  the  sand  con- 
tained therein  may  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  extinguishing  the  gasoline 
or  oil  fires  and  for  absorbing  waste  oils  that  may  fall  upon  the  floor;  and 
such  sand,  when  saturated,  shall  be  removed  from  the  building.  The  use 
of  sawdust  for  absorbing  oils  in  any  garage  is  strictly  prohibited. 

(j.)  All  waste  and  rubbish  of  any  kind  must  be  kept  at  all  times  in 
metal  receptacles  fitted  with  a tight  cover. 

Section  5.  Storage  of  Gasoline — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
store  gasoline  in  excess  of  ten  (10)  gallons  in  the  City  of  Reno,  except  as 
otherwise  provided  in  these  regulations.  All  gasoline,  except  that  con- 
tained in  the  tanks  of  automobiles,  shall  be  kept  and  stored  in  underground 
tanks  of  the  following  specifications: 

(a.)  No  single  tank  to  have  a capacity  of  more  than  three  hundred 
(300)  gallons  of  gasoline. 

(b.)  Not  more  than  four  (4)  tanks  of  three  hundred  (300)  gallons 
capacity  each,  or  an  aggregate  of  twelve  hundred  (1200)  gallons  of  gaso- 
line, shall  be  stored  in  connection  with  any  one  public  garage. 

(c.)  One  storage  tank  for  gasoline  of  a capacity  not  greater  than  two 
hundred  (200)  gallons  may  be  installed  in  connection  with  and  for  a private 
garage. 

(d.)  Two  (2)  tanks  of  three  hundred  (300)  gallons  capacity  each,  or 
an  aggregate  of  six  hundred  (600)  gallons,  may  be  allowed  to  be  stored  in 
connection  with  a retail  or  wholesale  store,  factory  or  other  establishment. 

Section  6.  Handling  of  Gasoline — Ten  (10)  gallons  of  gasoline  may 
be  kept  inside  of  a building  in  approved,  self-closing  cans  of  a capacity  not 
to  exceed  five  (5)  gallons.  Gasoline  may  be  kept  in  approved,  portable 
filling  tanks  inside  of  a public  or  private  garage.  No  one  approved,  port- 
able filling  tank  shall  have  a capacity  to  exceed  fifty  (50)  gallons.  All  said 
approved  tanks  shall  have  to  be  mounted  on  all-metal  wheels  with  rubber 
tires,  each  to  be  equipped  with  an  approved  pump  fitted  with  hose  attach- 
ment not  to  exceed  eight  (8)  feet  in  length,  fitted  at  the  end  with  a ground 
shut-off  nozzle;  the  gasoline  to  be  pumped  into  the  reservoir  of  the  auto- 
mobile from  the  said  approved  wheel  tanks.  Such  portable  wheel  tanks 
when  not  in  use  must  be  kept  near  the  entrance  of  the  building,  so  that  in 
case  of  fire  they  can  be  readily  removed  from  the  building. 

Section  7.  Construction  of  Storage  Tanks — All  gasoline  storage  tanks 
must  conform  to  the  following  specifications: 

(a.)  All  gasoline  storage  tanks  of  three  hundred  (300)  gallons  or  less 
capacity  shall  be  constructed  of  at  least  fourteen  (14)  gauge  galvanized 
steel  or  three-sixteenths  (3-16)  inch  black  open-hearth  steel. 

(b.)  All  tanks  exceeding  three  hundred  (300)  gallons  capacity  shall  be 
constructed  of  at  least  twelve  (12)  gauge  galvanized  steel,  or  one-quarter 
(J4)  inch  black  open-hearth  steel. 

(c.)  All  tanks  made  of  galvanized  steel  must  be  carefully  riveted  and 
soldered.  All  tanks  of  black  steel  must  be  carefully  riveted  and  calked. 

(d.)  All  tanks  must  be  coated  on  the  outside  with  asphaltum  or  other 
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(e.)  There  shall  be  no  openings  or  connections  on  any  tank  except 
on  the  top  thereof,  and  no  tank  shall  be  connected,  whether  directly  or 
indirectly,  with  any  drain,  catch-basin,  public  or  private  sewer  in  the  City 
of  Reno. 

Section  8.  Installation  of  Storage  Tanks — All  gasoline  storage  tanks, 
except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  shall  be  installed  in  the  following 
manner: 

(a.)  All  storage  tanks  shall  be  placed  in  the  spot  agreed  upon  by  the 
applicant  and  the  Fire  Chief,  and  when  placed  under  the  sidewalk,  they 
must  be  close  to  the  curb  line. 

(b.)  Where  the  sidewalk  is  not  excavated  for  basement  use,  the  top 
of  all  storage  tanks  must  be  at  least  four  (4)  feet  below  the  sidewalk;  the 
space  between  the  top  of  the  tank  and  the  sidewalk  shall  be  filled  with 
earth. 

(c.)  Where  the  sidewalk  is  excavated  and  used  as  part  of  the  base- 
ment, the  tanks  may  rest  on  the  basement  floor;  a brick  or  concrete  wall 
not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches  in  thickness  shall  be  constructed  around 
said  storage  tanks,  extending  up  to  four  (4)  feet  above  the  top  of  said 
storage  tanks;  the  space  between  the  top  of  the  tanks  and  the  top  of  the 
walls  shall  be  filled  with  earth,  the  earth  covered  with  at  least  three  (3) 
inches  of  concrete. 

(d.)  Where  two  or  more  tanks  are  installed,  there  shall  be  a brick  or 
concrete  dividing  wall  between  each  tank,  not  less  than  twelve  inches  in 
thickness. 

(e.)  No  tanks  shall  be  so  connected  that  gasoline  can  flow  from  one 
to  another. 

(f.)  No  storage  tank  shall  be  covered  with  earth  until  an  inspection 
has  been  made  by  the  Fire  Chief. 

(g.)  All  tanks  stored  in  basements  under  the  sidewalk  must  go  close 
to  the  retaining  walls  of  the  street. 

(h.)  One  storage  tank  may  be  installed  for  a private  garage  on  private 
property,  after  first  having  obtained  a permit  therefor  as  provided  for  in 
Section  1 of  this  Ordinance;  provided,  said  tank  shall  not  be  placed  within 
the  walls  of  any  building,  and  covered  with  at  least  four  (4)  feet  of  earth 

(i.)  All  pipes  must  head  out  of  the  tops  of  tanks. 

(j.)  All  piping  shall  be  galvanized  and  put  together  with  litharge  and 
glycerine.  & 

Section  9.  Pumps — All  gasoline  must  be  drawn  from  storage  tanks  by 
suction  pumps,  and  no  gravity,  siphon,  air  or  water  pressure  system  shall 
be  permitted.  Such  pumps  must  be  located  above  the  tops  of  the  tanks 
inside  the  building,  and  must  not  be  below  the  first  floor.  Such  pumps 
must  be  of  an  approved  design,  having  valves  to  close  all  suction  lines. 
Fumps  must  be  arranged  to  lock,  and  having  a shut-off  valve  on  the  nozzle. 
In  no  case  shall  there  be  a return  or  waste  pipe  to  the  tank. 

Section  10.  Vent  Pipes — All  storage  tanks  must  be  provided  with  one 
(lj  one-half-inch -in-diameter  galvanized  iron  vent  pipe,  same  to  be  con- 
nected  to  top  of  tanks.  This  vent  pipe  must  be  carried  up  at  least  ten  (10) 
leet  above  the  ground  and  terminate  in  a goose  neck,  the  opening  of  which 
must  be  covered  by  a brass  or  copper  screen  of  at  least  thirty  (30)  mesh, 
this  vent  pipe  must  be  placed  on  a dead  wall  as  remote  from  windows  and 
doors  as  possible,  and  must  be  attached  to  wall  with  pipe  hooks  and  kept 
nrmly  in  place;  provided,  that  on  tanks  used  for  storing  gasoline  for  the 
generation  of  gas,  such  vent  pipes  may  be  placed  at  a distance  from  build- 
ings and  covered  at  the  opening  with  a cap  or  valve  which  will  be  auto- 
matically removed  by  a pressure  of  eight  (8)  pounds;  and  provided,  further, 
that  the  pipe  supplying  gas  from  the  generator  shall  be  constructed  on 


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such  an  incline  as  will  enable  any  gasoline  collecting  therein  from  con- 
densation to  flow  back  into  the  gasoline  tanks  or  generator. 

Section  11.  Filler  Pipes— Filler  pipes  must  be  made  of  galvanized  iron 
piping  two  (2)  inches  or  more  in  diameter,  entering  in  at  the  top  of  tank 
and  extending  to  the  bottom  of  the  tank.  Upper  end  of  such  filler  pipe 
must  terminate  in  screw  cap  securely  locked.  When  filler  pipe  runs  to 
sidewalk  or  alley  or  to  other  public  highway,  it  must  terminate  in  screw  cap 
securely  locked,  and  be  protected  by  cast  iron  filler  box,  same  to  be  flush 
with  the  sidewalk  or  alley. 

Section  12.  Dry  Cleaning  Room  Regulations— The  dry  cleaning 
room  of  a clothes  cleaning  establishment  shall  be  a fireproof  building  not 
more  than  one  (1)  story  high,  with  no  basement  beneath;  building  must  be  of 
brick,  stone  or  concrete  construction  with  concrete  floor. 

(a.)  The  doors  of  such  room  must  be  of  an  approved  pattern  of 
automatic  fire  doors,  opening  outward;  and  the  windows  shall  be  of  wired 
glass  in  metal  frames  and  sashes. 

(b.)  The  walls  of  said  room  shall  have  vent  holes  at  the  floor  line  not 
less  than  6x8  inches  in  area,  one  such  opening  in  each  outside  wall  of 
the  room,  the  openings  properly  protected  by  iron  bars.  The  Chief  of  the 
Fire  Department  may  require,  when  deemed  advisable  for  proper  ventila- 
tion, that  an  exhaust  blower  be  located  in  an  air  conduit  whose  mlet 
openings  shall  be  at  or  near  the  floor  line,  and  the  discharge  end  of  such 
conduit  shall  be  carried  six  (6)  feet  above  the  roof  of  the  building.  The 
exhaust  blower  and  conduit  shall  be  of  a size  sufficient  to  change  the  air 
of  the  building  every  three  (3)  minutes,  and  such  blower  shall  be  in  opera- 
tion at  all  times  during  working  hours. 

(c.)  The  dry  cleaning  room  shall  be  equipped  with  fire  buckets  filled 
with  sand  for  use  in  extinguishing  fires,  the  number  of  buckets  and 
quantity  of  sand  to  be  determined  by  the  Fire  Chief. 

(d.)  There  shall  be  no  connection  between  the  said  clothes  cleaning 
establishments  to  public  or  private  sewers,  drain,  catch-basin  or  pit,  and  no 
heating  or  cooking  stoves,  or  fires  of  any  description,  shall  be  permitted  in 
said  cleaning  room. 

(e.)  The  lighting  must  be  done  by  electricity  in  the  most  approved 
manner;  and  all  switches  must  be  four  and  one-half  (4 J/2)  feet  above  the 
floor  of  such  establishments,  located  near  the  door,  so  as  not  to  allow 
opportunity  for  vapor  to  collect  near  them. 

(f.)  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  locate,  have,  use  or  maintain  a steam 
venerating  boiler,  dynamo,  or  motor  within  the  walls  of  any  clothes  clean- 
fng  establishment  except  in  a room  entirely  separated  from  the  cleaning  and 
dyeing  rooms. 

Section  13.  Storage  of  Gasoline  Or  Benzine  In  Connection  With  Dry 
Cleaning  Rooms— Not  more  than  one  (1)  gallon  of  gasoline  or  benzine 
shall  be  kept  or  stored  for  use  above  ground  in  any  clothes  cleaning  estab- 
lishment except  in  closed  machines.  All  quantities  of  benzine  or  gasoline  in 
excess  of  one  (1)  gallon  shall  be  stored  in  underground  tanks  of  the  fol- 
lowing specifications: 

(a.)  All  storage  tanks  shall  be  constructed  of  not  less  than  fourteen 
(14)  gauge  galvanized  steel,  carefully  riveted  and  soldered  and  coated  on 
the  outside  with  asphaltum  or  other  rust-proof  material.  There  shall  be  no 
openings  or  pipe  connections  on  top  thereof,  and  no  tanks  shall  be  con- 
nected, either  directly  or  indirectly  with  any  drain,  catch-basin  or  sewer 
in  the  City  of  Reno. 

(b  ) Tanks  must  not  exceed  three  hundred  (300)  gallons  capacity 
each,  and  not  more  than  four  (4)  tanks  for  benzine  or  gasoline  of  three 


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hundred  (300)  gallons  capacity  each  shall  be  allowed  in  connection  with 
any  one  clothes  cleaning  establishment. 

Section  14.  Installation  of  Storage  Tanks  In  Connection  With  Dry 
Cleaning  Rooms— All  storage  tanks  shall  be  placed  in  the  spot  agreed 
upon  by  the  applicant  and  the  Fire  Chief. 

(a.)  All  storage  tanks  must  be  placed  outside  the  building,  under  the 
sidewalk,  close  to  the  curb  line. 

(b.)  Where  the  sidewalk  is  not  excavated  for  basement  use,  the  top 
of  the  storage  tank  must  be  at  least  four  (4)  feet  below  the  sidewalk,  the 
space  between  the  top  of  the  tank  and  the  sidewalk  shall  be  filled  with 
earth. 

(c.)  Where  the  sidewalk  is  excavated  and  used  as  part  of  the  base- 
ment,  the  tanks  must  rest  on  the  basement  floor.  A brick  or  concrete  wall 
not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches  in  thickness  shall  be  constructed  around 
said  storage  tanks,  extending  from  the  bottom  of  the  tank  up  to  four  (4) 
feet  above  the  top  of  said  storage  tank;  the  space  between  the  top  of  the  tank 
and  the  top  of  the  walls  shall  be  filled  with  earth,  the  earth  covered  with 
three  (3)  inches  of  concrete. 

(d.)  When  it  is  desired  to  utilize  all  space  under  the  sidewalk  for 
basement  purposes,  the  top  of  the  storage  tanks  must  be  at  least  four  (4) 
feet  below  the  level  of  the  basement  floor;  a brick  or  concrete  wall  not  less 
than  than  twelve  (12)  inches  in  thickness  shall  be  constructed  around  said 
storage  tanks,  extending  from  the  bottom  of  the  tank  up  to  the  basement 
floor;  the  space  between  the  top  of  the  anks  and  the  basement  floor  shall  be 
filled  with  earth,  the  earth  covered  with  the  concrete  floor. 

(e.)  All  tanks  stored  in  the  basement  under  the  sidewalk  must  be 
close  to  the  retaining  wall  of  the  street. 

(f.)  Where  two  or  more  tanks  are  installed,  there  shall  be  a brick  or 
concrete  dividing  wall  between  each  tank,  of  not  less  than  twelve  (12) 
inches  in  thickness. 

(g.)  No  tanks  shall  be  so  constructed  that  benzine  or  gasoline  can 
flow  from  one  to  another. 

(h.)  No  tanks  shall  be  covered  with  earth  until  an  inspection  shall 
have  been  made  by  the  Fire  Chief. 

(i.)  All  storage  tanks  shall  be  provided  with  a galvanized  iron  vent 
pipe  one-half  (y2)  inch  in  diameter,  same  to  be  connected  to  top  of  tanks. 

(j.)  This  vent  pipe  must  be  carried  up  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above  the 
ground  level  and  terminate  in  a goose  neck,  the  opening  of  which  must  be 
covered  with  a brass  or  copper  wire  screen  of  at  least  thirty  (30)  mesh. 
This  vent  pipe  must  be  placed  on  a dead  wall  as  remote  from  windows 
and  doors  as  possible,  and  must  be  attached  to  the  wall  with  pipe  hooks 
and  kept  firmly  in  place. 

(k.)  Filler  pipes  must  be  made  of  galvanized  iron  piping  two  (2) 
inches  or  more  in  diameter,  entering  in  at  top  of  tank  and  extending  to 
the  bottom  of  the  tank.  Upper  end  of  such  filler  pipe  must  terminate  in 
screw  cap  securely  locked. 

(1.)  When  filler  pipe  runs  to  sidewalk  or  to  alley  or  to  other  public 
highway,  it  must  terminate  in  screw  cap  securely  locked,  and  be  protected 
by  cast  iron  filler  box,  same  to  be  flush  with  the  sidewalk  or  alley. 

Section  15.  Pumps  In  Connection  With  Dry  Cleaning  Rooms — All 

gasoline  or  benzine  must  be  drawn  from  storage  tanks  by  suction  pumps, 
and  no  gravity,  siphon,  air  or  water  system  shall  be  permitted;  such  pumps 
to  be  located  above  the  top  of  the  tanks,  inside  the  building.  Pumps  must 
bg  of  approved  design,  having  valves  to  close  all  suction  pipe  lines. 

Section  16.  Pipes  In  Connection  With  Dry  Cleaning  Rooms — All 


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pipes  must  lead  out  of  the  tops  of  the  tanks.  All  piping  shall  be  galvanized, 
and  shall  be  put  together  with  litharge  and  gylcerine. 

Section  17.  Handling  of  Gasoline  and  Benzine  in  Connection  With 
Dry  Cleaning  Rooms — The  piping  shall  be  so  arranged  that  all  gasoline 
shall  be  pumped  from  the  tanks  to  the  washers  and  return  without  being 
exposed  to  the  air,  and  operators  of  washers  shall  allow  sufficient  time 
for  all  gasoline  to  return  to  storage  tanks  before  opening  same. 

Section  18.  Regulations  In  Connection  With  Dry  Cleaning  Rooms— 

(a.)  No  open  lights  of  any  kind  shall  be  allowed  in  any  room  where 
benzine  or  gasoline  is  used. 

(b.)  No  stove,  forge,  torch,  boiler  or  other  furnace,  flame  or  fire  shall 
be  allowed  in  any  cleaning  room  where  benzine  or  gasoline  is  used. 

(c.)  All  electric  motors  shall  be  placed  at  least  six  (6)  feet  above  the 
floor. 

Section  19.  Penalty — Any  person,  or  persons,  firm,  company  or  cor- 
poration that  violates,  disobeys  or  refuses  to  comply  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  Ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and 
upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten 
($10.00)  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  city  jail  of  said  City  not  to  exceed  thirty  (30)  days,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  and  each  said  person  or  persons, 
firm,  company  or  corporation  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a separate  offense 
for  each  day  that  such  violation,  disobedience  or  refusal  shall  continue, 
and  shall  be  subject  to  the  punishment  imposed  by  this  Ordinance  for  each 
and  every  separate  offense. 

Section  20.  When  To  Be  In  Effect — This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  effect 

ninety  (90)  days  after  its  adoption,  approval  and  publication. 

Section  21.  Repealing  Clause— All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  22.  Publication — The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City 
Ordinance  No.  184  published  daily  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily 
newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one 
week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  23d  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Nelson. 

(Approved  this  24th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1915.) 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  217. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  189. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  City  Ordinance  Number 
54,  Entitled  “An  Ordinance  Providing  for  the  Regulation  and  Inspec- 
tion of  the  Installation  and  Maintenance  of  Electrical  Wires,  Appli- 


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ances,  Apparatus,  Construction  and  Equipment  In,  On  Or  About  Build- 
ings Or  Other  Structures,  and  In  Any  Street,  Alley  Or  Other  Public 
Place  In  the  City  of  Reno,  and  Fixing  a Penalty  for  the  Violation 
Thereof,”  Passed  and  Adopted  February  26,  1906;  To  Fix  a Penalty 
for  the  Violation  Thereof;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts 
of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  City  Ordinance  Number  54,  entitled  “An  Ordinance  pro- 
viding for  the  regulation  and  inspection  of  the  installation  and  maintenance 
of  electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus,  construction  and  equipment  in, 
on  or  about  buildings  or  other  structures,  and  in  any  street,  alley  or  other 
public  place  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation 
thereof,”  passed  and  adopted  February  26,  1906,  is  hereby  amended,  re- 
vised, and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  (a.)  All  electrical  construction,  all  materials  and  all  ap- 

pliances used  in  connection  with  electrical  work,  and  the  installation  and 
operation  of  all  electrical  apparatus  in  or  about  buildings  or  other  struc- 
tures in  the  City  of  Reno,  or  in,  on  or  about  any  street,  alley,  or  other 
public  place  therein,  shall  be  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this 
Ordinance,  being  rules  and  requirements  for  the  installation  and  mainten- 
ance of  electrical  wiring  and  apparatus  for  electric  light,  heat,  and  power; 
and  the  said  rules  and  regulations,  together  with  any  amendments  and 
changes  made  therein  from  time  to  time,  are  hereby  adopted  and  approved; 
and  it  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  the  City  Engineer  and  the  City  Electrician 
to  keep  and  have  on  file  in  their  respective  offices  a copy  of  this  Ordinance 
and  to  see  that  the  provisions  thereof  are  enforced. 

(b.)  No  corporation,  copartnership,  association,  or  individual  shall 
engage  in  the  business  of  installing  electrical  wiring  and  apparatus  within 
any  building  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  use  in  connection  with  electric  light, 
heat,  or  power,  without  first  appearing  in  person,  or  by  duly  authorized 
representative,  at  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  and  securing  from  him  a 
“Master  Electrician’s  license.” 

(c.)  No  Master  Electrician’s  License  shall  be  issued  except  upon  the 
payment  of  the  license  fees  hereinafter  prescribed,  together  with  the  filing 
of  a bond  with  the  City  Clerk,  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties,  in  the 
penal  sum  of  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  conditioned  upon  full  compli- 
ance with  the  ordinances  of  the  City  regulating  electrical  wiring  and  ap- 
paratus, and  the  faithful  performance  of  all  contracts  entered  into  for  the 
installation  of  electrical  wiring  and  apparatus  inside  of  any  building,  for 
use  in  connection  with  electrical  light,  heat,  or  power. 

Master  Electricians  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  quarterly  licenses  to  carry 
on  such  business,  according  to  their  quarterly  gross  receipts,  as  prescribed 
in  the  following  schedules,  to-wit: 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  three  ($3.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  ($500.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  ($1000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($7.50)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars,  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 


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Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand 
($20,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty 
($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

(d.)  Said  Master  Electrician’s  License  shall  entitle  the  holder  thereof 
to  engage  in  the  business  of  installing  electrical  wiring  and  apparatus  inside 
buildings,  for  use  in  connection  with  electrical  light,  heat,  or  power,  within 
the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

(e.)  Any  failure  on  the  part  of  a holder  of  a Master  Electrician’s 
License  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  any  ordinance  of  the  City  regu- 
lating electrical  wiring  and  apparatus,  or  to  faithfully  carry  out  the  con- 
ditions of  a contract  for  installing  electrical  wiring  and  apparatus,  shall 
be  deemed  sufficient  cause  for  revoking  said  Master  Electrician’s  License, 
together  with  all  rights  and  privileges  thereunder  and  the  forfeiture  of 
the  bond  filed  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  Section  1 (c.)  of  this 
Ordinance. 

The  City  Clerk  is  hereby  authorized  to  refuse  to  issue  a “Master  Elec- 
trician’s License”  to  any  previous  holder  of  one  which  has  been  revoked 
or  to  any  corporation,  copartnership,  association,  or  individual  with  which 
said  holder  is  associated. 

Section  2.  Upon  completion  of  the  wiring  of  any  building  or  structure, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  corporation,  copartnership,  or  individual  doing 
the  same  to  notify  the  City  Electrician,  who  shall  at  once  inspect  the  same, 
and  if  the  same  is  found  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  he 
shall  approve  the  same  and  forthwith  issue  a certificate  of  satisfactory 
inspection  and  an  outline  of  the  result  of  such  examination;  nor  shall 
current  be  turned  on  such  installation  until  said  certificate  be  issued,  nor 
shall  any  change,  alteration,  or  extension  be  made  in  the  wiring  of  any 
building  after  inspection  without  notifying  the  City  Electrician  and  secur- 
ing a permit  therefor;  and  no  wiring  or  system  of  wiring  shall  be  enclosed, 
or  concealed,  by  lathing,  plaster,  or  other  material  or  substance  until  after 
the  same  has  been  inspected  as  herein  provided. 

Section  3.  The  placing,  installing,  or  operating  of  electricial  wires, 
appliances,  apparatus,  or  construction,  in  or  on  buildings  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  shall  be  executed  in  accordance  with  plans  and  specifications  previ- 
ously approved  in  writing  by  the  City  Electrician  of  said  City;  provided, 
however,  that  a copy  of  said  plans  and  specifications,  as  approved,  shall  be 
placed  on  file  in  the  office  of  said  City  Electrician. 

Section  4.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  corporation,  copartnership  or 
individual,  after  due  notification  by  the  City  Electrician,  to  neglect  or  refuse 
to  correct,  obviate,  or  remove  any  fault,  error,  or  deficiency  in  placing, 
installing,  or  operating  electrical  wires,  appliances,  or  apparatus  or  con- 
struction in  or  on  buildings  in  said  City  of  Reno,  or  strung  on  poles  main- 
tained in  any  of  the  streets  or  alleys  thereof. 

Section  5.  Any  corporation,  copartnership,  association,  or  individual, 
or  agent  thereof,  owning,  operating,  or  in  possession  of  any  electric  power 


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or  electric  light  and  power  plant,  or  any  corporation,  copartnership,  associ- 
ation, or  individual,  or  agent  thereof,  owning  or  in  possession  of  any  build- 
ing or  other  structure  within  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  permit  the  City 
Electrician  to  inspect  such  plant  or  premises  once  in  every  three  (3) 
months,  or  oftener  if  deemed  necessary  by  the  City  Council  of  said  City, 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether  the  electrical  wires,  appliances, 
apparatus,  construction,  or  equipment  in,  on,  or  about  such  plant,  building 
or  other  structure  are  in  conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance; 
and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  occupant  or  owner  of  premises  where  elec- 
trical wires,  appliances,  apparatus,  construction,  or  equipment  are  used,  or 
to  be  used,  or  any  person  whatever,  to  prevent  or  interfere  with  said  City 
Electrician  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  under  this  or  any  other  ordinance 
of  said  City;  provided,  however,  that  said  City  Electrician  shall,  upon 
request  of  the  owner  or  agent  of  said  premises,  exhibit  his  written  authority 
to  make  such  inspection,  which  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  of  said  City 
and  attested  by  the  City  Clerk;  and  any  such  corporation,  copartnership, 
association,  or  individual,  or  agent  thereof,  after  notice  in  writing  has  been 
given  by  the  Electrician  that  any  portion  of  said  electrical  wires,  appliances, 
apparatus,  construction,  or  equipment  does  not  conform  with  the  provisions 
hereof  (except  as  hereinafter  provided),  shall  make  such  repairs  and  altera- 
tions as  may  be  necessary  to  make  said  electrical  wires,  appliances,  appara- 
tus, construction,  and  equipment  conform  herewith,  and  failing  so  to  do 
within  five  days  after  said  notice  is  given,  the  City  Electrician  or  his  duly 
authorized  representative  shall,  and  he  is  hereby  empowered  to,  discon- 
nect said  portion  of  said  electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus,  construc- 
tion, or  equipment  so  found  to  be  not  in  conformity  with  the  provisions 
of  this  Ordinance;  and  the  City  Electrician  shall  forthwith  notify  the  cor- 
poration, copartnership,  association,  or  individual,  or  agent  thereof,  sup- 
plying the  electric  power  for  said  connection;  and  said  corporation,  co- 
partnership, association,  or  individual,  or  agent  thereof,  shall  not  renew 
said  power  supply  without  permission  from  the  City  Electrician,  which 
permission  shall  be  given  in  writing  when  the  provisions  of  said  Ordi- 
nance shall  have  been  complied  with. 


Section  6.  Every  corporation,  copartnership,  association,  or  indi- 
vidual, or  agent  thereof,  placing  or  installing  electrical  wires,  appliances, 
apparatus,  construction,  or  equipment  in,  on,  or  about  any  building  or  other 
structure  in  the  City  of  Reno,  shall,  before  a certificate  of  inspection  is 
issued  by  the  City  Electrician  as  herein  provided,  pay  to  the  City  of  Reno 
for  such  inspection  the  following  fees,  viz: 

For  each  outlet  at  which  current  is  controlled  or  used  for  three  lights 

or  under $ .05 

For  each  outlet  at  which  current  is  controlled  or  used  for  four  lights 

or  over 10 

For  one  arc  lamp 50 

For  each  additional  arc  lamp .. i 25 

For  each  motor  of  one-horse  power  or  less 50 

For  each  motor  of  more  than  one-horse  power  and  not  more  than 

three-horse  power 1.00 

For  each  motor  of  more  than  three-horse  power  and  not  more  than 

ten-horse  power 1.50 

For  each  motor  of  more  than  ten-horse  power 2 00 

For  each  generator  of  one  kilo  watt  or  less .50 

For  each  generator  of  more  than  one  kilo  watt  and  not  more  than  three 

kilo  watts, i 100 

For  each  generator  of  more  than  three  kilo  watts  and  not  more  than 

ten  kilo  watts 1.50 

For  each  generator  of  more  than  ten  kilo  watts  and  not  more  than 

twenty-five  kilo  watts 2.00 


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For  each  generator  of  more  than  twenty-five  kilo  watts 2.50 

Provided,  however,  as  a minimum,  the  total  amount  of  any  biil  or  fee 
shall  not  be  less  than  fifty  (50c)  cents. 

Section  7.  When  any  corporation,  copartnership,  association,  or  indi- 
vidual, or  agent  thereof,  after  notice  has  been  given  in  writing  by  the  .City 
Electrician,  shall  be  found  to  have  intentionally  or  negligently  violated  any 
of  the  rules  or  regulations  established  under  this  ordinance,  or  when 
through  any  such  violation  by  any  corporation,  copartnership,  association, 
or  individual,  or  agent  thereof,  doing  the  work,  it  is  necessary  to  make 
extra  inspection  of  the  work,  there  shall  be  charged  said  corporation,  co- 
partnership, association,  or  individual,  or  agent  thereof,  for  such  extra  in- 
spection made  necessary  on  account  of  such  violation,  a fee  not  to  exceed 
seventy-five  (75 c)  cents  per  hour  for  the  time  actually  consumed  by  each 
inspector  making  such  inspection;  provided,  however,  that  this  provision 
shall  not  apply  to  new  work  previous  to  the  issuance  of  the  certificate  of 
inspection  as  aforesaid;  and  for  the  inspection  of  electrical  wires, 
appliances,  apparatus,  construction,  or  equipment  for  which  no  fee 
is  herein  prescribed,  and  for  the  inspection  of  temporary  instal- 
lations for  decorative,  advertising,  theatrical,  or  similar  purposes, 
there  shall  be  charged  to  and  paid  by  the  corporation,  copartnership, 
association,  or  individual,  or  agent  thereof,  installing  such  work  a fee  not 
exceeding  seventy-five  (75c)  cents  per  hour  for  the  time  actually  consumed 
by  the  City  Electrician,  previous  to  obtaining  the  necessary  certificate  of 
inspection  as  aforesaid. 

Section  8.  All  moneys  or  fees  received  by  the  City  Electrician  shall 
be  paid  over  to  the  City  Clerk  at  the  end  of  each  and  every  week,  and  upon 
receiving  such  moneys  the  City  Clerk  shall  keep  a separate  account  of  the 
same  in  a suitable  book  kept  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  pay  the  same  over 
to  the  City  Treasurer,  who  shall  place  the  same  in  the  general  fund. 

Section  9.  This  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed  to  relieve  from  or 
lessen  the  responsibility  of  any  person  owning,  operating,  or  installing  any 
electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus,  construction,,  or  equipment  for 
damages  to  any  one  injured  by  any  defect  therein;  nor  shall  the  City  of 
Reno,  or  any  agent  thereof,  be  held  as  assuming  any  such  liability  by 
reason  of  the  inspection  authorized  herein  or  the  certificate  of  inspection 
issued  by  the  City  Electrician. 

Section  10.  No  commission,  officer,  agent,  or  employe  of  the  City 
of  Reno  shall,  nor  shall  any  person,  partnership,  or  corporation  whom- 
soever: 

(a.)  Run,  place,  erect,  or  maintain  in  said  City  any  wire  or  cable  used 
to  conduct  or  carry  electricity  on  any  pole,  or  on  any  cross-arm,  bracket, 
or  other  appliance  attached  to  such  pole,  within  the  distance  of  thirteen 
(13)  inches  from  the  center  line  of  said  pole;  provided,  that  the  foregoing 
provisions  of  this  paragraph  (a.)  shall  be  held  not  to  apply  to  such  wires 
or  cables  in  cases  where  the  same  are  run  from  underground  and  placed 
vertically  on  poles,  nor  to  “bridle”  or  “jumper”  wires  on  any  poles  which 
are  attached  to  or  connected  with  “signal”  wires  on  the  same  pole,  nor  to 
any  aerial”  cables,  as  between  such  cable  and  any  pole  on  which  it  origi- 
nates or  terminates,  nor  wires  run  from  “circuit”  wires  to  arc  lamps  placed 
upon  poles,  nor  to  any  wire  or  cable  where  the  same  is  attached  to  the 
top  of  a pole,  as  between  it  and  the  said  pole. 

(b.)  Run,  place,  erect,  or  maintain  in  said  City,  in  the  vicinity  of  any 
pole  and  unattached  thereto,  within  the  distance  of  thirteen  (13)  inches 
from  the  center  line  of  said  pole,  any  wire  or  cable  used  to  conduct  or 
carry  electricity;  or  place,  erect,  or  maintain  in  said  City  any  pole,  to 
which  is  attached  any  wire  or  cable  used  to  conduct  or  carry  electricity, 


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within  the  distance  of  thirteen  (13)  inches,  measured  from  the  center  line 
of  such  pole,  from  any  wire  or  cable  used  to  conduct  or  carry  electricity; 
provided,  that  as  between  any  wire  or  cable  and  any  pole,  as  in  this  para- 
graph (b.)  named,  only  the  wire,  cable,  or  pole  last  in  point  of  time  run, 
placed,  erected,  or  maintained  shall  be  held  to  be  run,  placed,  erected,  or 
maintained  in  violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  said  paragraph. 

(c.)  Run,  place,  erect,  or  maintain  in  said  City,  above  ground,  within 
the  distance  of  four  (4)  feet  from  any  wire  or  cable  conducting  or  carrying 
less  than  six  hundred  (600)  volts  of  electrcity,  any  wire  or  cable  which 
conducts  or  carries  at  any  one  time  more  than  six  hundred  (600)  volts  of 
electricity;  or  run,  place,  erect,  or  maintain,  within  the  distance  of  four  (4) 
feet  from  any  wire  or  cable  which  conducts  or  carries  at  any  one  time 
more  than  six  hundred  (600)  volts  of  electricity,  any  wire  or  cable  conduct- 
ing or  carrying  less  than  six  hundred  (600)  volts  of  electricity;  provided, 
that  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  paragraph  (c.)  shall  be  held  not  to 
apply  to  any  wire  or  cable  conducting  or  carrying  a “secondary’’  current, 
and  attached  to  or  connected  with  a “transformer7’  within  the  distance  of 
four  (4)  feet,  measured  along  the  line  of  said  wire  or  cable,  from  the  point 
where  such  wire  or  cable  is  attached  to  or  connected  with  such  trans- 
former,” nor  to  electric  wires  or  cables  within  buildings  or  other  structures, 
nor  to  electric  wires  or  cables  in  cases  where  the  same  are  run  from  under- 
ground and  placed  vertically  on  poles,  nor  to  any  “lead  ’ wire  or  cable 
between  the  point  where  the  same  is  made  to  leave  any  pole  for  the  pur- 
pose of  entering  any  building  or  other  structure  and  the  point  at  which 
it  is  made  to  enter  such  building  or  structure;  and  provided,  further,  that 
as  between  any  two  wires  or  cables,  or  any  wire  and  any  cable  run,  placed, 
erected  or  maintained  in  violation  ot  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  (c.), 
only  the  wire  or  cable  last  in  point  of  time  run,  placed,  erected,  or  main- 
tained shall  be  held  to  be  run,  placed,  erected,  or  maintained  thus  in  viola- 
tion of  said  provisions. 

(d.)  Run,  place,  erect,  or  maintain  in  said  City  any  wire  or  cable 
used  to  conduct  or  carry  at  any  time  more  than  six  hundred  (600)  volts  of 
electricity,  \yjthout  causing  each  cross-arm,  or  such  other  appliances  used 
in  lieu  thereof,  to  which  said  wire  or  cable  is  attached,  to  be  at  all  times 
kept  painted  a bright  yellow  color. 

(e.)  Run,  place,  erect,  or  maintain  in  said  City  any  “guy”  wire  or 
“guy”  cable  attached  to  any  pole  or  appliance  to  which  is  attached  any  wire 
or  cable  used  to  conduct  or  carry  electricity,  without  causing  said  “guy” 
wire  or  “guy”  cable  to  be  effectively  insulated  at  all  times  at  the  distance 
of  not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  nor  more  than  eight  (8)  feet,  measured  along 
the  line  of  said  wire  or  cable,  from  each  end  thereof. 

(f.)  Run,  place,  erect,  or  maintain  in  said  City,  vertically  on  any  pole, 
any  wire  or  cable  used  to  conduct  or  carry  electricity,  without  causing 
such  wire  or  cable  to  be  at  all  times  wholly  encased  in  a sacing  of  iron  pipe 
and  circular  loom. 

(g.)  Erect,  place,  or  maintain  in  said  City  on  any  pole,  or  on  any 
cross-arm  or  other  appliance  on  said  pole,  which  carries,  or  upon  which  is 
placed,  any  electric  “arc”  lamp  or  “arc”  light,  any  “transformer”  for  trans- 
forming electric  currents. 

Section  11.  The  preceding  sections  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  held 
not  to  apply  to  any  person  or  corporation  operating  an  electric  railway, 
in  so  far  as  it  affects  “direct  current”  wire  used  exclusively  for  the  trans- 
mission of  electric  power  for  railway  purposes  on  such  railway;  provided, 
however,  that  such  person  or  corporation  shall  not  in  any  case  run,  place, 
or  maintain  such  “direct  current”  wires  within  the  distance  of  thirteen 
(13)  inches  from  the  center  line  of  any  pole  owned  or  controlled  by 
another  person  or  corporation  and  carrying  any  electric  wire  or  cable. 

Section  12.  All  wires  from  mains,  feeders  or  transformers  to  buildings 


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must  be  either  rubber-covered  of  approved  quality,  or  so  strung  that  it 
will  be  impossible  for  them  to  cross,  in  which  latter  case,  weather  proof 
wire  of  approved  quality  may  be  used,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this 
Ordinance. 

Section  13.  All  cross-arms  carrying  either  electric  light,  heat,  power, 
telegraph,  telephone,  signalling,  or  clock  wires  shall  have  at  least  twenty- 
six  inches  space  between  the  two  inside  pins. 

Section  14.  All  trolley  wires  shall  be  thoroughly  protected  by  guard 
wires  at  least  eighteen  inches  above  the  same;  said  guard  wires  to  be  not 
less  than  No.  9 iron  wire  guage,  not  less  than  two  in  number,  eighteen 
inches  apart,  and  thoroughly  insulated  from  the  ground.  These  wires  shall 
be  about  nine  inches  on  each  side,  and  eighteen  inches  above  the  trolley 
wire,  and  so  constructed  that  in  the  event  one  should  break,  it  would  not 
slip  back  in  the  span  behind. 

Section  14.  All  trolley  wires  shall  be  divided  into  sections  and  con- 
trolled by  switches,  so  that  in  case  of  fire  such  sections  may  be  cut  from 
the  current  and  not  interfere  with  firemen.  Each  section  shall  not  exceed 
one  thousand  feet  in  length,  and  the  switch  governing  each  section  shall 
be  inclosed  in  a box  securely  locked,  and  the  Fire  Department  supplied 
with  a key  to  the  same. 

Section  16.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  copartnership,  corporation,  or 
person  maintaining  street-car  rails  in  said  city,  through  which  electric 
currents  are  conducted,  to  permit  or  allow  a difference  of  potential  of 
three  volts  or  over  to  be  maintained  between  such  rails  and  any  water,  gas, 
or  other  pipes;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Electrician,  when  he 
discovers  such  condition  to  exist,  to  immediately  notify  such  corporation, 
copartnership,  or  person  of  such  fact,  whereupon  such  corporation,  co- 
partnership, or  person  shall  forthwith  repair  any  bonds  and  return  conduc- 
tors in  order  to  reduce  such  difference  of  potential  as  aforesaid. 

Section  17.  All  trolley  wires  shall  have  strain  hangers,  every  five 
hundred  feet  or  less,  securely  anchoring  the  same. 

Section  18.  Under  no  circumstances  shall  wires  carrying  ten  thousand 
volts  or  more  be  strung  or  maintained  on  poles  carrying  service,  feed,  or 
main  wires  of  less  potential. 

Section  19.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  maintain  wires  carrying  two 
thousand  volts  or  over  at  any  distance  less  than  thirty  feet  from  the  surface 
of  the  ground;  provided,  that  within  the  fire  limits  said  wires  shall  be 
maintained  at  a distance  not  less  than  thirty-five  feet  from  the  ground. 

Section  20.  No  wire  or  wires  carrying  six  hundred  (600)  volts  or  over 
shall  be  installed  or  maintained  within  ten  (10)  feet  of  any  building,  ex- 
cept where  it  is  purposely  run  to  a motor,  and  in  such  case  said  wires  shall 
be  painted  and  maintained  a bright  yellow  color,  within  two  (2)  feet  of 
such  building,  and  shall  be  controlled  by  switches  on  pole  from  which  it 
runs,  said  pole  to  be  stepped  to  permit  firemen  to  ascend  the  pole  to  con- 
trol the  switches  in  case  of  fire.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to 
permit  the  running  of  wires  of  six  hundred  (600)  volts  or  over  in  such  a 
manner  that  the  same  can  come  in  contact  with  a person  on  a roof  or 
from  a window  of  any  building  or  structure;  and  all  wires  on  poles  shall 
be  so  constructed  and  strung  that  ladders  may  be  easily  raised  to  the  top 
of  the  building  or  structure  in  case  of  fire. 

Section  21.  In  stringing  or  maintaining  high  potential  or  primary 
wires  to  transformers,  they  shall  not  be  closer  than  eighteen  (18)  inches 


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to  secondary  wires,  or  else  strung  with  wires  insulated  for  six  thousand 
(6000)  volts  or  over,  and  such  insulation  shall  be  kept  in  good  repair  at  all 
times  in  order  to  prevent  the  possibility  of  a contact. 

Section  22.  All  wooden  poles  supporting  wires  within  the  City  shall 
be  shaved,  stepped,  roofed,  and  painted,  and  every  wooden  trolley  pole 
shall  be  firmly  set  and  so  canted  that  when  strain  is  put  on  the  same  it 
will  set  plumb;  provided,  that  only  iron  poles  shall  be  used  to  support 
trolley  wires  within  the  fire  limits,  and  where  trolley  wires  are  maintained 
on  any  street  a portion  of  which  is  divided  lengthwise  by  said  fire  limit 
line,  only  iron  trolley  poles  shall  be  maintained  on  both  sides  of  such  por- 
tion thereof  so  divided  as  aforesaid.  Where  poles  are  maintained  in  cement 
sidewalks,  they  shall  have  a concrete  base  sufficiently  large  to  prevent  dis- 
turbing the  curb  or  sidewalk;  and  provided,  further,  that  where  practicable, 
and  permission  from  the  property  owner  can  be  obtained,  strain  wires  may 
be  attached  to  buildings  and  poles  eliminated.  When  strain  wires  are  so 
attached,  insulators  shall  be  inserted  in  space  not  closer  than  six  (6)  feet 
from  building  or  structure. 

Section  23.  No  pole  shall  be  either  set,  changed,  or  moved  without 
permission  in  writing  from  the  City  Electrician,  countersigned  by  the 
City  Engineer.  In  setting  poles  the  City  Engineer,  assisted  by  the  City 
Electrician,  shall  determine  the  location  of  poles,  and  the  same  shall  be 
located  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance;  and  if  said  poles  are  to  be 
located  within  the  fire  limits,  the  same,  if  practicable,  shall  be  set  in  con- 
crete and  to  true  sidewalk  lines. 

Section  24.  Wherever  and  whenever  practicable,  all  electric  light, 
power,  telegraph,  telephone,  clock,  and  signal  wires  shall  be  strung  on  a 
single  pole  of  sufficient  height  and  strength.  Said  pole  may  be  the  prop- 
erty of  and  maintained  by  the  City,  or  the  joint  property  of  person,  com- 
panies, or  firms  using  the  same. 

Section  25.  The  insulation  resistance  of  all  primary  electric  light,  heat, 
and  power  conductors  must  be  reported  at  least  once  every  thirty  days 
to  the  City  Electrician,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  see  that  the  same  shall 
be  kept  in  good  repair  at  all  times. 

Section  26.  No  wires  carrying  electric  light,  heat,  or  power  shall  be 
strung  or  maintained  on  cross-arms  whereon  are  strung  or  maintained 
telegraph,  telephone,  clock,  signal,  trolley  span  or  feed  wires,  or  lighting 
arresters,  or  any  wires  subjected  to  small  insulations  or  grounded  on  either 
leg;  and  cross-arms  supporting  such  light,  heat,  or  power  wires  shall  be 
so  arranged  as  to  make  it  practically  impossible  for  a person  on  such  pole 
to  come  into  contact  with  two  such  dissimilar  wires  at  the  same  time. 

Section  27.  When  any  corporation,  copartnership,  or  person  operates 
or  maintains  two  high  potential  circuits  on  the  same  pole,  said  lines  or 
wires  must  be  so  spaced  that  a person  working  on  one  circuit  cannot  pos- 
sibly come  within  close  proximity  to  the  other  circuit.  This  section  shall 
apply  to  wires  carrying  five  thousand  (5000)  volts  or  over. 

Section  28.  Whenever  any  high  potential  line  changes  its  direction,  guard 
irons  must  be  so  affixed  as  to  prevent  wires  slipping  off  cross-arms,  in  the 
event  an  insulator  or  pin  becomes  broken  or  destroyed. 

Section  29.  Electric  light,  heat,  or  power  wires  carrying  five  thous- 
and (5000)  volts  or  over  shall  be  subject  to  rigid  inspection  at  all  times, 
and  special  precautions  must  be  taken  to  prevent  such  wires  coming  into 
contact  with  other  wires.  Guard  irons  and  wires  shall  be  used  at  every 
danger  point.  No  punctured  or  broken  insulator,  or  burnt  pin,  shall  be  used 


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when  such  condition  is  known  to  exist.  Wherever  such  wires  cross  other 
wires,  lines,  buildings,  or  other  structures,  double  cross-arms  shall  be 
erected  and  maintained;  and  where  such  wires  are  strung  and  maintained 
on  top  of  poles,  such  wires  must  be  guarded  by  U-shaped  irons,  to  prevent 
said  wires  falling  on  other  wires  in  the  event  an  insulator  or  pin  breaks. 

Section  30.  (a.)  All  electrical  wiring,  installations,  or  electrical  fix- 

tures, apparatus,  or  appliances  for  furnishing  light,  heat,  or  power,  tele- 
graph, telephone,  district  messenger,  and  other  electrical  work  introduced 
into,  or  placed  in  or  on,  any  building  or  structure  in  the  City  of  Reno,  shall 
be  in  conformity  with  the  latest  issue  of  rules  and  requirements  of  the 
National  Electrical  Code,  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City 
of  Reno;  and  all  fittings  and  materials  used  in  such  installations  must  be 
sanctioned  in  the  latest  list  of  electrical  fittings,  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  published  by  the  National  Board  of  Fire 
Underwriters,  which  rules,  requirements,  and  lists,  as  applied,  are  hereby 
made  a part  of  this  ordinance. 

(b.)  All  wires  in  damp  places,  basements,  or  cellars,  unless  concealed 
by  plaster,  compo-board,  or  similar  finish  on  ceiling,  must  be  run  in  con- 
duit, and  no  metal-covered  sockets  or  switches  will  be  permitted  therein. 
All  drop  cords  in  basements  or  cellars  must  be  of  what  is  termed  “rein- 
forced cord.” 

(c.)  Each  flat,  or  dwelling  place  in  an  apartment  house,  flat  building, 
or  building  designed  for  two  or  more  dwellings,  shall  be  provided  with  an 
independent  service,  unless  the  cut-outs  or  meters  are  grouped  in  a cabinet, 
or  closet,  opening  into  a public  hallway,  so  as  to  be  readily  accessible  at  all 
times. 

(d.)  Each  service,  or  feed,  from  the  point  of  entrance  of  building  to 
meter,  or  cabinet,  must  be  run  in  conduit,  which  must  be  continuous  from 
outlet  to  outlet  and  equipped  at  each  outlet  with  an  approved  fitting  or 
condulet. 

Section  31.  No  person,  firm,  association,  company,  corporation,  or 
agent  thereof,  shall  build,  construct,  install,  erect,  or  maintain  any  system 
of  inside  wiring  or  outside  wiring,  or  other  apparatus,  for  the  purpose  of 
conducting  or  furnishing  electric  light,  heat,  power,  telephone,  telegraph, 
clock,  or  signaling  service  by  means  of  electricity,  without  first  filing  with 
the  City  Electrician  a plan  of  the  work  contemplated;  such  plan  to  be  to 
scale  with  scale  plainly  marked  on  a sheet  of  substantial  white  or  blue 
print  paper  about  10x12  inches  in  size,  showing  the  location  thereof,  manner 
of  construction,  size  of  wires  and  all  fuse  blocks,  switches,  outlets,  and 
other  information  in  detail  necessary  to  enable  such  officer  to  ascertain 
the  exact  intention  of  such  person,  copartnership,  company,  or  corporation. 
If  the  City  Electrician  shall  find  the  same  as  being  in  compliance  with  all 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  he  shall,  upon  the  payment  of  the  fee 
herein  specified,  approve  the  same  and  issue  a written  permit  for  the  con- 
struction or  installation  of  the  contemplated  work. 

Section  32.  No  system  of  inside  wiring,  fuses,  cut-outs,  blocks,  or 
other  electric  apparatus  or  fixtures  used  for  lighting  any  dwelling  house, 
flat,  store,  saloon,  public  or  office  building,  or  hotel,  which  has  been  in- 
stalled and  in  use  therein  before  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be 
held  to  be  affected  by  this  ordinance,  unless  the  same,  or  any  part  thereof, 
shall  be  so  worn,  depreciated,  or  damaged  that  the  insulation  is  insuffi- 
cient to  prevent  fire  resulting  directly  therefrom,  in  which  case  the  owner, 
or  his  duly  authorized  agent,  may  request  the  City  Electrician  to  inspect 
the  same  and  indicate  how  such  defect  may  be  remedied  at  the  least  cost 
to  said  owner,  whereupon  said  City  Electrician  shall  proceed  to  do  so, 
using  his  sound  judgment  and  discretion  in  so  doing;  provided,  that  a fee 
of  fifty  (50c)  cents  shall  be  paid  by  such  owner  to  said  City  Electrician  for 


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such  inspection,  which  fee  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  City  Clerk  as  other- 
wise provided  by  law. 

Section  33.  Every  person,  company,  association,  or  corporation  now 
maintaining  or  using  poles,  wires,  or  other  apparatus  for  the  purpose  of 
conducting  electricity  through  the  streets  and  alleys  of  said  City  of  Reno, 
which  do  not  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  have  until 
the  first  day  of  June,  1916,  to  change,  correct,  or  obviate  such  portions  of 
said  system  of  wires,  poles,  cross-arms,  or  other  apparatus  or  appliances 
so  maintained,  so  that  the  same  shall  conform  to  and  comply  with  the 
provisions  and  requirements  hereof;  provided,  that  from  and  after  said 
first  day  of  June,  1916,  all  such  poles,  wires,  appliances,  and  apparatus,  or 
any  portion  thereof,  maintained,  used,  or  operated  as  aforesaid,  in  or  on 
any  street,  alley,  public  place,  or  any  portion  thereof,  in  said  city,  in  vio- 
lation of  any  provision  of  this  ordinance,  and  which  have  not  been  altered 
or  changed  as  herein  required,  so  as  to  comply  with  and  conform  to  the 
provisions  hereof,  and  which  are  maintained  in  a manner  unsafe,  dangerous, 
or  detrimental  to  public  safety  and  welfare,  shall  be  deemed  a nuisance, 
and  shall  be  liable  to  summary  abatement  by  said  City  of  Reno;  and  any 
person,  copartnership,  company,  corporation,  or  agent  thereof,  owning, 
maintaining,  or  operating  the  same  as  aforesaid  shall  be  liable  for  all  costs 
incurred  in  the  abatement  thereof,  and  in  addition  thereto,  shall  be  pun- 
ished as  in  the  next  section  provided. 

Section  34.  Any  person,  or  officer,  superintendent,  manager,  or  agent 
of  any  corporation,  copartnership,  company,  or  association  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor, 
and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than 
ten  ($10.00)  dollars,  nor  more  than  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  or  by 
imprisonment  in  the  City  Jail  of  said  City  for  any  period  not  less  than  ten 
(10)  days,  nor  more  than  six  (6)  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  im- 
prisonment. 


Section  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption,  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances,  as  authorized 
by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution  of  November 
22,  1915. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No. 
189  printed  and  published  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  as  authorized 
by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution  of  November  22,  1915. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  13th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the 
following  vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Burrows,  Nelson,  Twaddle. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno 


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BILL  NO.  224. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  195. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  the  Title  of,  and  To 
Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  City  Ordinance  Number  82,  Entitled 
“An  Ordinance  To  Fix,  Impose,  and  Collect  a License  Tax  On  Certain 
Trades,  Business,  Occupations,  Callings  and  Amusements  In  the  City 
of  Reno;  To  Regulate  and  Classify  the  Same,  To  Fix  a Penalty  for  the 
Violation  Thereof;  To  Define  the  Duties  of  Certain  Officers  In  Con- 
nection Therewith,  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordi- 
nances In  Conflict  Therewith,,,  Passed  and  Adopted  October  28,  1907; 
and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict 
Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  title  of  City  Ordinance  Number  82,  entitled,  “An  ordi- 
nance to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades,  business, 
occupations,  callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and 
classify  the  same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the 
duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordi- 
nances and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted 
October  28,  1907,  is  hereby  amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read 
as  follows: 

An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades, 
businesses,  occupations,  callings,  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to 
regulate  and  classify  the  same;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof; 
to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith;  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith. 

Section  2.  City  Ordinance  Number  82,  entitled:  “An  ordinance  to  fix, 
impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades,  business,  occupations, 
callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the 
same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of 
certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  October  28, 
1907,  is  hereby  amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in 
carrying  on,  maintaining,  pursuing,  conducting,  or  transacting,  or  that  here- 
after engages  in,  carries  on,  maintains,  pursues,  conducts,  or  transacts,  in 
the  City  of  Reno  the  trade,  business,  occupation,  calling,  or  pursuit  herein- 
after named,  shall  obtain  from  said  City  and  shall  pay  therefor  the  license 
herein  specified. 

Section  2.  All  licenses  shall  be  taken  out  quarterly,  monthly,  weekly, 
or  daily,  as  provided  herein,  and  shall  be  paid  for  in  advance. 

Section  3.  All  licenses  taken  out  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  posted  and  kept,  by  the  party  or  parties  taking  out  the 
same,  in  a conspicuous  place,  or  in  or  about  the  place  of  business  of  the 
person  or  persons,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  who  obtain  the  same; 
and,  on  demand,  during  the  usual  hours  of  business  must  be  shown  to  the 
officer  whose  duty  it  is  to  collect  such  license  and  the  officer  whose  duty  it 
is  to  issue  the  same. 

Section  4.  Any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  opening,  con- 
ducting, maintaining,  transacting,  engaging  in,  carrying  on,,  or  pursuing 
any  business,  trade,  occupation,  calling,  profession,  or  pursuit  hereinafter 
named,  without  first  having  obtained  from  the  City  of  Reno  the  license 


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herein  specified  and  paying  the  required  license  tax  therefor,  shall,  upon 
conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  in  any  sum  not  less  than  twenty- 
five  ($25.00)  dollars  and  not  exceeding  two  hundred  and  fifty  ($250.00) 
dollars.  The  Court  may,  in  imposing  a fine,  enter  as  part  of  the  judgment 
that  in  default  of  the  payment  of  such  fine,  the  defendant  may  be  impris- 
oned in  the  City  Jail  for  a period  not  exceeding  forty-five  (45)  days;  pro- 
vided, that  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  City 
of  Reno  from  recovering  the  amount  of  any  license  tax  herein  required  to 
be  paid  in  a civil  action  brought  for  such  purpose,  as  provided  by  the 
Charter  of  said  city.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  222.) 

Section  5.  All  licenses  provided  by  this  ordinance  to  be  procured  shall 
be  printed  in  appropriate  form,  with  marginal  stub  attached,  stitched  to- 
gether, and  bound  in  books,  and  shall  be  so  printed  that  on  issuance  the 
date,  number,  amount,  class,  business,  trade,  or  profession  licensed,  and 
the  name  or  names  of  the  party  or  parties  to  whom  the  license  is  granted, 
and  the  time  for  which  the  same  is  granted  shall  be  indicated;  and  before 
issuance  they  shall  be  signed  by  the  Mayor  and  countersigned  by  the  City 
Clerk. 

Section  6.  The  City  Clerk  shall  make  deligent  inquiry  and  examination 
as  to  all  persons  in  the  said  city  liable  to  pay  for  licenses  as  provided  in 
this  ordinance,  and  he  is  hereby  empowered,*  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to 
require  each  person  procuring  a license  as  provided  in  this  ordinance  to 
make  a statement  under  oath,  or  affirmation,  of  the  amount  of  business 
which  he,  or  the  firm  of  which  he  is  a member  or  for  which  he  is  agent  or 
attorney,  or  the  association  or  corporation  of  which  he  is  president,  sec- 
retary, or  managing  or  resident  agent,  have  done  or  transacted  during 
the  last,  preceding  month,  or  quarter,  as  the  case  may  be,  in  order  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.  The  City  Clerk  shall  keep, 
in  his  office,  a set  of  books,  to  be  called  the  “City  License  Register,”  in  which 
he  shall  enter  the  name,  or  names,  of  all  parties  to  whom  he  issues  licenses, 
the  business,  trade,  or  profession  licensed,  the  time  for  which  license  holds 
good,  the  date  of  its  issue  and  the  date  of  its  expiration,  and  the  amount 
received  therefor;  and  he  shall  exhibit  such  books  to  the  City  Council  of 
said  City  whenever  required  to  so  do. 

Section  7.  The  City  Auditor  shall  keep  an  accurate  account,  in  a 
suitable  book  kept  by  him  for  that  purpose,  to  be  called  the  “City  License 
Book,”  of  all  the  licenses  issued  to  the  City  Clerk,  the  quarter,  month,  week, 
or  day,  as  the  case  may  be,  for  which  issued,  and  the  amount  thereof.  The 
City  Clerk  shall,  on  the  last  day  of  each  month,  return  to  the  City  Auditor 
all  unused  licenses  received  by  him,  and  the  City  Auditor  shall  give  the 
City  Clerk  credit  for  the  same  and  for  the  amount  of  all  moneys  paid  by 
the  City  Clerk  to  the  City  Treasurer,  upon  the  exhibit  of  the  proper 
voucher,  or  receipt,  therefor,  which  the  City  Clerk  shall  take  and  deliver 
to  the  City  Auditor;  and  the  City  Auditor  shall,  upon  obtaining  the  re- 
ceipts of  the  City  Treasurer  for  the  City  funds  as  paid  to  him,  charge  the 
City  Treasurer  with  the  amount  of  money  so  receipted  for.  The  City 
Auditor  shall  submit  said  City  License  Book  to  the  City  Council  of  said  City, 
and  make  abstracts  and  detailed  statements  whenever  requested  to  do  so  bv 
the  City  Council. 

Section  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
to  report  to  the  City  Auditor,  all  persons  who  have  failed  to  pay  licenses 
as  required  by  this  Ordinance,  as  soon  as  said  party  or  parties  shall  have 
been  delinquent  thirty  (30)  days,  and  thereupon  the  City  Auditor  shall 
stamp  upon  said  license,  what  shall  be  known  as  a “delinquency  stamp,” 
for  a sum  equal  to  fifty  per  cent  of  said  license,  which  amount  shall  be 
collected  by  the  City  Clerk  in  addition  to  the  amount  of  the  license,  and 


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in  the  event  said  sum  is  not  paid  within  ten  (10)  days  therefrom,  the  City 
Clerk  shall  report  said  parties  having  failed  to  pay  said  license  to  the  City 
Attorney,  who  shall  institute  Civil  Proceedings  to  recover  the  amount  of 
such  delinquency,  and  license,  together  with  costs  of  suit,  but  such  civil 
proceedings  shall  not  be  a bar  to  the  criminal  action  in  this  Ordinance 
provided.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  269.) 

Section  9.  The  City  Clerk,  Chief  of  Police,  Assistant  Chief  of  Police, 
and  regularly  appointed  and  legally  qualified  Policemen  of  said  City  shall 
see  that  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance  are  rigidly  complied  with.  If 
the  City  Clerk,  Chief  of  Police,  or  any  other  officer  herein  specified  shall, 
by  willful  failure  to  perform  the  duties  herein  imposed,  cause  the  loss  to 
said  City  of  any  sum  of  money  which  might  and  should  have  been  collected, 
he  shall  forfeit  such  sum  to  said  City. 

Section  10.  The  license  required  by  this  ordinance  shall  be  as  herein 
provided,  and  shall  be  procured  from  said  City  Clerk  and  paid  for  as  here- 
inafter provided. 

Section  11.  The  term  “Quarter”  whenever  used  in  this  ordinance 
with  reference  to  time  shall  be  construed  and  is  hereby  declared  to  mean 
one-quarter  of  a year,  and  said  quarters  shall  begin  with  the  following 
months:  January,  April,  July,  and  October  of  each  and  every  year;  and 
whenever  a person,  or  persons,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  shall  apply 
for  a license  to  conduct  any  kind  of  a business  or  calling,  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance,  in  the  middle  of  any  quarter  or  any  part  of  a 
quarter,  then  said  person,  or  persons,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
shall  be  required  to  pay  said  part  or  portion  of  the  unexpired  quarter  in 
addition  to  the  quarter  immediately  following,  and  said  licenses  shall  be 
so  arranged  as  to  have  them  fall  and  become  due  on  the  commencement 
of  a quarter;  and  this  is  the  intention  and  meaning  of  this  ordinance.  The 
City  Clerk  has  the  right  and  authority  to  issue  a license  for  a fractional 
quarter,  so  as  to  have  all  licenses  fall  due  on  a regular  quarter,  as  herein 
provided. 

Section  12.  Groceries,  Provisions,  Merchandise,  Etc. — Every  person, 
firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  selling  at 
wholesale  or  retail  in  said  City,  at  a fixed  place  of  business  (except  as  in 
this  ordinance  otherwise  provided),  any  groceries,  provisions  drugs,  medi- 
cines, oils,  paints,  chemicals,  furniture,  dry  goods,  clothing,  boots,  shoes, 
hats,  caps,  or  any  other  kind  of  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise,  whatsoever, 
shall  pay  for  and  obtain  quarterly  a license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per 
the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  three  thousand  ($3,- 
000.00)  dollars  or  less,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($7.50) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars,  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000  00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Paragraph  6 — Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen 
thousand  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 


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Paragraph  / — Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty 
thousand  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  quarter. 

Paragraph  8— Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  forty-five 
thousand  dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars 
per  quarter.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  254.) 

Section  13.  Retail  Liquor  Establishments.— Every  person,  firm  asso- 
ciation, club,  or  corporation  engaged  in  keeping,  conducting,  maintaining 
or  carrying  on  any  saloon,  bar,  or  barroom,  wherein  spirituous,  malt  or 
fermented  liquors,  wines,  or  any  admixture  thereof  are  sold,  served  or  o-iven 
away  by  the  glass  or  bottle,  to  be  drunk  on  the  premises  of  the  vendor 
or  sold  or  given  away  in  quantities  less  than  five  gallons,  to  be  drunk  or 
used  elsewhere,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on 
such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  Section  'The 
carrying  on  of  a saloon,  bar,  or  barroom  together  with  any  other  business 
for  which  a license  is  paid  shall  not  exempt  the  person,  firm,  association 
dub  or  corporation,  from  paying  a license  as  provided  in  this  section’ 

hunH;^7^nnnmq^ailer  y Sl°u  recei?ts  are  ,less  tha"  four  thousand  five 
SSJSS'il',."  Pay  ,0r  “Ch  the  „t  ninety 

hun7redseru^°nnn?ua/tleirly  gr°f  receiPts  are  over  four  thousand  and  five 
undred  ($4500.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  six  thousand  ($6000  00) 

tfl  . Pay  f°r  SUch  I,Cense  the  sum  of  °ne  hundred  and  thirty-five 

($135.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  J 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  six  thousand  ($6000  00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
quartet  1Ce"Se  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  ($180.00)  dollars  per 

000nmh°fenWhOSeaqllarte!ly  gr°f  receiPts  are  over  twelve  thousand  ($12,- 
(JU0.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars  shall 

per  quarter^  1Cense  t^le  sum  °f  two  hundred  and  seventy  ($270.00)  dollars 
000nm°HSe„,WhOSeuq,Varterlyr  grOSS  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand  ($20.- 

Section  14.  Service  By  the  Glass  In  Restaurants. — Every  person  firm 
association,  club,  or  corporation  receiving  a license  under  the  term’s  and 
^!.?!0nS-  °f  Section  13  of  this  ordinance  who  shall  sell,  furnish  serve 
or  otherwise  dispose  of  spirituous,  malt,  or  fermented  liquors,  wines  of 
any  admixture  thereof  by  the  glass,  dram,  or  drink  in  any  restaurant  lunch- 
100m,  or  tamale  parlor,  to  be  drunk  upon  tne  premises,  shall  pay  for  and 
obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  follows:7 
in  T Where  the  meal  hours  in  any  such  establishment  do  not  exceed 
in  the  aggregate  five  hours  out  of  the  twenty-four  in  a day  and  lunch  is 
served  not  earlier  than  11  A.  M.  nor  later  than  1-30  of  lock  P M 

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icnof!1086  whos®  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  six  thousand  ($6000  00)  dol 
lars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00)  dollars,  shall 


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pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  Quayer- 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fortyfive  ($45.00)  dollars 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seventy-five  ($75.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

2.  In  any  such  establishment  operated  as  a lunch  counter  or  lunch- 
room in  connection  with  a saloon,  bar,  or  barroom,  not  open  at  any  time 
during  the  day  to  women,  there  further  being  no  entertainment  for 
patrons  other  than  instrumental  or  mechanical  music: 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  four  thousand  five 
hundred  ($4500.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twelve 
($12.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  four  thousand  five  hundred 
($4500.00)  dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  six  thousand  ($6000.00) 
dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  eighteen  ($18.00)  dollars  per 


qUarTChose  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 
lars or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00)  dollars, . shall 
pay’ for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-four  ($24.00)  dollars per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty-six  ($36.00)  dollars  per  garter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars 

per  quarter.  , . ,u 

3.  In  any  such  establishment  where  the  meal  hours  exceed  in  the 
aggregate  five  hours  out  of  the  twenty-four  in  a day,  and  which  is  open 
at  any  time  during  the  day  to  women,  there  further  being  no  musical  enter- 
tainment 6f  any  kind  for  patrons: 

Those  whose  quarterly  receipts  are  less  than  four  thousand  five  hundred 
($4500.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00) 

dollars  per  quarter.  . f , , - , , , 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  four  thousand  five ^hundred 
($4500.00)  dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 
lars, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per 

qUarThose  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 
lars, or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay’ for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  Qua^te^ 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twelve  thousand  ($12  U0U.UU j 
dollars  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  l $90.00)  dollars  PeJ 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twenty  thousand  ($2U,UUU.UUj 
dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  on  one  hundred  and 
fifty  ($150.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  . 

4.  In  any  such  establishment  where  the  meal  hours  exceed  in  the 
aggregate  five  hours  out  of  the  twenty-four  in  a day,  and  which  is  open  at 
any  time  during  the  day  to  women,  musical  entertainment  of  any  kind  being 

provided  for  patrons:  . ~ 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  four  thousand  hve 
hundred  ($4500.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty 
($60  00)  dollars  per  quarter.  . , , , 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  four  thousand  five  hundred 
($4500  00)  dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 
lars, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00;  dollars  per 

qUarXhose  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 


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lars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00)  dollars  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars 

per  ^rst®rwhose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twelve  t liousand  ( $ 1 2,000  00 ) 
dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000  00)  < lollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  ($180.00) 

dollars  per  Quarter.  _ . . r&ori  non  nn\ 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twenty  thousand  ($20,000,001 
dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  ol  three  hundred 
($300.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  . t r . . « , t 

5.  In  any  such  establishment  not  hereinbefore  expressly  provided  for 
as  per  the  schedule  recited  in  Subdivision  4 of  this  section.  (As  amended 
by  Ordinance  No.  224.) 

Section  15.  Service  In  Sealed  Packages  In  Restaurants.— Every  per- 
son, firm,  association,  or  corporation  keeping  or  conducting  a restaurant, 
lunchroom,  or  tamale  parlor  wherein  spirituous,  malt,  or  fermented  liquors, 
wines,  or  any  admixture  thereof  are  sold  or  disposed  of  in  sealed  packages 
of  not  less  than  one  pint  and  less  than  five  gallons,  there  being  no  musical 
entertainment  of  any  kind  for  patrons,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly 
license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  follows': 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  four  thousand  five 
hundred  ($4500.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five 
($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  four  thousand  five  hundred 
($4500  00)  dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 
lars, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty-seven  and  fifty  one-hund- 
redths ($67.50)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 
lars, or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  ($135.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00) 
dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  ($225.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance 
No.  224.) 


Section  15-A.  Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  con- 
ducting a brewery  or  brewery  agency  for  the  manufacturing  or  disposal  of 
spirituous,  malt,  or  fermented  liquors,  or  other  intoxicatants,  shall  pay  for  and 
obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinbefore  recited  in  Subdivision  4,  of  Section  14,  of  this  ordinance,  (As 
amended  by  Ordinance  No.  224.) 


Section  16.  Other  Retail  Liquor  Dealers.— Every  person,  firm,  associ- 
ation, or  corporation  selling  or  disposing  of  spirituous,  malt,  or  fermented 
liquors,  wines,  or  any  admixture  thereof  in  sealed  packages,  or  bottles,  of 
not  less  than  one  pint  or  one-half  pint,  as  by  ordinance  permitted,  and 
by  the  gallon  in  quantities  of  less  than  five  gallons,  not  to  be  drunk  on  the 
premises,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such 
business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section.  The  carry- 
ing on  of  the  business  of  selling  or  disposing  of  spirituous,  malt,  or  fer- 
mented liquors,  wines,  or  any  admixture  thereof  in  sealed  packages,  or 
bottles,  of  not  less  than  one  pint  or  one-half  pint,  as  by  ordinance  permitted, 
and  by  the  gallon  in  quantities  of  less  than  five  gallons,  not  to  be  drunk  on 
the  premises,  together  with  any  other  business  for  which  a license  is  paid 


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shall  not  exempt  the  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  from  paying 
a license  as  provided  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  four  thousand  five 
($4500.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty 
($40.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  four  thousand  five 
hundred  ($4500.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  six  thousand  ($6000.00)  dol- 
lars, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  six  thousand  ($6000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twelve  thousand  ($12,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  eighty  ($80.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twelve  thousand  ($12- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand  ($20,- 
000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  ($200  00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  17.  Bona  Fide  Fraternal,  Commercial,  and  Social  Clubs.— 

Every  bona  fide  fraternal,  commercial,  or  social  club  or  organization,  in 
said  city,  having  a permanent  membership,  desiring  to  maintain  a buffet, 
or  sideboard,  for  selling  and  disposing  of,  to  its  members  and  bona  fide 
guests  of  its  members,  only,  at  its  club  rooms,  spirituous,  malt,  or  fermented 
liquors,  wines,  or  any  admixture  thereof,  which  business  is  not  conducted 
for  a profit,  shall  pay  for  the  license  for  conducting  the  same  the  sum  of 
thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  18.  Hotels,  Restaurants,  Dining  Rooms,  and  Eating  Houses. 

Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in  keeping  a hotel 
dining  room,  restaurant,  boarding  house,  chop  house,  eating  house,  or  eating 
stand,  in  the  said  City  of  Reno,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license 
to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this 
section. 

/*cnJnhnnSxe  w,hose  Quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  five  thousand 
($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  and  fifty  one- 
hundredths  ($7.50)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000  00) 
dollars,  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  eighteen  thousand  ($18,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 
nnnnT!?OSe  whose  Quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  eighteen  thousand  ($18,- 
OOOvOO)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Section  19.  Hotels,  Lodging  Houses,  and  Rooming  Houses. — Every 
person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  ot  keeping 
a hotel,  lodging  house,  or  rooming  house  in  said  City  shall  pay  for  and 
obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  who  have  five  rooms  and  not  exceeding  fifteen  rooms,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  who  have  fifteen  rooms  and  not  exceeding  twenty-five  rooms 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($7.50) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  who  have  twenty-five  rooms  and  not  exceeding  fifty  rooms,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 


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Those  who  have  fifty  rooms  and  not  exceeding  seventy-five  rooms, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  who  have  seventy-five  rooms  and  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
rooms,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  who  have  over  one  hundred  rooms  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  19  (a.)  Apartment  Houses. — Every  person,  firm,  association, 
or  corporation,  engaged  in  the  business  of  keeping  or  conducting  an  apart- 
ment house,  in  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license 
to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this 
Section. 

Those  who  have  five  (5)  apartments,  and  not  exceeding  nine  (9)  apart- 
ments, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  Five  ($5.00)  Dollars  per  quar- 
ter, and  those  who  have  ten  (10)  apartments  and  not  exceeding  nineteen 
(19)  apartments,  shall  pay  for  such  license,  the  sum  of  Ten  ($10.00)  Dol- 
lars, per  quarter,  and  those  who  have  twenty  (20)  apartments,  and  not 
exceeding  thirty-nine  (39)  apartments,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum 
of  Twenty  ($20.00)  Dollars  per  quarter,  and  those  who  have  forty  (40) 
apartments  and  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  Thirty  ($30.00) 
Dollars,  per  quarter.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  269.) 

Section  20.  Coal  Yards,  Wood  Yards,  Architects,  Sewing  Machine 
Agents,  Marble  and  Granite  Workers,  Cabinet  Makers,  Original  Contrac- 
tors, Contracting  Mechanics  and  Builders,  Soap  Manufacturers,  Creameries, 
Warehouses,  Cold  Storage  Plants,  Newspapers,  Ice  Sellers  and  Peddlers, 
Shooting  Galleries,  Etc. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
who  engages  in,  conducts,  or  maintains,  within  the  City  of  Reno,  any  of 
the  following  named  occupations  or  businesses,  to-wit.  Coal  dealers,  wood 
dealers,  architects,  sewing  machine  agents,  marble  or  granite  workers,  soap 
manufacturers,  operating  creameries,  operating  cold  storage  plants,  oper- 
ating flour  mills,  publishing  newspapers,  keeping  warehouses,  selling  or 
peddling  ice,  keeping  shooting  galleries,  manufacturing  concrete  or  build- 
ing blocks,  upholstering  or  carpeting  establishments,  cobbler  shops,  tailor 
shops,  bakeries,  delicatessen  shops,  millinery  shops,  assay  offices  or  shops, 
gunsmith  shops,  renovating  establishments,  cloth  cleaning  and  dyeing 
establishments,  bicycle  repair  shops  or  cycleries,  ice  cream  and  confec- 
tionery stores  combined,  photograph  galleries,  original  contractors  or 
contracting  mechanics  or  builders — not  house  contractors — shall  pay  for 
and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  businesses,  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  three  ($3.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  ($500.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  ($1000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($7.50)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Paragraph  5 — Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three 
thousand  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  ten  dollars  per  quarter. 

Paragraph  6 — Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five 
thousand  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  fifteen  dollars  per  quarter. 

Paragraph  7 — Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thou- 


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sand  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 

Paragraph  8 — Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty 
thousand  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  dollars 
per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars  per 
quarter.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  254.) 

Section  21.  Attorneys,  Doctors,  Physicians,  Etc. — Every  attorney, 
doctor,  physician,  surgeon,  veterinary  surgeon,  chiropractic,  chiropodist, 
osteopath,  and  dentist,  or  any  person  charging  a fee  for  the  treatment  of 
the  body  or  mind  by  mental  or  physical  process,  and  practicing  his  or  her 
profession  in  said  City,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry 
on  such  business,  as  per  schedule  hereinbefore  recited  in  Section  20  of  said 
Ordinance.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  269.) 

Section  22.  Real  Estate  Agents  and  Solicitors. — Every  real  estate  agent 
or  solicitor  in  said  city  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to 
carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this 
section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  do  not  exceed  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  three  ($3.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  one  thousand 
($1000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($7.50) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  five  thousand 
($5000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  twenty  thousand 
($20,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty 
($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  23.  Electric  Light  Companies  and  Water  Companies. — Every 

person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  fur- 
nishing electric  light  or  electric  power,  or  of  furnishing  water,  to  the 
inhabitants  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license 
to  carry  on  each  of  such  businesses,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited 
in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  forty-live  thousand 
($45,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  forty-five  thousand 
($45,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  sixty  thousand  ($60,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty-seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths 
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Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  sixty  thousand  ($60,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  seventy-live  thousand  ($75,000.00)  dollars 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  seventy-live  thousand 
($75,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  hundred  thousand  ($100,000.00) 
dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-live 
($135.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  hundred  thousand 
($100,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  ($225.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  24.  Gas  Companies. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  cor- 
portion  engaged  in  the  business  of  furnishing  gas  to  the  inhabitants  of  the 
City  of  Reno  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such 
business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand 
($15,000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-live  ($25.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen  thousand  ($15,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty-five  thousand  ($25,000.00)  dollars 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty-seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths 
($37.50)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty-five  thousand 
($25,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty-five  thousand  ($35,000.00) 
dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty-five  thousand 
($35,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  ($45,000.00)  dol- 
lars, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seventy-five  ($75.00)  dollars  per 
quarter.) 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  forty-five  thousand 
($45,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifty-five  thousand  ($55,000.00)  dol- 
lars, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
($125.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifty-five  thousand  ($55,- 
000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  ($225.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  25.  Stages. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 

engaged  exclusively  in  the  business  of  carrying  passengers  or  freight,  or 
both,  to  and  from  the  City  of  Reno,  for  hire,  by  means  of  stage,  or  stages, 
propelled  by  motor  power  or  otherwise,  and  not  carrying  passengers  for  hire 
over  fixed  routes  or  between  certain  definite  points  within  the  City  of  Reno 
at  a rate  of  fare  of  fifteen  cents  or  less  for  each  passenger,  shall  pay  for 
and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed 
five  hundred  ($500  00)  dollars,  the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  arc  over  five 
hundred  ($500.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1,000.00)  ^dol- 
lars, the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one 
thousand  ($1,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars,  the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three 
thousand  ($3,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 


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dollars,  the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00) 
dollars  per  quarter* 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five 
thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00^ 
dollars,  the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  eighty  ($80.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten 
thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00) 
dollars,  the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty 
thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00) 
dollars,  the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and 
eighty  ($180.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

On  each  stage  from  which  the  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty 
thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  the  licensee  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty  ($240.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  (As  amended 
by  Ordinance  No.  217.) 

Section  26.  Electric  and  Street  Railway  Companies. — Every  person, 
firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  operating  an 
electric  or  street  railway  line,  or  lines,  in  said  City,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain 
a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  herein- 
after recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty-seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths 
($37.50)  dollars  per  quarter.. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand  ($20,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty  thousand  ($40,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seventy-five  ($75.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  forty  thousand  ($40,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifty  thousand  ($50,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($125.00)  dol- 
lars per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifty  thousand  ($50,- 
000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  ($225.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  27.  Railroad  Companies,  Express  Companies,  Telegraph  and 
Telephone  Companies. — Every  railroad  company  operating  on  broad-guage 
track,  every  railroad  company  operating  on  narrow-guage  track,  every  ex- 
press company,  every  telegraph  company,  and  every  telephone  company, 
keeping  an  office  or  doing  business  in  said  City,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a 
quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter 
recited  in  this  section. 

Those  engaged  in  operating  a broad-guage  railroad  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  engaged  in  operating  a narrow-guage  railroad  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Every  express  company  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty 
($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  engaged  in  operating  a telegraph  line,  or  lines,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 


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Those  engaged  in  operating  a telephone  line,  or  lines,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  28.  Banks. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
engaged  in  the  banking  business,  except  banks  doing  business  under  the 
laws  of  the  United  States,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to 
carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this 
section. 

Those  having  a capitalization  of  less  than  five  hundred  thousand 
($500,000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  having  a capitalization  of  five  hundred  thousand  ($500,000.00) 
dollars  or  over,  and  not  exceeding  one  million  ($1,000,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  capitalization  exceeds  one  million  ($1,000,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  29.  Brokers. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
engaged  in  carrying  on  a brokerage  business  in  said  City  shall  pay  for 
and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  less  than  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-two  and  fifty  one-hundredths 
($22.50)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  five  thousand 
($5000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  fifteen  thousand 
($15,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seventy-five  ($75.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  thirty  thousand 
($30,000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  ($45,000.00) 
dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
($135.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  commissions  are  over  forty-five  thousand 
($45,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  three  hundred 
and  seventy-five  ($375.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

The  intention  of  this  ordinance  is  that  banks  or  houses  doing  both 
banking  and  brokerage  business  shall  not  pay  for  and  obtain  both  the 
banking  license  and  brokerage  license,  but  only  the  banking  license. 

Section  30.  All  Laundries  Other  Than  Steam  Laundries. — Every  per- 
son, firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in  carrying  on  a laundry 
business,  other  than  a steam  laundry,  in  said  City,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain 
a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  herein- 
after recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  five  hundred 
($500.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dol- 
lars per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  ($500.00) 


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dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  ($1000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  eighty  ($80.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand  ($20,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  eighty  ($180.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  per  quarter  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
and  forty  ($240.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  31.  Job  Printing  Exclusively. — Every  person,  firm,  association, 
or  corporation  engaged  in  conducting  the  business  of  job  printing  exclusi- 
vely, in  said  city  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on 
such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  recipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen  thousand  ($15,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  ($45,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ninety  ($90.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  forty-five  thousand  ($45,- 
000  00)  dollars,  or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty  ($250.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  32.  Manufacturing  of  Liquors  and  Alcoholic  Beverages,  Manu- 
facturers of  Soft  Drinks. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
engaged  in  the  business  of  manufacturing  spirituous  liquors  or  alcoholic 
beverages,  or  in  manufacturing  soft  beverages,  such  as  soda  water  and  all 
similar  liquors,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on 
such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  monthly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  five  hundred  ($500.00) 
dollars  per  month,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

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jr  over  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00)  dollars  per  quarter 

Those  whose  monthly  gross  receipts  are  one  thousand  ($1000.0U)  dol- 
lars or  over  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25.00)  dollars  per  quarter 

Those  whose  monthly  gross  receipts  are  three  thousand  ($5000.00)  dol- 
lars or  over,  and  do  not  exceed  four  thousand  ($4000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  monthly  gross  receipts  are  four  thousand  ($4000.00)  dol- 
lars or  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 


Section  33.  Brick  Yard,  Pressed- Brick  Plants,  Planing  a*a  xEo, 

Yards,  Foundries,  and  Machine  Shops,  Wholesale  Butcher  Establish- 
ments! Packing:  Houses,  Packing  House  Agencies,  and  Undertakers.— 

Every  person,  firm,  sssociation,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of 
operating  or  conducting  a brick  yard,  pressed-brick  plant,  planing  mill, 
lumber  yard,  foundry  and  machine  shop,  wholesale  butcher  establishment, 
packing  house,  packing  house  agency,  or  any  exclusive  dealer  in  any  of 
the  products  thereof,  in  said  city,  and  any  and  all  persons,  firms,  associations, 
or  corporations  engaged  in  the  undertaking  bus. ness,  in  sa.ci  City,  snail  pay 
for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the 
schedule  hereinbefore  recited  in  Section  20  of  this  ordinance. 


Section  34.  Draymen,  City  Express  and  Job  Wagons,  Bootblack 
Stands,  and  Barber  Shops.— Every  person,  firm  association,  or  corpora- 
tion engaged  in  carrying  on  the  business  of  draying,  running  city  express 
and  job  wagon,  or  wagons,  keeping  a bootblack  stand,  or  conducting  a 
barber  shop  in  said  city,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to 
carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  m this 
section.  . , _ r ... 

Those  engaged  in  the  business  of  draying  shall  pay  for  such  license 
the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  first  dray,  and  shall 
pay  the  sum  of  two  ($2.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  each  additional 

dray.  . . . 

Those  engaged  in  the  business  of  running  city  express  wagons  or  job 
wagons,  or  transferring  or  hauling  trunks  or  baggage  or  passengers  for 
hire  by  means  of  any  wagon,  buggy,  bus,  hand  cart,  or  truck,  hack,  or  any 
other  vehicle  or  contrivance,  in  said  city,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum 
of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  first  wagon,  and  shall  pay 
the  sum  of  two  ($2.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  each  additional 
wagon. 

Those  engaged  in  the  business  of  conducting  a barber  shop  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  ($2.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  first  chair, 
one  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($1.50)  dollars  per  quarter  for  the  second  chair, 
and  one  ($1.00)  dollar  per  quarter  for  each  and  everv  other  chair  used  or 
operated  therein. 

Those  engaged  in  running  a bootblack  stand  shall  pay  for  such  license 
the  sum  of  one  ($1.00)  dollar  per  quarter  for  running  the  first  chair,  and 
shall  pay  the  sum  of  fifty  (50c)  cents  per  quarter  for  running  each  addi- 
tional chair. 

Section  35. — Steam  Laundries,  Retail  Butchers,  Building  and  Loan 
Associations,  Loan  and  Trust  Companies,  Patent  Medicine  Agencies, 
Livery  Stables,  Garages,  Livestock  Corrals,  Tanneries,  Oil  Refineries,  Oil 
Tanks,  Abstract  Companies,  Searchers  of  Records,  Tamale  Parlors,  Saddle 
and  Harness  Factories,  Automobile  and  Carriage  Painting  and  Sign  Paint- 
ing Establishments,  Ore-Purchasing  and  Smelting  Works,  Collecting 
Agencies,  and  Public  Accountants. 

Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation,  engaged  in,  carrying  on, 


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conducting,  maintaining,  or  pursuing  any  of  the  following  named  occupa- 
tions or  businesses  in  said  City  to-wit:  Steam  laundry,  retail  butcher  shop,, 
live-stock,  corral,  livery  stable,  automobile  garage,  tannery,  oil  refinery,  oil 
tank,  tamale  parlor  or  stand,  saddle  and  harness  factory,  automobile  and 
carriage  painting  and  sign  painting  establishment,  ore-purchasing  and 
smelting  works,  collection  agency,  public  accountants,  selling  abstracts  of 
title  to  real  property,  and  every  building  and  loan  association,  loan  and 
trust  company,  patent  medicine  company,  or  abstract  company,  doing  busi- 
ness, maintaining  an  agency,  or  operating  in  said  city,  shall  pay  for  and 
obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinbefore  recited  in  Section  20  of  said  Ordinance.  (As  amended  by  Ordi- 
nance No.  269.) 

Section  36.  Circuses,  Caravans,  or  Menageries. — Every  person,  firm, 
association,  or  corporation  who  shall  exhibit  any  circus,  caravan,  or 
menagerie  in  this  said  City  of  Reno,  or  exhibit  or  advertise  the  same  by 
parading  through,  upon,  or  over  any  of  the  public  streets  of  said  city,  shall 
pay  for  and  obtain  a license  so  to  do,  in  advance,  and  shall  pay  for  such 
license  for  each  exhibition,  performance,  or  parade,  as  follows: 

Those  having  twenty  (20)  cars  or  less,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars  for  each  and  every  performance,  and  shall  pay 
for  such  license  for  each  and  every  parade  through,  over,  or  upon  any  of 
the  public  streets  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars. 

Those  having  over  twenty  cars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars  for  each  and  every  performance,  and  shall 
pay  for  such  license  for  each  and  every  parade  through,  over,  or  upon  any 
of  the  public  streets  the  sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  ($75.00)  dollars. 

Section  37.  Theaters. — The  owner,  lessee,  or  manager  of  any  theater,  or 
hall  used  for  theatrical  purposes,  concerts,  skating  rink,  or  any  public  enter- 
tainment, not  showing  moving  pictures,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a license  for 
such  performance,  for  which  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  at  the  rate  of,  if 
charged  by  the  day,  five  dollars,  or  if  charged  by  the  quarter,  as  per  the 
schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  dol- 
lars, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  dollars 
and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  dollars 
and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum 
of  ten  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  dollars 
and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum 
of  fifteen  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  dollars  and 
do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum 
c Tf  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand  dollars 
and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  dol- 
lars per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Provided,  however,  that  when  fifty  per  cent,  or  more,  of  the  net  pro- 
ceeds is  given  in  aid  of  any  local  educational  or  charitable  purpose,  no 
license  shall  be  required.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  254. ) 

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manager  of  any  moving  picture  theater,  or  place  where  moving  pictures 
are  shown  alone  or  in  conjunction  with  other  theatrical  performances  or 
entertainment,  and  for  which  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  shall  pay  for 
and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  do  not  exceed  one  thousand 
dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  dollars 

and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  dollars 
and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum 
of  ten  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  dollars 

and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 

sum  of  fifteen  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  dollars 
and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the 
sum  of  twenty  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand  dol- 
lars and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  dollars 
per  quarter,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  dollars  per 
quarter. 

If  such  performance  be  by  the  day,  the  sum  of  five  dollars  per  day 
shall  be  paid  for  such  license;  provided,  however,  that  when  fifty  per  cent, 
or  more,  of  the  net  proceeds  from  such  performance  is  given  in  aid  of  any 
local  educational  or  charitable  purposes,  no  license  shall  be  required.  (As 
amended  by  Ordinance  No.  254.) 

Section  39.  Other  Performances. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation  engaged  in  exhibiting  any  carnival,  or  other  performance,  in 
the  open  air  or  under  a tent,  within  the  limits  of  said  city — excepting  a 
circus,  caravan,  or  menagerie — where  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  shall 
pay  for  and  obtain  a license  for  conducting  the  same,  and  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars  per  day;  provided,  however, 
that  when  fifty  (50)  per  cent,  or  more,  of  the  net  proceeds  from  such  per- 
formance is  given  in  aid  of  any  local  educational  or  charitable  purpose,  no 
license  shall  be  required. 

Section  40.  Merry-Go-Round. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  conducting  a merry-go-round  in 
said  city  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a license  for  conducting  the  same,  and 
shall  pay  for  such  license,  if  by  the  day,  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per 
day,  and  if  by  the  quarter,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this 
section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  five  hundred  ($500.00) 
dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  hundred  ($500.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  forty  ($40.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  one  thousand  ($1000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  three  thousand  ($3000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  sixty  ($60.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 


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such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  ($160.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty  ($240.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  twenty  thousand  ($20,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  sixty  ($360.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and 
eighty  ($480.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Section  41.  Auctioneers. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corpor- 
ation engaged  in  the  business  of  selling  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or 
other  personal  property,  or  real  estate,  at  auction  or  public  outcry,  in  said 
city,  shall  obtain  a license  to  carry  on  or  conduct  such  business,  and  shall 
pay  for  such  license,  if  by  the  day,  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars  per  day; 
if  by  the  month,  the  sum  of  seventy-five  ($75.00)  dollars  per  month;  and 
if  by  the  quarter,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  five  thousand  ($5,- 
000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and 
fifty  ’($150.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  three  hundred  ($300.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  ($15,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  ($450.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen  thousand  ($15,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and  fifty  ($750.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirteen  hundred  and 
fifty  ($1350.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Provided,  however,  that  any  person  may  sell  at  auction  or  public  out- 
cry— where  the  same  is  not  shipped  into  the  City  of  Reno  for  the  purpose 
of  such  sale — any  such  property,  job-lot  and  in  limited  quantities,  outside 
and  away  from  any  place  of  business  established,  fixed,  or  maintained  for 
that  purpose,  by  paying  a quarterly  license,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter 
recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  thirty-seven  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($37.50) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 


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000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seventy-five  ($75.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen  thousand  ($15,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($125.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  (45,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($225.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  forty-five  thousand  ($45,- 
000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  six  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  ($625.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Provided,  however,  that  any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
may  sell  at  public  auction  any  stock  of  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  or  other 
personal  property,  without  paying  a license  therefor,  when  such  person, 
firm,  association,  or  corporation  has  failed  in  business,  where  said  business 
had,  prior  to  such  failure,  been  conducted  in  said  city  for  a period  of  six  (6) 
months. 

Section  42.  Fortune  Tellers,  Spiritualists,  Mediums,  Clairvoyants, 
Astrologers,  Palmists,  and  Phrenologists. — Every  person,  firm,  association, 
or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  or  occupation  of  fortune  telling, 
spiritualism,  acting  as  medium,  clairvoyancy,  astrology,  palmistry,  or  phre- 
nology, shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  busi- 
ness, as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  three  thousand 
($3,000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  three  hundred 
($300.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  fifty  ($450.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  six  hundred  ($600.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  nine  hundred  ($900.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen  thousand  ($15,- 
000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred 
($1500.00)  dollars  per  quarter.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  252.) 

Section  43.  Hawkers  and  Peddlers. — Every  itinerant  street  hawker, 
peddler,  or  vendor  of  dry  goods,  groceries,  meats,  cigars,  tobacco,  jewelry, 
or  other  merchandise,  and  every  traveling  photographer  who  solicits  busi- 
ness from  house  to  house  and  every  person  engaged  in  the  business  or  occu- 
pation of  itinerant  hawking  or  peddling,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a license 
to  carry  on  such  business,  as  follows,  to-wit: 

For  a license  to  carry  on  such  business  for  any  period  of  time  less  than 
one  month,  he,  they,  or  it  shall  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars 
per  day. 

For  a monthly  license  to  carry  on  such  business — which  shall  date 
from  the  first  day  of  the  month  in  which  the  business  is  transacted — he, 
they,  or  it  shall  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars. 

For  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  he,  they  or  it  shall 
pay  therefor  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  three  thousand 
($3000  00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  eighty  ($80.00)  dollars 
per  quarter. 


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Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  ($160.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  forty  ($240.00)  dollars  per 
quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen  thousand  ($15,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  four  hundred  ($400.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  ($45,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  and  twenty  ($720.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  forty-five  thousand 
($45,000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  two  thousand 
($2000.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation,  other  than  itinerant 
vendors,  engaged  in  the  business  or  occupation  of  selling  or  disposing  of 
at  retail,  for  a commission  or  otherwise,  or  in  any  manner  other  than  at  a 
fixed  place  of  business,  any  goods,  wares,  merchandise,  jewelry,  dry  goods, 
meat,  cigars,  groceries,  tobacco,  fruit,  vegetables  or  any  products  of  the 
farm — except  as  hereinafter  provided — shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly 
license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited 
in  this  section. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  less  than  three  thousand 
($3000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  fifteen  ($15.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  three  thousand  ($3000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  twenty-two  and  fifty  one-hundredths  ($22.50)  dollars  per 


4uai  iu. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  five  thousand  ($5000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay  for 
such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00) 
dollars  and  do  not  exceed  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars,  shall  pay 
for  such  license  the  sum  of  forty-five  ($45.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  fifteen  thousand  ($15,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  thirty  thousand  ($30,000.00)  dollars,  shall 
pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  seventy-five  ($75.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  thirty  thousand  ($30,- 
000.00)  dollars  and  do  not  exceed  forty-five  thousand  ($45,000.00)  dollars, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-five  ($135.00) 
dollars  per  quarter. 

Those  whose  quarterly  gross  receipts  are  over  forty-five  thousand 
($45,000.00)  dollars  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  three  hundred 
and  seventy-five  ($375.00)  dollars  per  quarter. 

Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  shall  apply  to  any  farmer  or  pro- 
ducer who  sells  or  disposes  of  his  or  her  own  agricultural  products,  includ- 
ing beef,  mutton,  or  pork  in  quantities  not  less  than  by  the  quarter,  when 
such  products  are  produced  in  the  State  of  Nevada. 


Section  44.  Automobiles. — (Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  196.) 


Section  45.  Slot  Machines. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  co-part- 


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nership,  or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  running,  operating,  or 
conducting  slot  machines,  for  gain  or  profit,  for  the  purpose  of  vending 
and  disposing  of  merchandise  only,  within  the  said  City  of  Reno,  shall  pay 
for  and  obtain  a license  so  to  do,  in  advance,  and  shall  pay  for  such  license 
as  follows,  to-wit: 

Any  person,  firm,  association,  co-partnership,  or  corporation  engaged 
in  the  business  of  running,  conducting,  keeping,  or  maintaining  any  slot 
machine,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid,  where  such  machine  has  but  one  handle, 
shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for 
each  and  every  machine  so  operated,  with  but  one  handle.  For  each  and 
every  slot  machine  having  more  than  one  handle,  such  person,  firm,  associ- 
ation, co-partnership,  or  corporation  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum 
of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  each  additional  handle  on  each 
and  every  such  machine  so  operated;  provided,  that  such  license  shall  not 
authorize  the  conducting,  running,  playing  or  maintaining  any  such  slot 
machine  played  for  money,  or  for  checks  or  tokens  redeemable  in  money, 
and  that  no  checks  issued  redeemable  in  merchandise,  shall  be  redeemed, 
directly  or  indirectly,  in  money. 

Section  46.  Life,  Fire,  and  Accident  Insurance  Companies  and  Surety 
Companies. — Every  agent  of  any  life,  fire,  or  accident  insurance  company, 
or  companies,  and  every  agent  of  any  surety  company,  or  companies,  shall 
pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per 
the  schedule  hereinbefore  recited  in  Section  22  of  this  ordinance.  (As 
amended  by  Ordinance  No.  219.) 

Section  47.  Blacksmithing,  Horse-Shoeing,  and  Wagon  Making.— 

Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  engaged  in  carrying  on  the 
business  of  blacksmith  work  and  horse-shoeing  combined,  wagon-making,  or 
horse-shoeing,  in  said  city,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to 
carry  on  such  business,  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Those  engaged  in  the  business  of  blacksmith  work  and  horse-shoeing 
combined  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quar- 
ter for  running  first  fire,  and  two  ($2.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running 
each  additional  fire. 

Those  engaged  in  the  business  of  wagon  making  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  first  fire,  and 
two  ($2.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  each  additional  fire. 

Those  engaged  in  the  business  of  horse-shoeing  shall  pay  for  such 
license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  first  fire,  and 
two  ($2.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for  running  each  additional  fire. 

Section  48.  Billiard,  Pool,  and  Shuffle-Board  Keepers. — Every  per- 
son, firm,  association,  or  corporation,  carrying  on,  maintaining,  conducting, 
or  pursuing  any  of  the  following  named  occupations  or  businesses,  to-wit: 
Billiard-table  keeper,  pool-table  keeper,  shuffle-board  keeper,  or  keeper  of 
any  game  played  with  ball  and  cue  or  other  mechanical  device — other  than 
slot  machines  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such 
business,  and  shall  pay  therefor  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter 
for  each  and  every  first  table  or  game;  two  ($2.00)  dollars  per  quarter  for 
each  and  every  second  table  or  game;  and  one  ($1.00)  dollar  per  quarter  for 
each  and  every  additional  table  or  game. 

Section  49.  Bill  Posters. — Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corpora- 
tion engaged  in  the  business  or  occupation  of  posting,  by  tacking,  pasting, 
painting,  or  otherwise,  in  said  city  any  advertising  matter,  bills,  posters,  or 
pictures,  or  other  things  whatsoever  advertising  the  business  of  any  person, 
nrm,  association,  or  corporation,  or  any  publisher,  manufacturer,  or  person 
or  persons  engaged  in  any  business  or  industrial  pursuit,  or  operas,  theaters. 


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shows,  circuses,  or  other  exhibitions,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly 
license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinbefore  recited 
in  Section  31  of  this  ordinance. 

Provided,  that  nothing  in  this  section  contained  shall  apply  to  the 
painting  of  any  store,  office,  or  other  sign  by  sign  painters;  nor  to  any 
person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  when  distributing  its  own  hand 
bills,  containing  the  advertisement  of  his,  or  its,  own  business,  and  nothing 
else,  from  house  to  house,  or  among  individuals  upon  the  streets;  nor  to 
any  church  or  charitable  or  benevolent  society,  or  person  representing  the 
same,  while  engaged  in  advertising  such  work  only;  nor  to  any  political 
organization  engaged  in  distributing  its  printed  matter;  nor  to  any  person 
posting  legal  notices,  as  public  officers  or  attorneys. 

Section  50.  It  is  the  meaning  and  intention  of  this  ordinance  that  all 
licenses  procured  under  said  ordinance,  by  the  quarter,  shall  fall  due  on 
each  calendar  quarter;  and  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  so  have  such  licenses  arranged  as  to  have  the 
same  begin  and  end  on  a quarter,  as  hereinbefore  stated.  Said  City  Clerk 
is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  issue  licenses  for  a fractional  quarter, 
by  having  the  applicant  pay  for  said  fractional  quarter  in  connection  with 
the  quarter  to  immediately  follow  said  fractional  part  of  quarter. 

Section  51.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinanc  shall  go  into  'effect  im- 
mediately after  its  passage,  adoption,  and  publication  for  the  period  of  one 
week;  provided,  that  all  licenses  issued  prior  to  the  taking  effect  of  this 
ordinance,  for  any  quarter,  month,  week,  or  day,  shall  hold  good  for  such 
quarter,  month,  week,  or  day,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Section  52.  The  licenses  required  by  this  ordinance  to  be  issued  shall 
be  classified  as  follows,  and  every  license  issued  in  greater  or  less  sums 
than  those  specified  in  the  following  table  shall  fall  in  the  class  nearest  to 
it  in  amount,  and  if  the  division  be  equal  between  two  figures,  then  it  shall 
fall  within  the  lower  of  the  two;  and  each  license  shall  show  on  its  face, 
when  issued,  its  class  and  number,  and  the  stub  thereof  in  the  City  License 
Register  shall  show  the  same: 


Per  Quarter.  Class. 

License  at  $500.00 No.  1 

License  at  $150.00 No.  2 

License  at  $112.50 No.  3 

License  at  $80.00 No.  4 

License  at  $75.00 No.  5 

License  at  $70.00 No.  6 

License  at  $60.00 No.  7 

License  at  $50.00 No.  8 

License  at  $45.00 No.  9 

License  at  $40.00 No.  10 

License  at  $30.00 No.  11 

License  at  $25.00 No.  12 

License  at  $20.00 No.  13 

License  at  $15.00 No.  14 

License  at  $12.50 No.  15 

License  at  $10.00 No.  16 

License  at  $ 7.50 No.  17 

License  at  $ 5.00 No.  18 

License  at  $ 3.00 No.  19 

Per  Month.  Class. 

License  at  $250.00 No.  20 

License  at  $ 30.00 No.  21 


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Per  Week.  Class. 

License  at  $50.00 - No.  22 

Per  Day.  Class. 

License  at  $50.00  for  one  performance,  when  twenty  cars  or  less No.  23 


License  at  $100.00  for  one  performance,  when  more  than  twenty  cars. .No.  24 


Per  Day.  Class. 

License  at  $20.00 —No.  25 

License  at  $15.00 No.  26 

License  at  $10.00 - No.  27 

License  at  $ 5.00 : No.  28 


Section  53.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 


Section  54.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  on  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption,  and  publication  for  the  period  of  one  week  in  the  Nevada  State 
Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno, 
Nevada. 

Section  55.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No. 
195  published  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and 
published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  13th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the  fol- 
lowing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada. 


BILL  NO.  225. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  196. 

An  Ordinance  To  Fix,  Impose,  and  Provide  for  the  Collection  of  a License 
Tax  Upon  Rent  Service  Cars,  and  To  Regulate  the  Operation  and 
Running  of  the  Same  Within  the  City  of  Reno;  To  Fix  a Penalty  for 
the  Violation  of  Its  Provisions;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and 
Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith,  and  Particularly  Section 
44  of  City  Ordinance  Number  195,  Entitled  “An  Ordinance  To  Amend, 
Revise  and  Re-Enact  the  Title  of,  and  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re- 
Enact,  City  Ordinance  Number  82,  Entitled  “An  Ordinance  To  Fix, 
Impose,  and  Collect  a License  Tax  On  Certain  Trades,  Business, 
Occupations,  Callings  and  Amusements  In  the  City  of  Reno;  To  Regu- 
late and  Classify  the  Same,  To  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof; 
To  Define  the  Duties  of  Certain  officers  In  Connection  Therewith, 
and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict 
Therewith/’  Passed  and  Adopted  October  28,  1907;  and  To  Repeal  All 
Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith.”  Passed 
and  Adopted  December  13,  1915. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 


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Section  1.  Definition  of  Terms.— Unless  it  appears  from  the  context 
that  a different  meaning  is  intended,  the  following  words  shall  have  the 
meaning  attached  to  them  by  this  section.  u , 

(a.)  A “rent  service  car”  shall  mean  and  include  any  self-propelled 
motor  vehicle,  other  than  a street-car,  employed  in  the  business  of  carrying 
passengers  for  hire  within  the  City  of  Reno  and  not  operated  over  nxed 
routes  or  between  certain  definite  points. 

(b.)  “Person”  shall  mean  and  include  both  the  singular  and  the 
plural,  and  shall  embrace  each  and  every  person,  firm,  corporation,  or  asso- 
ciation of  persons. 


Section  2.  Application  for  License.— -Any  person  desiring  to  engage 
in  the  business  of  operating  a rent  service  car  within  the  City  of  Reno 
shall  file  with  the  City  Clerk  a written  application  for  a license  so  to  do, 
which  application  shall  set  forth:  . 

(a.)  The  type  of  vehicle  and  the  name  under  which  the  same  is  manu- 
factured or  sold,  or  commonly  known. 

(b.)  The  horse-power  thereof; 

(c.)  The  factory  number  thereof; 

(d.)  The  state,  county,  or  city  license  number  thereof; 

(e.)  The  seating  capacity  thereof  according  to  its  trade  rating,  or  the 
actual  seating  capacity  thereof  in  case  the  same  has  been  altered,  recon- 
structed, or  privately  built;  . , . 

(f.)  The  name  of  the  owner,  lessee,  or  person  having,  the  control 
thereof,  and  the  name  and  age  of  the  person  or  persons  to  be  in  immediate 
charge  thereof,  as  operator  or  chauffeur; 

(g.)  That  the  operator  or  chauffeur  is  physically  qualified  to  safely 
operate  a rent  service  car,  and  that  he  has  good  sight  and  hearing, 

(h.)  The  signature  of  each  applicant  and  of  the  person  or  persons  to 
be  in  immediate  charge  of  such  rent  service  car,  as  operator  or  chauffeur, 
as  provided  in  Subdivision  (f.)  supra,  shall  be  acknowledged  before  a 
Notary  Public,  or  some  other  officer  or  magistrate  duly  authorized  to 
administer  oaths. 


Section  3.  Indemnity  Bond  To  Be  Furnished.— (Repealed  by  City 
Ordinance  No.  199.) 


Section  4.  Presentation  To  City  Council. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  City  Clerk  to  present  the  application  with  him  filed,  as  hereinbefore 
provided,  to  the  City  Council  at  its  first  meeting  subsequent  to  such  filing; 
and  the  City  Council  shall  thereupon  grant,  such  license,  when  it  appears 
that  all  of  the  terms,  conditions,  and  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  made 
and  prescribed,  have  been  met  and  fully  complied  with.  (As  amended  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  199.) 


Section  5.  City  Clerk  To  Issue  Licenses. — Upon  the  City  Council 
granting  a license  as  hereinbefore  provided,  the  City  Clerk  shall  issue  the 
same  upon  the  payment,  in  advance,  of  a quarterly  license  tax  as  follows: 
For  each  rent  service  car  operated,  up  to  and  including  a 7-passenger 
car,  according  to  the  trade  rating  of  such  rent  service  car,  or  the  actual 
seating  capacity  thereof,  in  case  the  same  has  been  altered,  re-constructed, 
or  privately  built,  the  sum  of  Ten  ($10.00)  Dollars,  and  in  addition  thereto 
the  further  sum  of  One  ($1.00)  Dollar  per  the  seating  capacity  for  each 
individual  passenger  over  and  above  its  7-passenger  capacity,  according 
to  the  trade  rating  of  such  rent  service  car,  or  the  actual  seating  capacity 
thereof,  in  case  the  same  has  been  altered,  reconstructed,  or  privately  built. 
(As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  267.) 

Section  6.  Operators  and  Chauffeurs  To  Procure  Badges.— All  opera- 


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tors  and  chauffeurs  named  in  the  application  for  a rent  service  car  license, 
as  hereinbefore  provided,  shall  have  issued  to  them  by  the  City  Clerk  a 
numbered  General  Service  Badge,  which  shall  be  worn  in  a conspicuous 
place  by  the  operator  or  chauffeur,  for  which  badge  there  shall  be  deposited 
with  the  City  Clerk  the  sum  of  one  ($1.00)  dollar,  which  shall  be  repaid 
to  the  operator  or  chauffeur  upon  the  surrender  of  said  badge.  It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  wear  such  badge,  except  the  operator  or 
chauffeur  of  such  rent  service  car,  or  after  the  term  of  the  license  has 
expired. 

Section  7.  Age  of  Operator  Or  Chauffeur. — No  person  under  the  age 
of  sixteen  (16)  years  shall  be  licensed  or  allowed  to  operate  a rent  service 
car  within  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  8.  Penalty. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  con- 
viction thereof,  shall  be  fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  twenty  ($20.00) 
dollars  nor  more  than  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars,  and  in  default  of  the 
payment  thereof,  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  one 
day  for  each  two  ($2.00)  dollars  of  such  fine  remaining  unpaid. 

Section  9.  When  Revoked. — If  any  operator  or  chauffeur  of  a rent 
service  car  shall  have  been  arrested  and  convicted  a third  time  for  violation 
of  this  or  any  other  ordinance  of  the  City  of  Reno  relating  to  the  driving 
and  operating  of  automobiles,  then,  and  in  such  case,  his,  or  her,  license 
shall  be  revoked,  and  another  license  shall  not  be  issued  to  such  person 
again  to  drive  or  operate  a rent  service  car  within  said  city. 

Section  10.  Separate  Offenses. — Each  and  every  day’s  violation  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  by  any  operator,  chauffeur,  or  owner  of  any 
rent  service  car,  shall  constitute  a separate,  distinct  offense. 

Section  11.  Purpose  of  Ordinance. — This  ordinance  is  hereby  declared 
to  be  passed  and  adopted  both  for  the  purpose  of  revenue  and  for  the  regu- 
lation of  the  business  herein  legislated  upon. 

Section  12.  Repealing  Clause. — All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  shall  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby  repealed, 
and  particularly  Section  44  of  City  Ordinance  Number  195,  entitled  “An 
ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  the  title  of  and  amend,  revise, 
and  re-enact,  City  Ordinance  Number  82,  entitled  ‘An  ordinance  to  fix, 
impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades,  business,  occupations, 
callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the 
same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of 
certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith/  passed  and  adopted  October  28, 
1907;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  there- 
with,” passed  and  adopted  December  13,  1915. 

Section  13.  When  In  Effect. — This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and 
effect  from  and  after  its  passage,  approval  and  publication. 

Section  14.  Publication. — The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City 
Council  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  No. 
196  published  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and 
published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  27th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the 
following  vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Twaddle. 

Nays — Burrows. 


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Absent — Nelson. 

Approved  this  27th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


T R PARRY 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  227. 


CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  198. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  City  Ordinance  Number 
104  Entitled  ‘‘An  Ordinance  To  Regulate  and  Govern  the  Conducting 
of  Billiard  Halls  and  Pool  Rooms  In  the  City  of  Reno,  and  Matters 
Pertaining  Thereto  and  the  Penalty  for  the  Violating  of  the  Same, 
Passed  and  Adopted  February  24,  1909;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances 
and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith  and  More  Particularly 
City  Ordinance  Number  51,  Entitled  “An  Ordinance  To  Prohibit 
Minors  from  Visiting  Or  Frequenting  Billiard  Halls,  Pool  Rooms, 
Saloon  and  Gambling  Houses,  and  Other  Matters  Relating  Thereto; 
Fixing  a Penalty  for  Violation  Thereof,  and  Repealing  All  Ordi-^ 
nances  In  Conflict  Therewith”  Passed  and  Adopted  January  22,  1906. 


The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 


Section  1.  City  Ordinance  Number  104,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to 
regulate  and  govern  the  conducting  of  Billiard  Halls  and  Pool  Rooms  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  and  matters  pertaining  thereto  and  the  penalty  for  the 
violating  of  the  same,”  passed  and  adopted  February  24,  1909,  is  hereby 
amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows. 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation  owning  or  conducting  any  licensed  billiard  or  pool  room  to 
permit  or  allow  any  minor  under  the  age  of  seventeen  years  to  visit, 
frequent,  or  remain  in  or  about  any  such  billiard  or  pool  room,  or  to  play 
at  billiards  or  pool  therein;  and  it  shall  further  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
firm  association,  or  corporation  owning  or  conducting  any  licensed  billiard 
or  pool  room  to  permit  or  allow  any  minor  of  the  age  of  seventeen  years 
or  over,  and  under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  to  visit,  frequent,  or  remain 
in  or  about  any  such  billiard  or  pool  room,  or  to  play  at  billiards  or  pool 
therein,  without  having  the  written  consent  of  the  parent  or  guardian  of 
such  minor. 


Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  minor  under  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  (21)  years,  for  the  purpose  of  resorting  to  or  frequenting  any  licensed 
billiard  or  pool  room,  to  represent  himself,  or  herself,  to  be  twenty-one 
(21)  years  of  age,  or  over,  when,  in  fact  he  or  she  is  not. 


Section  3.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction  thereof 
before  the  Police  Judge  of  said  city,  shall  be  fined  in  any ^ sum  not  less 
than  twenty-five  ($25)  dollars  nor  more  than  two  hundred  ($200.00)  dollars, 
or  shall  be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  of  said  city  for  any  term  not  less 
than  twenty-five  (25)  days  nor  more  than  one  hundred  (100)  days,  or  by 
both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 


Section  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with, and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  Number  51,  entitled  “An  ordi- 


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nance  to  prohibit  minors  from  visiting  or  frequenting  billiard  halls,  pool 
rooms,  saloon  and  gambling  houses,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto; 
fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith/’  passed  and  adopted  January  22,  1906,  are  hereby 
repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption,  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances,  as  authorized 
by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution  of  November  22, 
1915. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
No.  198  printed  and  published  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances,  as  author- 
ized by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution  of  November 
22,  1915. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  27th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915,  by  the 
following  vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Nelson. 

Approved  this  27th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  233. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  203. 

An  Ordinance  To  Provide  for  the  Removal  of  Snow  and  Ice  from  the  Side- 
walks In  the  City  of  Reno;  To  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof; 
and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict 
Therewith,  and  More  Particularly  City  Ordinance  Number  14,  En- 
titled “An  Ordinance  Providing  for  the  Cleaning  of  Sidewalks,”  Passed 
and  Adopted  December  15,  1903. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Snow  and  Ice  To  Be  Removed. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  owning,  having  charge  or  control  of,  or  occupying  any  property, 
building,  lot,  part  of  lot,  land,  or  real  estate  abutting  on  any  street  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  fail,  refuse,  or  neglect  to  remove,  or  cause  to  be  removed, 
all  ice  or  snow  resulting  from  storm,  within  twenty-four  hours  after  the 
cessation  of  such  storm,  from  the  sidewalk,  or  sidewalks,  in  front  of  such 
property,  building,  lot,  part  of  lot,  land,  or  real  estate.  In  case  of  such 
failure,  refusal,  or  neglect,  the  Superintendent  of  Streets  shall  cause  the 
removal  of  the  snow  or  ice  and  charge  the  cost  thereof  to  the  property. 

Section  2.  Penalty. — Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not.  to 
exceed  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail 
not  exceeding  thirty  (30)  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  3.  Repealing  Clause. — All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  No. 
14,  entitled  “An  ordinance  providing  for  the  cleaning  of  sidewalks,”  passed 
and  adopted  December  15,  1903,  are  hereby  repealed. 


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Section  4.  When  In  Effect. — This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  adoption,  and  publication  for  the  period  of  one  week 
in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the 
City  of  Reno. 

Section  5.  Publication. — The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City 
Ordinance  No.  203  published  daily,  for  the  period  of  one  week,  in  the 
Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City 
of  Reno. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  14th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1906,  by  the  fol- 
lowing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  14th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1916. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  234. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  204. 

An  Ordinance  To  Prohibit  Excavating,  Grading,  Paving,  Leveling,  Repair- 
ing, Side  walking,  Crosswalking,  Or  Filling  In  Any  Public  Street,  High- 
way, Avenue,  Or  Alley  Within  the  City  Limits,  Without  First  Obtain- 
ing a Written  Permit  To  So  Do  and  Giving  a Bond  To  Replace  the 
Street  in  Proper  Condition  Within  the  Time  Specified  in  Such  Permit; 
To  Provide  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof;  and  To  Repeal  All 
Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Permit. — No  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  shall 
excavate,  grade,  pave,  level,  repair,  sidewalk,  crosswalk  or  fill  in,  in  any  public 
street,  highway,  avenue,  or  alley  within  the  city  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
without  first  obtaining  a written  permit  so  to  do  from  the  City  Engineer  of 
the  City  of  Reno,  which  permit  shall  state  the  time  within  which  such  exca- 
vating, grading,  paving,  leveling,  repairing,  sidewalking,  crosswalking,  or 
filling  shall  be  done. 

Section  2.  Bond. — Any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  obtain- 
ing a permit  for  any  of  the  purposes  designated  in  Section  1 of  this  ordi- 
nance shall,  before  renewing  or  in  any  manner  changing  the  surface  of  the 
street,  highway,  avenue,  or  alley,  execute  to  the  City  of  Reno  a bond,  to 
be  approved  by  the  City  Engineer  of  the  City  of  Reno,  in  such  sum  as  shall 
be  designated  by  said  City  Engineer  as  necessary  for  the  proper  protec- 
tion of  said  city,  conditioned  that  the  obligors  of  said  bond  will  pay  to  the 
City  of  Reno  the  amount  of  said  bond,  should  the  person  obtaining  such 
permit  fail,  neglect,  or  refuse  to  complete  the  excavating,  grading,  paving, 
leveling,  repairing,  sidewalking,  crosswalking,  or  filling  in  the  public 
street,  highway,  avenue,  or  alley,  for  which  such  permit  was  obtained, 
within  the  time  stated  in  said  permit,  or  fail,  neglect,  or  refuse  to  restore 
the  street,  highway,  avenue,  or  alley  in  proper  condition  to  the  satisfaction 
of  said  City  Engineer  after  the  work  provided  for  in  said  permit  has  been 
finished;  provided,  however,  that  instead  of  special  bonds  to  cover  par- 


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ticular  work,  any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  intending  to 
make  excavations  in  public  streets,  alleys,  or  any  public  places  in  the  City 
of  Reno  may  make  and  maintain  with  the  City  of  Reno  a general  bond  in 
the  sum  of  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  which  said  general  bond  shall 
be  conditioned  and  used  for  the  same  purpose  as  the  special  bond  herein- 
before described  in  this  section,  covering  all  work  to  be  done  instead  of 
any  particular  piece  of  work;  and  while  such  general  bond  is  maintained 
at  the  said  sum  of  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  such  person,  firm, 
association,  or  corporation  shall  not  be  required  to  make  the  special  bond 
hereinbefore  in  this  section  provided,  but  shall  be  required  to  comply  with 
all  the  other  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  3.  Penalty. — Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  of  said  city  not  exceeding  six  months, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  4.  Repealing  Clause. — All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  5.  When  In  Effect. — This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  adoption,  and  publication  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal, 
a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  6.  Publication. — The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City 
Ordinance  Number  204  published  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily 
newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of 
one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  14th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1916,  by  the  fol- 
lowing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes— Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  14th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1916. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  235. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  205. 

An  Ordinance  To  Regulate  the  Installation  and  Maintenance  of  Service 
Pipes  Connecting  With  Water  Mains  in  the  City  of  Reno;  To  Fix  a 
Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and 
Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Service  Pipes. — All  service  pipes  connecting  with  water 
mains  in  the  City  of  Reno  hereafter  installed,  repaired,  replaced,  or  main- 
tained, except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  must  be  laid  at  least  two  and 
one-half  (2 y2)  feet  below  the  surface  of  the  ground  and  be  so  arranged 
that  the  supply  to  each  separate  house  or  premises  may  be  controlled  by  a 
separate  stop-cock  placed  within  and  near  the  line  of  the  street  curb;  and 
service  pipes  shall  further  be  so  installed  along  each  and  every  street, 


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avenue,  and  alley  of  the  City  of  Reno,  prior  to  the  paving  or  re-paving, 
macadamizing  or  re-macadamizing,  surfacing  or  re-surfacing  of  the  same, 
upon  reasonable  notice  being  given  to  the  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation  owning  or  in  control  of  such  water  mains  and  service  pipes 
that  such  paving  or  re-paving,  macadamizing  or  re-macadamizing,  surfac- 
ing or  re-surfacing  is  to  be  done. 

Section  2.  Penalty. — Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars, 
or  by  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  of  said  city  not  exceeding  six  months, 
or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  3.  Repealing  Clause. — All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinance* 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  When  In  Effect. — This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  adoption,  and  publication  daily,  for  one  week,  in  the 
Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the 
City  of  Reno. 

Section  5.  Publication. — The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council 
of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City 
Ordinance  Number  205  published  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily 
newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one 
week. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  18th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1916,  by  the 
following  vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilmen  Frank,  Twaddle. 

Approved  this  18th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1916. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  236. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  206. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  the  Title  of,  and  To 
Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  City  Ordinance  Number  85,  Entitled 
“An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Establishment  of  Storage  Oil  Tanks 
Within  the  Fire  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,”  Passed  and  Adopted  April 
13,  1908;  To  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  violation  Thereof;  and  To  Repeal 
All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  title  of  City  Ordinance  Number  85,  entitled  “An  ordi- 
nance regulating  the  establishment  of  storage  oil  tanks  within  the  fire 
limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,”  passed  and  adopted  April  13,  1908,  is  hereby 
amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  keeping,  storage  and  use  of  crude  oil  or 
fuel  petroleum  within  the  City  of  Reno;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation 
thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith. 

Section  2.  City  Ordinance  Number  85,  entitled  “An  ordinance  regu- 


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lating  the  establishment  of  storage  oil  tanks  within  the  fire  limits  of  the 
City  of  Reno,”  passed  and  adopted  April  13,  1908,  is  hereby  amended,  re- 
vised, and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Permit  Required. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm, 
company,  or  corporation  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno 
to  construct  or  maintain  any  plant,  or  use  any  device  or  apparatus  for 
burning  crude  or  fuel  petroleum  or  for  generating  a gas  therefrom  for 
fuel  purposes,  without  first  obtaining  a permit  therefor  from  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno;  provided,  however,  that  the  City  Council  in 
the  granting  or  refusal  of  such  permit  shall  exercise  reasonable  and  sound 
discretion,  taking  into  consideration  the  character  of  the  applicant  for  such 
permit  and  the  intended  location. 

Section  2.  Presentation  of  Application. — Applications,  as  provided  for 
in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  presented  in  writing  and  filed  with 
the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno.  The  applicant,  or  some  one  in  his, 
her,  or  its  behalf,  shall  be  present  at  the  meeting  of  the  City  Council  when 
the  application  is  considered,  and  shall  answer  all  questions  pertaining  to 
the  character  of  the  applicant  and  the  condition  of  the  premises  upon 
which  the  liquids,  as  contained  in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance,  are  purposed 
to  be  stored.  If  the  application  is  granted,  a storage  tank,  as  hereinafter 
provided,  shall  be  installed,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Fire  Chief  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this  ordinance,  and  he  shall 
keep  a record  of  the  location  of  all  such  tanks. 

Section  3.  Tank  Capacity. — No  storage  tank  shall  have  a capacity  in 
excess  of  one  thousand  five  hundred  (1500)  gallons. 

Section  4.  Construction  and  Installation  of  Storage  Tanks. — The  stor- 
age tank  to  be  constructed  of  boiler  iron  or  steel  not  less  than  three- 
sixteenths  (3-16)  of  an  inch  in  thickness,  or  of  concrete,  not  less  than 
six  (6)  inches  in  thickness  and  of  such  consistency  that  it  will  not  leak; 
the  top  of  same  to  be  buried  not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  under  ground,  and 
located  outside  the  foundation  of  any  building,  under  the  sidewalk  close 
to  the  curb  line,  or  if  not  under  the  sidewalk,  not  less  than  twenty  (20) 
feet  distant  from  the  foundation  of  any  building  or  structure.  The  top 
of  the  tank  must  be  below  the  level  of  the  lowest  pipe  at  which  oil  is 
burned.  Filling  pipe,  of  not  exceeding  eight  (8)  inches  in  diameter,  must 
be  closed  by  screw  cap.  The  tank  must  be  ventilated  by  a pipe  not  less 
than  one  (1)  inch  in  diameter,  extending  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above  the 
ground  and  provided  with  a return  bend.  The  oil  must  be  pumped  from 
storage  tank  to  burners;  the  suction  pipe  to  lead  through  the  top  of  the 
tank  and  to  be  provided  with  a shut-ofif  valve  near  burning  point,  inde- 
pendent of  any  valve  that  is  part  of  the  burner. 

(a.)  To  properly  clean  the  tank,  a man-hole  may  be  provided,  which, 
if  provided,  must  be  closed  above  by  a hinged  and  locked  or  bolted  cover, 
and  below  (at  the  top  of  the  tank),  by  a boiler  plate  cover,  flanged  and 
screwed.  The  space  thus  formed  must  be  filled,  while  not  used,  with  sacks 
of  sand  to  prevent  the  accumulation  of  gas.  The  space  between  the  retaining 
walls  and  tank  must  be  filled  solidly  with  earth  or  sand,  so  that  no  vapor 
can  accumulate. 

(b.)  All  storage  tanks  shall  be  placed  in  the  spot  agreed  upon  with 
the  applicant  and  the  Fire  Chief. 

(c.)  Where  the  basement  is  not  excavated  for  basement  use,  the 
top  of  all  storage  tanks  must  be  at  least  four  (4)  feet  below  the  sidewalk; 
the  space  between  the  top  of  the  tank  and  the  sidewalk  shall  be  filled  with 
earth  or  sand. 

(d.)  Where  the  sidewalk  is  excavated  and  used  as  part  of  basement, 


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the  top  of  the  tank  must  be  level  with  or  below  the  boiler  room  floor;  a 
brick  or  concrete  wall,  not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches  in  thickness,  shall 
be  constructed  around  said  storage  tank,  extending  from  the  bottom  of 
tank  up  to  four  (4)  feet  above  the  top  of  said  storage  tank;  the  space 
between  the  top  of  the  tank  and  the  top  of  the  wall  shall  be  filled  with 
earth  or  sand,  the  same  to  be  covered  with  at  least  three  (3)  inches  of 
concrete. 

(e.)  Where  it  is  desired  to  use  all  the  space  under  the  sidewalk  for 
basement  purposes,  the  top  of  the  storage  tank  shall  be  at  least  four  (4) 
feet  below  the  basement  floor.  The  space  between  the  top  of  the  tank  and 
the  basement  floor  shall  be  filled  with  earth,  the  earth  covered  with  a con- 
crete flooring. 

(f.)  The  top  of  all  storage  tanks  must  be  below  the  grate  bars  of  the 
fire  and  must  be  covered  with  four  (4)  feet  of  earth. 

(g.)  No  storage  tank  shall  be  covered  with  earth  until  it  has  been 
inspected  and  approved  by  the  Fire  Chief. 

(h.)  All  tanks  stored  in  basements  under  the  sidewalk's  must  go  close 
to  the  retaining  wall  of  the  street. 

(i.)  All  tanks  must  be  carefully  calked  and  riveted  and  coated  with 
tar  or  other  rust-resisting  material.  All  piping  *nust  be  done  in  the  best 
possible  manner,  and  first-class  material,  only,  must  be  used.  (As  amended 
by  Ordinance  No.  273.) 

Section  5.  Penalty. — Any  person,  or  persons,  firm,  company,  or  cor- 
poration that  violates,  disobeys,  or  refuses  to  comply  with  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and, 
upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  ten 
($10.00)  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  city  jail  of  said  city  not  exceeding  thirty  (30)  days,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  and  the  said  person,  or  persons,  firm, 
company,  or  corporation  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a separate  offense  for 
each  day  that  such  violation,  disobedience,  or  refusal  shall  continue,  and 
shall  be  subject  to  the  punishment  imposed  by  this  ordinance  for  each 
and  every  separate  offense. 

Section  3.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution 
of  November  22,  1915. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  206  published  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution 
of  November  22,  1915. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  13th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1916,  by  the  following- 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1916. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


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BILL  NO.  239. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  209. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  City  Ordinance  Number 

12,  Entitled  “An  Ordinance  Requiring  All  Keepers  of  Hotels  Or  Lodg- 
ing Houses  To  Keep  a Register  of  All  Persons  Occupying  Rooms  in 

Such  Hotels  Or  Lodging  Houses,”  Passed  and  Adopted  November  9, 

1903;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict 

Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  City  Ordinance  Number  12,  entitled  “An  ordinance  requir- 
ing all  keepers  of  hotels  or  lodging  houses  to  keep  a register  of  all  persons 
occupying  rooms  in  such  hotels  or  lodging  houses,”  passed  and  adopted 
November  9,  1903,  is  hereby  amended,  revised  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read 
as  follows: 

Section  1.  Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation,  within  the 
limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  who  keeps,  maintains,  or  controls  any  hotel,  or 
lodging  house,  shall  provide,  keep,  and  maintain  a public  register,  and 
shall  require  every  person  who  rents  or  occupies  a room  in  such  hotel  or 
lodging  house  to  write  in  said  register  his  name  and  place  of  residence; 
such  registration  shall  be  made  upon  a page  of  said  register  properly  dated 
with  reference  to  the  day  of  the  year,  month,  and  week,  and  the  time  of 
day  the  person  rents,  or  arranges  to  occupy,  a room  shall  also  be  therein 
entered. 

Section  2.  Such  hotel  or  lodging  house,  register,  so  kept,  shall  be  open 
to  the  public  at  any  and  all  reasonable  hours,  and  the  pages  thereof  shall, 
upon  demand,  be  open  for  inspection,  or  investigation,  by  any  member  of 
the  police  force  or  other  peace  officer  of  the  City  of  Reno,  immediately 
upon  demand  having  been  made  by  any  such  member  of  the  police  force 
or  other  peace  officer. 

Section  3.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordi- 
nance shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  more 
than  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail 
not  exceeding  ninety  (90)  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Section  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption,  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution 
of  November  22,  1915. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance 
Number  209  published  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution 
of  November  22,  1915. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  13th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1916,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  13th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1916. 


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FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

(Seal.) 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  241. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  211. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  the  Title  of,  and  To 
Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  City  Ordinance  Number  39,  Entitled 
“An  Ordinance  Number  39,  Entitled  “An  Ordinance  To  Regulate  the 
Erection,  Alteration,  and  Repairing  of  Buildings  and  Structures  Within 
the  City  of  Reno  and  To  Require  a Permit  Therefor;  to  Regulate 
Entrances,  Exits,  Halls,  Aisles,  and  Passage  Ways  of  Public  Buildings 
Used  Or  Intended  To  Be  Used  for  Public  Assemblages;  To  Define  the 
Duties  of  Certain  Officers  in  Connection  Therewith;  To  Fix  a Penalty 
for  the  Violation  Thereof,  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  in  Conflict 
Therewith,”  Passed  and  Adopted  July  10,  1905;  and  To  Repeal  All 
Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  title  of  City  Ordinance  Number  39,  entitled  “An  ordi- 
nance to  regulate  the  erection,  alteration,  and  repairing  of  buildings  and 
structures  within  the  City  of  Reno  and  to  require  a permit  therefor,  to 
regulate  entrances,  exits,  halls,  aisles  and  passage  ways  of  public  buildings 
used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  public  assemblages;  to  define  the  duties  of 
certain  officers  in  connection  therewith;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation 
thereof,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and 
adopted  July  10,  1905,  is  hereby  amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted  so  as  to 
read  as  follows: 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  erection,  alteration,  and  repairing  of 
buildings  and  structures  within  the  City  of  Reno;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith. 

Section  2.  City  Ordinance  Number  39,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  regu- 
late the  erection,  alteration,  and  repairing  of  buildings  and  structures  within 
the  City  of  Reno  and  to  require  a permit  therefor;  to  regulate  entrances, 
exits,  halls,  aisles  and  passage  ways  of  public  buildings  used  or  intended  to 
be  used  for  public  assemblages;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in 
connection  therewith;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  to 
repeal  all  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  July  10, 
1905,  is  hereby  amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Inspector  and  Assistant. — The  City  Engineer  of  the  City 
of  Reno  shall  be  ex-officio  Inspector  of  Buildings,  and  the  City  Electrician 
of  the  City  of  Reno  shall  serve  ex-officio  as  Assistant  Inspector  of 
Buildings. 

Section  2.  Duties  of  Inspector. — The  Inspector  of  Buildings  shall  be 
charged  with  the  survey  and  inspection  of  buildings,  and  with  the  enforce- 
ment of  all  provisions  of  this  ordinance  and  all  other  laws  and  ordinances 
relating  to  the  erection,  construction,  alterations,  repairs,  removal,  and 
safety  of  buildings,  structures,  walls,  elevators,  and  fire  escapes.  He  shall 
pass  upon  all  questions  relating  to  the  strength  and  durability  of  buildings, 
structures,  walls,  and  materials;  examine  and  approve  all  plans  and  speci- 


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fications  therefor,  before  a permit  shall  be  issued,  and  sign  and  issue  all 
permits,  certifications,  and  notices  required  to  be  issued.  He  shall  promptly 
acknowledge  the  receipt  of  all  official  communications,  notices,  and  reports. 

Section  3.  Inspector  To  Pass  Upon  All  Questions  Relating  To  Build- 
ings Or  Structures  Not  Provided  for  in  This  Ordinance. — Any  building 
or  structure  that  is  not  covered  especially  by  this  ordinance,  but  which 
shall  be  for  the  support,  habitation,  or  shelter  of  persons,  animals,  or 
chatties,  and  in  any  manner  contribute  to  danger  or  safety  to  life  or  prop- 
erty in  any  form,  and  all  such  structures  of  whatever  nature  or  materials, 
forms,  or  dimensions,  shall  be  passed  upon  by  the  Inspector  of  Buildings, 
who  shall  have  the  power  to  make  them  conform  to  the  true  intent  of  public 
safety. 

Section  4.  Dangerous  Or  Unsafe  Buildings. — Whenever,  in  the  judg- 
ment of  the  Inspector  of  Buildings,  any  building,  structure,  or  wall,  or  any 
part  thereof,  or  any  appurtenances  or  fixtures  thereto  or  any  wall,  chimney, 
smokestack,  stove,  oven,  furnace,  or  thing  connected  with  such  building  or 
premises,  shall,  from  any  cause  whatever,  be  in  a condition  to  be  danger- 
ous, to  persons  or  property,  or  when  any  wooden  building  within  the  fire 
limits  shall,  in  the  judgment  of  the  said  Inspector  of  Buildings  and  the 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  be  damaged  by  fire  or  decay,  or  by  both  fire 
and  decay,  to  the  extent  of  forty  (40)  per  cent  of  its  original  value  when 
new,  cost  to  be  estimated  above  the  line  of  sidewalk  in  front  of  said  build- 
ing, the  Inspector  of  Buildings  shall  immediately  give  notice  in  writing  to 
the  owner  or  owners  of  such  premises,  or  to  his,  her,  or  their  agent,  or  to 
the  person  having  control  thereof,  if  the  owner  cannot  be  found,  to  remove 
the  same  forthwith;  and  the  person  receiving  such  notice  shall,  within  five 
(5)  days  after  receiving  the  same,  comply  therewith.  (As  amended  by 
Ordinance  No.  274.) 

Section  5.  Unoccupied  Buildings. — Whenever  any  unoccupied  building 
is  not  properly  secured  or  enclosed,  the  Inspector  of  Buildings,  Chief  of 
Police,  or  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  immediately  notify  the 
owner  or  owners,  agent  or  agents,  or  the  person  having  the  control  of 
same,  of  the  condition  of  such  unoccupied  building,  and  to  have  it  properly 
secured  within  twenty-four  (24)  hours  after  such  notice  is  served. 

Section  6.  Fire  Limits. — The  following  are  hereby  established  as  the 
fire  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  to-wit: 

Commencing  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Fifth  street  with 
the  center  line  of  Chestnut  street;  thence  running  easterly  along  the  center 
line  of  Fifth  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  Eureka  street, 
thence  southerly  along  the  center  line  of  Eureka  street  to  its  intersection 
with  the  center  line  of  Fourth  street;  thence  easterly  along  the  center  line 
of  Fourth  street  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  Park  street; 
thence  southerly  along  the  center  line  of  said  Park  street  to  its  intersection 
with  the  north  bank  of  the  Truckee  river;  thence  running  westerly  along 
the  north  bank  of  said  Truckee  river  to  its  intersection  with  the  center  line 
of  Chestnut  street  continued;  thence  running  northerly  along  the  center 
line  of  Chestnut  street  to  the  place  of  beginning. 

Section  7.  Buildings  Permitted  in  Fire  Limits. — It  shall  be  unlawful 
to  erect  or  build,  or  alter,  enlarge,  or  build  upon,  within  the  fire  limits,  any 
frame  or  wooden  building,  except  temporary  sheds  to  facilitate  the  erection 
of  authorized  buildings. 

Section  8.  Permits. — No  work,  the  cost  of  which  shall  exceed  fifty 
($50.00)  dollars,  shall  be  done  upon  any  structure,  building,  or  shed  in  the 
City  of  Reno  without  a permit  from  the  Inspector  of  Buildings. 


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Section  9.  Application. — The  permit  may  be  applied  for  and  obtained 
by  the  owner  or  lessee  direct  or  acting  through  an  architect,  engineer,  con- 
tractor, or  other  agent. 

The  application  shall  state  the  location  of  the  proposed  building  or 
structure.  It  shall  give  the  name  and  residence  address  of  the  actual  owner 
or  owners  of  the  land  and  of  the  building  or  structure,  the  name  and  resi- 
dence address  of  lessee  or  lessees,  if  any,  and  the  name  and  address  of  the 
architect,  engineer,  or  designer  of  the  building  or  structure. 

The  application  shall  be  made  upon  blanks  furnished  by  the  Inspector 
of  Buildings,  and  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  as  indicated  on  the 
blanks  so  furnished. 

The  application  shall  be  filed  in  duplicate  and  be  accompanied  by  two 
complete  sets  of  plans  and  specifications,  which  shall  clearly  show  all  parts 
of  the  construction,  including  a plan  of  each  floor  of  a new  building.  One 
of  said  set  of  plans  shall  be  on  cloth. 

If  said  application,  plans,  and  specifications  are  approved,  such  appro- 
val shall  be  endorsed  on  each  thereof,  in  writing,  by  the  Inspector  of 
Buildings,  and  one  of  said  applications,  together  with  the  set  of  plans  on 
cloth  and  one  set  of  specifications,  all  with  such  approval  endorsed  thereon, 
shall  be  securely  bound  together  and  delivered  to  the  party  obtaining  the 
permit,  who  must  keep  such  application,  plans,  and  specifications  on  the 
premises  where  such  construction  is  being  conducted,  open  for  inspection 
at  all  times  during  such  construction,  until  final  inspection  is  made.  The 
owner  shall  be  responsible  for  the  plans  being  kept  on  the  building. 

The  other  application,  set  of  plans,  and  set  of  specifications,  after  being 
approved  and  having  such  approval  endorsed  thereon  in  writing  by  said 
Inspector  of  Buildings,  shall  be  indexed  and  kept  on  file  by  the  Inspector 
of  Buildings  in  such  a manner  as  to  be  readily  inspected  by  the  public,  and 
the  erection,  construction,  or  alteration  of  said  building,  structure,  or  any 
part  thereof,  when  proceeded  with  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with 
such  approved  applications,  plans,  and  specifications,  and  any  modifications 
made  in  plans  and  specifications  shall  be  subject  to  further  approval;  such 
modifications  shall  be  made  to  appear  in  the  same  form,  and  date  of  such 
further  approval  shall  be  endorsed  on  both  the  set  of  plans  and  specifica- 
tions and  be  noted  on  the  applications,  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Inspector  of 
Buildings,  and  kept  on  the  premises  where  such  construction  is  being 
conducted. 

When  the  estimated  cost  of  erecting,  altering,  or  repairing  any  building 
or  structure  does  not  exceed  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars,  the  person 
proposing  to  make  such  improvements  shall  file  with  the  Inspector  of 
Buildings,  in  lieu  of  the  plans  and  specifications  hereinbefore  provided  for, 
a statement  in  writing  setting  forth  what  repairs,  alterations,  or  improve- 
ments are  contemplated,  and  describing  the  general  character,  nature,  and 
extent  of  the  same. 

Section  10.  Issuance  of  Permits. — Upon  the  filing  of  an  application  in 
accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this  section,  the  Inspector  of  Buildings 
shall  ascertain  whether  such  plans  and  specifications  embody  all  require- 
ments applicable  by  law  and  ordinance  in  such  case,  and  if  the  require- 
ments be  met,  shall  issue  a building  permit  to  the  applicant,  after  plans  for 
plumbing,  sewage,  lighting,  ventilation,  and  other  sanitary  features  have 
been  approved  by  the  City  Electrician  and  Plumbing  Inspector,  giving  him 
permission  to  erect  or  alter  the  building  or  structure  at  the  place  and  in 
accordance  with  said  approved  application,  plans,  and  specifications. 

Such  permit  and  the  approved  application,  plans,  and  specifications 
must  be  exhibited  to  any  authorized  representative  of  either  the  police, 
fire  or  health  department,  or  the  Inspector  of  Buildings,  or  other  author- 
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The  permit  for  the  erection,  alteration,  or  repair  of  any  building  must 
be  kept  on  the  premises  where  the  erection,  alteration,  or  repair  of  such 

building  is  being  conducted.  . . . . , 

The  Inspector  of  Buildings  may  grant  permit  for  the  erection  of  any 
part  of  the  building,  or  any  part  of  a structure  where  plans,  specifications 
and  detailed  statements  have  been  presented  for  the  same  before  the 
entire  specifications,  plans,  and  detailed  statements  of  said  building  or 
structure  have  been  submitted. 

Any  permit  which  may  be  issued  by  said  Inspector  of  Buildings  pursu- 
ant to  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  but  under  which  no  work  is  com- 
menced within  six  (6)  months  from  the  time  of  issuance,  shall  expire  by 
limitation,  but  may,  in  the  Inspector’s  discretion,  be  renewed  without 
further  charge. 

Section  11.  Inspection.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Inspector  of  Build- 
ings to  make  or  cause  to  be  made  a final  inspection  and  examination  of  all 
buildings  before  the  same  are  occupied. 

Section  12.  Non-Liability  of  the  City  for  Damage.— Every  application 
for  a building  permit  shall  contain  an  agreement  to  save  the  city  and  its 
officials  harmless  from  all  costs  and  damages  which  may  accrue  from  use 
or  occupancy  of  the  sidewalk,  street,  or  sub-sidewalk  space. 

Section  13.  Fees.— The  applicant  or  applicants  for  a building  permit 
shall,  at  the  time  of  filing  application,  pay  to  the  Inspector  of  Buildings,  for 
expenses  of  inspection  and  examination  of  the  building  and  plans  and 
specifications,  the  sum  of  fifty  (50c)  cents,  if  the  cost  of  said  building 
structure,  alteration,  or  improvement  exceeds  fifty  ($50.00)  dollars  and  not 
more  than  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars;  the  sum  of  two  ($2.00)  dollars, 
if  the  cost  thereof  exceeds  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars  and  not  more  than 
one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars;  the  sum  of  four  ($4.00)  dollars,  if  the  cost 
thereof  exceeds  one  thousand  ($1000.00)  dollars  and  not  more  than  two 
thousand  ($2000.00)  dollars;  the  sum  of  seven  ($7.00)  dollars,  if  the  cost 
thereof  exceeds  two  thousand  ($2000.00)  dollars  and  not  more  than  five 
thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars;  the  sum  of  twelve  ($12.00)  dollars,  if  the  cost 
thereof  exceeds  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars  and  not  more  than  ten 
thousand  ($10,000.00)  dollars;  the  sum  of  seventeen  and  one -hund- 

redths ($17.50)  dollars,  if  the  cost  thereof  exceeds  ten  thousand  ($10,000.00) 
dollars  and  not  more  than  fifteen  thousand  ($15,000.00)  dollars;  the  sum 
of  twenty  ($20.00)  dollars,  if  the  cost  thereof  exceeds  fifteen  thousand 
($15  000  00)  dollars  and  not  more  than  twenty  thousand  ($20,000.00)  dollars; 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  ($25.00)  dollars,  if  the  cost  thereof  exceeds  twenty 
($20  000  00)  dollars  and  not  more  than  twenty-five  thousand  ($25,000.00) 
dollars;  and  the  sum  of  two  ($2.00)  dollars  additional  for  every  five  thou- 
sand ($5000.00)  dollars,  or  fraction  thereof,  in  excess  of  twenty-five 
thousand  ($25,000.00)  dollars. 

The  fee  to  be  paid  for  a permit  to  remove  a building  shall  be  one  ($1.00) 
dollar  if  the  building  covers  twenty-five  hundred  (2500)  square  feet  or  less 
in  area,  and  fifty  (50c)  cents  for  every  additional  twenty-five  hundred  (2500) 
square  feet  in  area  or  part  thereof;  provided,  however,  that  no  wooden 
building  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  hereafter  moved,  unless  it  be  for 
the  purpose  of  moving  it  out  of  the  fire  limits;  provided,  that  necessary 
repairs  to  any  wooden  building  within  the  fire  limits  may  be  made  where 
the  same  will  not  increase  the  size  of  said  building  or  the  average  height 
of  the  roof  thereof;  but  no  repairs  shall  be  made  upon  any  wooden  build- 
ing in  said  fire  limits  without  permission  therefor,  in  writing,  having  first 
been  obtained  from  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

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— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  to 
occupy  or  use  any  portion  of  a public  street  for  the  erection  or  repair  of 
any  building  upon  land  abutting  thereon,  without  first  making  application 
to  and  receiving  from  the  City  Council  a permit  for  the  occupation  or  use, 
for  building  purposes,  of  such  portions  ol  streets,  and  for  such  periods  of 
time  and  under  such  limitations  and  restrictions  as  may  be  required  by  the 
public  convenience;  provided,  that  no  permit  shall  be  granted  to  occupy 
more  than  fifteen  feet  from  the  curb  line,  and  any  such  permit  may  be 
revoked  by  the  City  Council,  at  any  time,  when  the  holder  thereof  fails  to 
comply  with  any  rule  or  regulation  under  which  it  is  granted,  or  when,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  City  Council,  the  public  good  requires  such  revocation. 
No  such  permit  shall  be  granted  until  the  applicant  therefor  shall  have 
given  a bond  in  the  sum  of  live  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  to  be  approved 
bv  the  Mayor  and  City  Council.  Such  bond  shall  run  to  the  City  of  Reno 
and  to  any  person  injured  by  reason  of  the  failure  of  the  principal  therein 
to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section  and  the  ordinances  of  this  city. 
No  part  of  a street  other  than  that  so  alloted  shall  be  used  for  depositing 
materials  for  work  to  be  done  or  for  receiving  rubbish  arising  from  such 
work,  and  all  such  rubbish  shall  be  carried  away  by  the  person  to  whom 
the  permit  is  granted,  and  at  such  times  as  the  City  Council  or  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Streets  may  direct,  and  in  case  of  the  neglect  or  refusal  of  such 
person,  firm,  association  or  corporation  so  to  remove  such  rubbish,  it  shall 
, be  removed,  at  his  or  their  expense,  by  the  Superintendent  of  Streets. 

Section  15.  Bridging,  Etc. — When  any  building  of  two  or  more  stories 
in  height  is  being  erected  within  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and 
shall  have  reached  the  top  of  the  first  story  thereof,  then  the  sidewalk 
abutting  said  building  shall  at  once  be  restored  to  the  use  of  pedestrians, 
and  said  last-named  sidewalk  bridged  or  covered  at  a height  of  not  less 
than  nine  (9)  feet  above  the  line  of  said  sidewalk,  and  ten  (10)  feet  wide, 
with  lumber  or  timber  of  sufficient  strength  to  protect  pedestrians  from 
injury  by  falling  materials,  tools,  or  appliances,  and  to  the  approval  of  the 
Inspector  of  Buildings.  Any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  so 
occupying  any  portion  of  any  street  shall  be  responsible  to  the  city  for  all 
injuries  sustained  by  any  person  in  consequence  of  any  failure  to  strictly 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

Section  16.  Painting,  Etc. — It  shall  also  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm,  association,  or  corporation  to  place  upon  any  building,  fence,  or  other 
structure,  such  building,  fence,  or  other  structure  being  within  two  (2)  feet 
of  any  sidewalk  in  this  city,  any  paint  or  other  substance,  without  first 
erecting  and  maintaining  above  such  sidewalk,  or  between  the  same  and 
such  building,  fence  or  other  structure,  as  the  case  may  be,  a barrier  suffi- 
cient to  protect  pedestrians  from  such  paint  or  other  substance  falling  upon 
them,  or  from  coming  in  contact  with  such  paint  or  other  substance. 

Section  17.  Restoration,  Etc.— It  shall  be  unlawful  to  place  or  pile, 
or  to  cause  or  permit  to  be  placed  or  piled,  any  sand,  gravel,  lime,  cement, 
mortar,  plaster,  concrete,  or  any  other  like  substance  or  mixture,  or  to  allow 
the  same  to  remain  on  any  portion  of  any  paved  street  or  sidewalk  in  the 
City  of  Reno;  or  to  make  or  mix,  or  to  cause  or  permit  to  be  made  or 
mixed,  any  mortar,  plaster,  concrete,  or  any  other  like  substance  or  mixture 
on  any  portion  of  any  paved  street  or  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Reno;  pro- 
vided, that  in  cases  where  work  is  being  done  on  buildings  or  pavements, 
the  City  Council  may  grant  the  person  or  contractor  doing  such  work  per- 
mission to  mix  cement,  concrete,  or  building  material  in  tight  boxes,  or  on 
tightly-joined  boards,  on  such  pavements  or  walks,  under  such  restrictions 
as  the  City  Council  may  deem  proper. 

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to  be  demolished,  it  shall  be  done  in  a manner  which  is  approved  by  and 
satisfactory  to  the  Inspector  of  Buildings.  The  9)v!ieC'?.r  *e?see  shall  in  al 
cases  notify  the  Inspector  of  Buildings  when  said  building  is  ready  for  in- 
spection, and  obtain  a permit. 

Section  19.  Definitions— For  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance  the  follow- 
ing definitions  of  words  and  terms  shall  govern: 

“Alley” — Any  public  thoroughfare  in  the  rear  of  a lot  which  fronts  on 
a public  street. 

“Alteration” — A change  in  or  addition  to  a building. 


“Minor  Alteration” — A slight  alteration  not  affecting  the  structural 
parts,  arrangements,  or  occupancy  of  a building,  and  costing  less  than  one 
hundred  ($100.00)  dollars. 


“Apartment  House” — (See  tenement  house.) 

“Appendages”— Dormer  windows,  cornices,  mouldings,  bay  or  oriel 
windows,  balconies,  cupolas,  domes,  towers,  spires,  ventilators,  or  any 
other  accessory  projecting  from  a building. 

“Attic.”— Any  unfinished  space  immediately  below  the  roof  of  a build- 
ing, or  an  upper  room  having  a height  of  less  than  eight  feet. 

“Basement” — That  portion  of  a building,  not  more  than  one-half  of 
the  height  of  which  is  below  the  level  of  the  street  grade  or  ground 
nearest  the  building;  and  if  its  ceiling  is  five  feet  or  more  above  the  above 
named  level,  it  shall  be  counted  as  a story  in  designating  the  height  or 
number  of  stories  of  any  building. 


“Bay  Window.” — Any  window  projecting  outward  from  the  wall  of  a 
building. 

“Building” — Any  structure  built  for  the  support,  shelter,  or  enclosure 
of  persons,  animals,  or  chattels;  and  when  separated  by  division  walls, 
each  portion  so  separated  shall  be  deemed  a separate  building.  (See  walls.) 

“Cellar”— That  portion  of  a building  one-half  or  more  of  the  height  of 
which  is  below  the  level  of  the  street  grade  or  ground  nearest  the  building. 
A cellar  shall  not  be  included  in  designating  the  height  or  number  of  stories 
of  any  building.  (See  basement  and  story.) 

“Column” — Isolated  supports  of  wood,  stone,  iron,  steel,  or  reinforced 
concrete,  carrying  beams,  girders,  lintels,  trusses,  or  masonry. 

“Court” — An  open,  unoccupied  space  on  the  same  lot  with  a building, 
other  than  a yard,  (a.)  An  “Enclosed  Court”  is  a court  surrounded  on  all 
sides  by  walls  of  the  buildings  in  which  it  is  located,  (b.)  A “Side  Court” 
is  a court  having  one  side  or  end  open  on  the  side  line  of  the  building,  (c.) 
An  “Outer  Court”  is  a court  extending  to  a street,  alley,  or  yard. 


“Curtain  Wall” — (See  walls.) 

“Division  Wall” — (See  walls.) 

“Dwelling” — A building  intended  or  designated  for,  or  used  as  the 
home  or  residence  of  not  more  than  two  separate  and  distinct  families  or 
households,  and  in  which  not  more  than  five  rooms  shall  be  used  for  the 
accommodation  of  boarders  or  lodgers,  and  no  part  of  which  structure  is 
used  as  a store  or  for  any  business  purposes.  Two  or  more  such  dwellings 
may  be  connected  on  each  story  when  used  for  boarding  or  lodging  pur- 


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poses,  provided  the  halls  and  stairs  thereof  are  kept  open  for  use  as  such. 

“Filler  Walls”—  (See  walls.) 

“Fire  Limits” — Unless  otherwise  specified,  fire  limits  shall  mean  and 
include  the  area  described  in  Section  6 of  this  ordinance. 

“Fire  Proof” — As  used  in  this  ordinance,  except  as  elsewhere  pre- 
scribed by  test  for  particular  types  of  construction,  refers  to  materials  or 
construction  not  combustible  in  the  temperatures  of  ordinary  fires,  and 
which  will  withstand  such  fires,  without  serious  impairment  of  their  use- 
fulness, for  at  least  one  hour. 

“Fire  Wall”— (See  walls.) 

“Flats” — A building  of  two  or  more  stories  containing  separate,  self- 
contained  dwellings,  each  dwelling  having  an  independent  entrance  on  the 
level  of  the  street  or  from  an  outside  vestibule  on  the  level  of  the  first 
floor. 

“Footings” — The  spreading  course,  or  courses,  at  the  base  or  founda- 
tion of  a masonry  wall  or  pier. 

“Foundation” — Any  wall  or  pier  built  below  the  curb  level,  or  nearest 
tier  of  beams  to  that  level. 

“Frame  Or  Wooden  Building” — A frame  or  wooden  building,  or  a 
building  or  structure  whose  exterior  walls,  or  a portion  thereof,  are  con- 
structed of  wood.  Wooden  frames,  or  frame  or  wooden  buildings  covered 
with  metal,  plaster,  tile,  or  terra  cotta,  or  veneered  with  masonry  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  frame  or  wooden  buildings  or  structures. 

“Garage” — A garage  is  (a),  that  portion  of  a structure  in  which  a mo- 
tor vehicle  containing  volatile,  inflammable  oil  in  its  fuel  storage  tank  is 
stored,  housed,  or  kept;  (b),  all  that  portion  of  such  structure  that  is  on, 
above,  or  below  the  space  mentioned  in  (a),  which  is  not  separated  there- 
from by  tight,  unpierced  firewalls  and  fire-proof  floors. 

“Public  Garage” — A building  where  automobiles  are  kept  and  stored 
by  the  public,  where  automobiles  are  rented  to  and  hired  by  the  public, 
where  a charge  is  made  for  the  use  of,  or  for  the  storage  or  keeping  of 
automobiles. 

“Private  Garage” — A building  where  one  or  more  automobiles  are 
kept  and  stored  for  private  use  only,  and  not  rented  or  hired  out  to  the 
public,  or  any  charge  made  for  storage. 

“Girder” — Any  horizontal  structural  piece  which  supports  floor  beams 
or  joists,  or  carries  walls  over  openings. 

“Grade” — The  established  sidewalk  level  at  the  building  line  of  any 
street,  or  if  the  building  be  not  built  on  the  building  line  of  the  street,  the 
exposed  surface  of  the  earth  adjoining  any  wall. 

HALLS. 

“Common  Hall” — A hall,  corridor,  or  passageway  not  within  an  apart- 
ment, and  used  in  common  by  all  the  occupants  of  a building. 

“Stair  Hall” — The  stairs,  stair  landing,  and  those  portions  of  the  com- 
mon halls  used  in  going  from  the  entrance  floor  to  the  top  story. 

“Hospital  Or  Sanitarium” — A building  used  for  the  care  of  invalids, 


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sick  and  infirm  persons,  having  accommodations  for  more  than  fifteen  (15) 
such  persons. 

“Lintels” — A small  beam  or  girder  placed  over  an  opening,  with  the 
ends  resting  on  the  masonry. 

LOADS. 

“Dead  Load”— The  weight  of  the  walls,  floors,  etc.,  of  a building,  in- 
cluding all  permanent  construction. 

“Live  Load” — All  weights  in  a building  other  than  dead  loads.  Such 
loads  shall  include  temporary  construction,  furniture,  and  people. 

LOTS 

“Open  Lot” — A lot  bounded  on  all  sides  by  intersecting  streets  or  alley 
lines. 

“Corner  Lot”— A lot  bounded  on  two  or  three  sides  by  intersecting 
street  or  alley  lines. 

“Through  Lot”— A lot  running  through  and  fronting  on  two  street 
lines,  or  on  one  street  line  and  one  alley  line,  and  the  remaining  sides 
bounded  by  lot  lines. 

“Interior  Lot”— A lot  fronting  on  but  one  street  line,  or  one  alley  line, 
the  remaining  sides  being  bounded  by  lot  lines. 

“Lot  Line”— The  established  boundary  line  between  private  property 
or  between  private  property  and  any  public  highway. 

“Mansard  Roof”— A roof  formed  with  an  upper  and  lower  set  of  rafters, 
the  upper  set  more  inclined  to  the  horizon  than  the  lower  set. 

“Masonry” — Brick,  stone,  concrete,  or  reinforced  construction. 

“Measurements”— “Height  of  wall”  shall  not  include  the  distance  from 
the  top  of  the  roof  beams  to  the  top  of  the  parapet  wall. 

“Height  of  building.”  The  vertical  distance  from  the  curb  level  to  the 
top  of  the  highest  point  of  the  roof  beams  in  the  case  of  flat  roofs  or  to 
the  average  height  of  the  gable  in  the  case  of  roofs  having  a pitch  of  more 
than  twenty  (20)  degrees,  with  a horizontal  plane.  When  a building  faces 
two  or  more  streets  having  different  grades,  the  measurement  shall  be 
taken  at  the  middle  of  a facade  on  the  street  having  the  greatest  grade. 
When  a building  does  not  adjoin  the  street,  the  measurement  shall  be  taken 
from  the  average  level  of  the  ground  adjoining  such  building.  In  measur- 
ing the  height  of  a wall,  the  height  of  the  parapet  above  the  top  of  the 
roof  beams  shall  not  be  included. 

“Length  of  building.”  Its  greatest  horizontal  dimension. 

“Width  of  building.”  Its  next  greatest  horizontal  dimension. 

“Office  Building”— A building,  the  whole  or  larger  part  of  which  is 
used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  office  purposes,  and  used  for  living  purposes 
only  by  the  janitor  or  his  family. 

“Parapet  Wall” — (See  walls.) 

“Passageway”— A covered  passage  extending  from  the  street  or  alley 
to  a court  or  yard,  or  from  one  court  to  another  court,  or  to  a yard. 

“Penthouse”— A superstructure  erected  on  a roof  and  covering  not 


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more  than  fifteen  (15)  per  centum  of  the  area  of  the  roof,  and  used  for 
the  enclosure  of  a stairway,  elevator  machinery,  or  water  tank. 

“Piers” — Isolated  masses  of  masonry  forming  supports  for  arches, 
columns,  girders,  lintels,  trusses,  and  for  similar  structural  parts. 

“Posts” — A timber  set  on  end. 

“Reinforced  Concrete  Construction” — An  approved  concrete  mixture 
reinforced  by  steel  or  iron  of  any  shape,  and  so  combined  that  the  metal 
will  take  up  the  tensional  strain  and  assist  in  the  resistance  to  sheaf. 

“Repairs” — The  reconstruction,  renewal,  or  removal  of  any  part  of  an 
existing  building  for  the  purpose  of  its  maintenance  in  its  present  class  of 
construction  and  grade  of  occupancy,  and  by  which  its  fire  risk,  strength, 
or  sanitation  is  not  affected  nor  modified. 

“Minor  repairs.”  Insignificant  repairs  not  affecting  the  structural  parts 
of  the  building,  and  costing  less  than  one  hundred  ($i00.00)  dollars. 

“Retaining  Wall”— (See  walls.) 

“Sanitarium” — (See  hospitals.) 

“Shaft” — Any  enclosed  vertical  opening,  other  than  a court,  extending 
through  or  by  a story  and  a floor  or  roof,  whether  for  light,  air,  elevator, 
dumbwaiter,  or  any  other  purpose.  Any  shaft  not  used  tor  elevator  pur- 
poses where  least  lateral  dimension  exceeds  eight  (8)  feet  shall  be  con- 
sidered a court. 

“Shed” — A roofed  structure, open  on  one  or  more  sides,  which  does  not 
exceed  fifteen  (15)  feet  in  height  nor  more  than  five  hundred  (500)  square 
feet  in  area. 

“Skeleton  Building” — A building,  the  walls,  floors,  and  other  parts  of 
which  are  supported  upon  and  carried  by  a metal  or  reinforced  concrete 
framework. 

“Store  Building” — A building  used  wholly  or  in  part  for  the  exhibition 
of  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise  for  sale. 

“Story” — The  perpendicular  distance  from  the  top  of  the  finished  floor 

in  one  story  to  the  undeside  of  the  ceiling,  floor  joists,  or  rafters  in  the 
same  story  which  vertical  distance  shall  not  be  less  than  seven  and  one- 
half  iiy-z)  feet. 

“Tenement  House” — A building,  or  any  portion  thereof,  which  is  occu- 
pied by  three  or  more  families  living  independently  of  each  other,  doing 
their  cooking  within  the  apartment  or  upon  the  premises,  but  having  a com- 
mon right  to  the  halls,  stairway  and  yards.  “An  apartment,”  a room  or 
suite  of  two  or  more  rooms  in  a tenement  house,  occupied,  or  suitable  for 
occupation,  as  a residence  for  one  family  doing  its  cooking  in  the  apartment 
or  on  the  premises.  One  person  may  be  construed  to  be  a family.  “Exist- 
ing tenement  house.”  Any  buildings  erected  as  such  or  converted  or  altered 
for  such  use,  or  so  used  before  the  passage  of  this  ordinance;  or  any  build- 
ing intended  or  suitable  for  such  use,  but  not  completed,  for  which  the 
excavation  shall  have  been  commenced  in  good  faith  prior  to  the  passage 
fo  this  ordinance. 


TERRA  COTTA. 

1.  “Terra  cotta.”  The  hand-moulded,  baked  clay  material  used  for 
architectural  decoration  and  construction. 


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2.  “Hard  terra  cotta  fire-proofing.”  All  clay  fire-proofing  material 
that  is  manufactured  without  sawdust. 

3.  “Semi-porous  terra  cotta  fire-proofing.”  All  clay  fireproof  material 
having  fifty  per  centum  of  sawdust,  measured  by  volume,  mixed  with  fifty 
per  centum  of  clay. 

“Theatre” — A building  which  contains  seats  for  the  public,  to  which 
an  admission  fee  is  charged  and  having  a permanent  stage  upon  which 
scenery  and  other  movable  appliances  are  used. 


“Thickness  of  Walls” — (See  walls.) 

“Veneer” — An  outer  facing  of  masonry,  tile,  or  metal  placed  in  or  at- 
tached to  a wall  of  any  building  for  decoration  or  protection,  but  shall  not 
be  counted  as  adding  to  the  strength  or  thickness  of  the  wall. 


WALLS. 

“Bearing  Walls”— Any  masonry  wall  carrying  all  or  part  of  the  load  of  a 
building. 

“Curtain  Or  Filler  Wall”— An  exterior  masonry  wall  built  between 
piers,  iron,  steel,  or  reinforced  concrete  columns  and  carried  on  steel  or 
reinforced  concrete  girders,  or  self-supporting  only. 

“Division  Wall” — Any  interior  masonry  wall,  dividing  a building,  and 
extending  from  cellar  or  basement  floor  to  and  through  the  roof  and  such 
walls  shall  be  constructed  as  required  for  party  walls.  Such  walls  may  be 
bearing  walls  or  self-supporting  only. 

“Exterior  Wall” — Any  outside  wall,  or  vertical  enclosure  of  a building, 
other  than  a party  wall. 

“Fire  Wall” — Any  masonry  wall  built  for  the  purpose  of  fire  resist- 
ance, and  also  means  that  portion  of  a masonry  exterior,  party,  or  division 
wall  rising  above  a roof  surface. 

“Parapet  Wall” — A masonry  wall  along  the  edge  of  and  rising  above 
a roof. 

“Partition  Wall”— Any  interior  wall,  other  than  a division  wall. 

“Party  Wall”— A masonry  wall  used  or  built  to  be  used  for  the  com- 
mon separation  or  support  of  adjoining  buildings. 

“Retaining  Wall”— Any  wall  constructed  to  resist  the  thrusts  of  earth, 
water,  or  other  substances. 

“Thickness  of  Walls”— The  minimum  thickness  of  such  wall,  measur- 
ing between  any  two  floors  or  between  a floor  and  a ceiling  or  roof. 

“Warehouse” — A building  used  exclusively  for  the  storage  of  mer- 
chandise. 

“Yard” An  open,  unoccupied  space  on  the  same  lot  with  the  tenement 

house  for  the  full  width  of  the  lot  between  the  rear  line  of  the  house  and 
the  rear  line  of  the  lot,  and  which  has  at  least  one  side  or  end  abutting  on 
street  or  alley. 

Section  20..  Classification,  Description,  Limiting  Dimensions  and 
Restrictions  As  To  Use  of  Buildings. — For  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance, 
buildings  are  divided  into  “Class  A,”  “Class  B,”  Class  C,  Mill  Construc- 
tion” and  “Frame  or  Wooden  Buildings.” 


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Section  21.  Class  “A”  Buildings. — Class  “A”  buildings  are  defined  as 
those  having  fireproof  frames  of  steel  and  with  all  structural  parts  of  in- 
combustible material.  Walls  shall  be  of  brick,  stone,  concrete  or  reinforced 
concrete. 

Class  “A”  buildings  with  all  wall  loads  above  the  third  floor  carried  on 
the  steel  frame  shall  not  be  limited  as  to  height. 

Class  “A”  buildings  with  self-supporting  curtain  or  bearing  walls  on 
the  exterior  shall  be  limited  in  height  to  eighty-six  (86)  feet. 

Class  “A”  buildings  may  be  built  anywhere  in  the  city. 

Section  22.  Class  “B”  Buildings — Class  “B”  buildings  are  defined  as 
those  having  a frame  of  reinforced  concrete  carrying  all  wall  and  floor 
loads.  All  structural  parts  shall  be  of  incombustible  material.  Walls  shall 
be  of  brick,  stone  or  reinforced  concrete.  The  maximum  limit  of  height  of 
Class  “B”  buildings  shall  be  one  hundred  and  two  (102)  feet,  and  they 
may  be  built  anywhere  in  the  city. 

Section  23.  Class  “C”  Building. — Class  “C”  buildings  are  defined  as 
those  having  exterior  walls  of  brick,  stone  or  concrete  and  an  interior  frame 
of  combustible  material.  The  walls  may  be  bearing  or  curtain  walls,  and 
the  interior  supports  may  be  timber  joists,  timber  or  steel  girders,  and 
timber,  steel  or  cast  iron  columns  or  timber  studding. 

Class  “C”  buildings  built  with  the  interior  of  mill  construction  or  with 
all  joists,  girders,  studding,  furring,  and  soffits  of  stairs  lathed  with  metal 
lath  and  plastered,  may  be  built  to  a height  not  to  exceed  eighty-four  (84) 
feet. 

Class  “C”  buildings,  with  all  joists,  girders,  studding,  furring  and  soffits 
of  stairs  lathed  with  wooden  lath  and  plastered,  or  not  lathed  and  plastered, 
may  be  built  to  a height  not  to  exceed  fifty-five  (55)  feet. 

Class  “C”  buildings  may  be  built  anywhere  in  the  city. 

Section  24.  Mill  Construction. — Buildings  of  “Mill  Construction’"  shall 
have  exterior,  party,  or  division  walls  of  masonry,  and  floors  and  roofs  of 
heavy  wood.  All  posts,  girders,  beams  and  other  timbers  used  in  construc- 
tion shall  be  at  least  (8)  inches  in  either  cross  dimension.  Such  building 
shall  be  constructed  without  concealed  air  spaces  and  in  detail  as  in  this 
ordinance  hereinafter  mentioned. 

This  method  of  construction  may  be  used  for  the  interior  of  Class 
“C”  buildings,  may  be  built  to  a height  of  eighty-four  (84)  feet,  and  any- 
where in  the  city. 

Section  25.  Frame  Or  Wooden  Buildings. — Frame  or  wooden  build- 
ings may  be  constructed  to  a height  not  exceeding  forty  (40)  feet,  and  may 
be  built  anywhere  in  the  city  except  within  the  fire  limits,  and  shall  contain 
not  more  than  three  (3)  stories  and  basement  within  the  said  forty  (40) 
feet. 

In  the  case  of  a frame  or  wooden  building  on  a lot  with  the  grade  slop- 
ing downward  from  the  facade  at  which  the  measurement  is  taken,  the 
height  of  the  building  at  any  point  of  the  grade  shall  not  exceed  fifty  (50) 
feet  above  the  adjoining  curb  in  case  of  corner  lots,  or  above  the  natural 
level  of  the  ground  in  case  of  inside  lots. 

Section  26.  General  Height  Limitation. — The  heights  of  buildings 
shall  not  exceed  the  heights  given  under  the  different  classes,  except  that 
stair  and  elevator  houses,  water  tanks,  towers,  and  spires  may  exceed  the 
limits. 


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Towers  and  spires  of  Class  "C”  or  frame  buildings  may  extend  seventy- 
five  (75)  feet  above  the  roof,  but  no  such  tower  or  spire  shall  occupy  more 
than  one-quarter  (%)  of  the  street  frontage  of  the  building,  nor  shall  it 
have  a base  area  exceeding  one  thousand  (1000)  square  feet.  Such  towers 
and  spires  shall  not  be  used  as  a dwelling,  place  of  manufacture,  nor  storage 
room,  and  shall  be  covered  with  fire-proof  materials. 

Section  27.  General  Limitations  of  Area. — No  restriction  is  placed  on 
the  floor  area  of  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  B construction. 

In  buildings  of  Class  “C,”  mill  and  frame  construction,  wherever  built 
no  single  floor  area  between  exterior,  division  or  party  walls  shall  exceed 
ten  thousand  (10,000)  square  feet,  except  that  in  buildings  of  Class  C 
construction,  not  exceeding  one  story  in  height  and  used  for  warehouse 
purposes  only,  a single  floor  area  between  exterior  division  or  party  walls 
may  be  built  with  an  area  of  nineteen  thousand  (19,000)  square  feet,  pro 
vided  however,  in  case  the  foregoing  described  buildings  are  completely 
equipped  with  a system  of  automatic  sprinklers,  the  said  area  may  be 

increased  fifty  (50)  per  centum.  . , 

No  wall  or  part  of  wall  in  any  existing  building,  or  in  any  building 
hereafter  erected,  shall  be  removed  to  produce  a larger  area  than  those 
named  above. 

Section  28.  General  Restrictions  As  To  Use. — Theaters,  in  any  part 
of  the  city,  shall  be  of  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  construction. 

Schools  halls,  and  other  places  of  public  assemblages  seating  more 
than  one  thousand  (1000)  persons,  other  than  theaters,  built  in  any  part 
of  the  city,  shall  be  of  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  construction,  with  columns 
in  outer  walls  supporting  floor  and  roof  loads. 

Hospitals  and  sanitariums,  built  in  any  part  of  the  city,  shall  be  ot 

Class  “A”  construction.  , , , r . 

Department  stores,  built  anywhere  in  the  city,  and  used  for  the  storage 
and  sale  of  merchandise,  shall  be  either  Class  A,  Class  B,  or  Class 
“C”  construction,  and  shall  be  limited  to  the  heights  prescribed  for  said 
types  of  construction;  provided,  however,  that  no  building  of  this  character 
shall  be  constructed  to  a greater  height  than  one  hundred  and  two  (102) 
feet. 

Stables.— All  buildings  used  for  stabling  animals  above  the  first  or 
ground  floor  or  in  basement,  shall  be  of  Class  A or  Class  B con- 
struction. 


Materials,  Loads,  Allowed  Stresses,  and  General  Provisions  for 

Construction. 

Section  29.  Brick.— The  brick  used  in  all  buildings  shall  be  good,  hard, 
well-burnt  brick,  or  some  approved  form  of  hard  sandlime  or  cement  brick. 

Brick  tested  for  approval  shall  develop  an  average  strength  of  three 
thousand  (3000  lbs.)  pounds  per  square  inch,  and  no  samp  e sha  fall  below 
two  thousand  (2000  lbs.)  pounds  per  square  inch.  Brick  shall  be  tested 
flatwise  (half  bricks  permitted),  and  the  average  shall  be  taken  on  at  •cast 
five  samples.  The  average  allowable  absorption  shall  not  exceed  fifteen  (13) 
per  centum. 

Section  30.  Sand.— The  sand  used  for  mortar  in  all  buildings  shall  be 
clean,  grit  sand,  free  from  loam  or  dirt. 

Section  31.  Gravel. — Gravel  shall  be  composed  of  clean  pebbles  or 
hard,  homogeneous  rock,  of  graded  sizes  and  free  from  dirt  or  other  foreign 
matter. 

Section  32.  Lime  Mortar. — Lime  mortar  shall  be  made  of  one  part 


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lime  and  not  more  than  four  (4)  parts  of  sand,  measured  dry.  All  lime 
used  for  mortar  shall  be  thoroughly  burnt,  of  good  quality,  and  properly 
slacked  before  it  is  mixed  with  the  sand. 

Section  33.  Portland  Cement. — This  term  is  applied  to  the  finely  pul- 
verized  product  resulting  from  the  calcination  to  incipient  fusion  of  an 
intimate  mixture  of  properly  proportioned  argillaceous  and  calcareous 
materials,  and  to  which  no  addition  greater  than  three  (3)  per  cent,  has 
been  made  subsequent  to  calcination. 

The  specific  gravity  of  the  cement,  ignited  at  a low  red  heat,  shall  not 
be  less  than  3.10  and  the  cement  shall  not  show  a loss  on  ignition  of  more 
than  four  (4)  per  cent. 

It  shall  leave  by  weight  a residue  of  not  more  than  eight  (8)  per  cent, 
on  the  No.  100,  and  not  more  than  twenty-five  (25)  per  cent,  on  the  No 
200  sieve. 

It  shall  not  develop  initial  set  in  less  than  thirty  minutes,  and  must 
develop  hard  set  in  not  less  than  an  hour,  nor  more  than  ten  hours. 

The  minimum  requirements  for  tensile  strength  for  briquettes  one  inch 
square  m section  shall  be  within  the  following  limits,  and  shall  show  no 
retrogression  in  strength  within  the  periods  specified; 

NEAT  CEMENT 

Age. 

24  hours  in  moist  air 

7 days  (1  day  in  moist  air,  6 days  in  water).. 

28  days  (1  day  in  moist  air,  27  days  in  water) 

One  Part  Cement,  Three  Parts  Standard  Sand. 


7 days  (1  day  in  moist  air,  6 days  in  water) 200  lbs. 

28  days  (1  day  in  moist  air,  27  days  in  water) .....275  lbs! 


Section  34.  Cement  Mortar.— Cement  mortar  shall  be  made  of  cement 
and  sand  in  the  proportion  of  one  part  of  cement  and  not  more  than  three 
parts  of  sand,  and  shall  be  used  before  the  initial  set  has  taken  place.  The 
cement  and  sand  are  to  be  measured  and  thoroughly  mixed  before  adding- 
water.  & 

Section  35.  Cement  and  Lime  Mortars. — Cement  and  lime  mortar, 
mixed,  shall  be  made  of  one  (1)  part  cement  to  not  more  than  six  (6)  parts 
of  lime  mortar,  measured  in  a box. 

Section  36.  Concrete.— Concrete  shall  be  made  of  Portland  cement, 
sharp,  clean  sand  and  broken  stone,  broken  brick,  terra  cotta,  cinders,  or 
gravel.  Concrete  made  with  broken  stone  shall  be  termed  rock  concrete. 
Rock  concrete  for  foundations  shall  be  composed  of  not  less  than  one  part 
Portland  cement,  three  parts  sand,  and  five  parts  broken  stone  of  main 
dimensions  not  more  than  two  inches.  Rock  concrete  for  floors,  backing  of 
ashlar,  fire-proofing  and  reinforced  walls  shall  be  composed  of  not  less 
than  one  part  Portland  cement,  two  parts  sand,  and  four  parts  broken  stone 
of  major  dimensions  not  exceeding  one  inch.  Gravel  of  graded  size  may 
be  used  in  place  of  broken  stone  in  all  rock  concrete. 

Concrete  made  of  broken  brick,  terra  cotta  or  cinders,  shall  be  mixed 
m the  proportion  of  not  less  than  one  part  of  Portland  cement,  two  parts 
of  sand,  and  four  parts  of  broken  brick,  terra  cotta  or  cinders,  as  the  case 
may  be.  Such  concrete  shall  only  be  used  for  floors,  floor  slabs  and  fire- 
proofing.  All  concrete  shall  be  mixed  by  hand  and  shall  be  turned  not 
less  than  twice  dry  and  twice  wet,  or  may  be  mixed  by  machine. 

Section  37.  Reinforced  Concrete.— Reinforced  concrete  shall  be  as  de- 
scribed under  “Reinforced  concrete”  in  Class  “B”  buildings. 


Strength. 
-.175  lbs. 
-.500  lbs. 
-600  lbs. 


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Section  38.  Brick  Masonry.— All  brick  masonry  shall  be  of  brick  laid 
in  cement  mortar,  lime  mortar,  or  lime  and  cement  mortar. 

All  bricks  shall  be  well  wet  before  laid  and  shall  have  close  joints  filled 

WithCanabrick  walls  at  least  every  sixth  course  shall  be  a heading  course 
The  thicSJs  of  brick  walls7  shall  be  specified  under  the  different 

classes  of  buildings.  ^ or  wajjs  Qf  any  building  be  carried  up  more 

than  five  (5)  feet  in  advance  of  any  other  walls  unless  proper  provisions 
for  suitable  anchors  and  ties  are  made.  The  front,  rear,  side  and  P® ' *7 
walls  shall  be  properly  bonded  together,  or  they  shall  be  anchored  to  ea 
other  every  six  (6)  feet  in  their  height  by  wrought-iron  tie  anchors  not 
less  than  one  and  one-half  (1  J4)  by  three-eights  (3-8)  of  an  inch  in  size, 
and  not  less  than  thirty-eight  (38)  inches  in  length.  The  side  anchors  shall 
bebuilt  into  the  side  of  party  walls  not  less  than  sixteen  (16)  inches,  and 
into  the  front  and  rear  walls,  so  as  to  secure  front  and  rear  walls  to  the 
side  or  party  wall,  when  not  built  and  bonded  together. 

All  Exterior  piers  shall  be  anchored  to  the  beams  or  girders  on  t e 

level^of^ea^c  Us  ^ beams  of  every  building,  during  the  erection  or  altera- 
tion  thereof  shall  be  stoutly  braced  from  the  beams  of  each  story,  and 
when  required  shall  also  be  braced  from  the  outside,  until  the  building  is 

CnClThe  walls  and  the  piers  of  all  buildings  shall  be  properly  and  solidly 
bonded  together  with  close  joints  filled  with  mortar  They  shall  be  built 
to  a line  and  carried  up  plumb  and  straight  The  walls  of  each  story  sha 
be  built  up  the  full  thickness  to  the  top  of  the  beams  above.  All  walls  shall 
be  built  solid  throughout  except  for  flues. 

Section  39.  Walls  and  Piers.— In  all  walls  of  the  thickness  specified 
in  this  ordinance  the  same  amount  of  material  may  be  used  in  piers  and 
buttresses.  Said  piers  and  buttresses  shall  not  be  more  than  twenty  (20) 
feet  on  centers,  and  walls  between  said  buttresses  shall  not  be  less  than 
thirteen  (13)  inches  thick. 

Section  40.  Brick  Piers.— The  total  load  on  such  brick  piers  shall  not 
exceed  seven  tons  per  square  foot  if  laid  in  lime  mortar,  ten  tons  per 
square  foot  if  laid  in  lime  and  cement  mortar,  and  fifteen  tons  per  square 
foot  if  laid  in  cement  mortar.  The  area  of  cross  sections  shall  be  net  and 
no  pier  carrying  a load  shall  have  an  unsupported  length  greater  than  ten 
times  its  least  horizontal  dimension. 

Section  41.  Ashlar  Facing.— Stone  used  for  the  facing  of  any  building 
and  known  as  ashlar  shall  not  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches  in  thickness. 

Stone  ashlar  shall  be  anchored  to  the  backing,  which  shall  be  of  such 
thickness  as  to  make  the  walls,  exclusive  of  the  ashlar  conform  in thickness 
with  the  requirements  of  this  ordinance;  provided,  that  if  the  ashlar  be  at 
least  (8)  inches  thick,  and  bonded  into  the  backing,  it  may  be  counted  as 
part  of  the  thickness  of  the  wall.  , , 

All  ashlar  stone,  unless  bonded,  shall  be  strongly  and  securely  anchored 
to  the  wall  with  iron  anchors  laid  into  the  stone  at  least  one  (1)  inch. 

Iron  ashlar  plates  used  in  imitation  of  stone  ashlar  on  the  face  ot  a 
wall  shall  be  backed  with  the  same  thickness  of  masonry  as  for  stone 
/ishlsr 

The  backing  of  all  stone  ashlar  shall  be  laid  with  cement  mortar  or 
cement  and  lime  mortar  mixed,  but  the  back  of  the  ashlar  may  be  pargeted 
with  lime  mortar  to  prevent  discoloration  of  the  stone. 

Section  42.  Facing. — In  walls  laid  with  facing  bricks  of  different 


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ihickne*863  than  the  main  part  of  the  wall,  the  thickness  of  wall  provided 
shall  be  exclusive  of  such  facing  bricks,  unless  the  facing  be  bonded  into 
the  wall,  with  header  course  of  facing  bricks  at  least  every  eighth  course. 

rv  £eCti°”  43‘  Increased  Thickness  of  Walls  for  Buddings  of  Great 
Depth.— Where  any  building  without  a cross-wall  or  buttress  exceeds  a 
u 11  i°  ?ne  ^un<?r?^  an<^  ^orty  (140)  feet,  the  side  or  bearing  walls  thereof 
shall  be  increased  m thickness  four  (4)  inches  more  than  is  prescribed  in 
this  ordinance  for  the  thickness  of  walls,  for  each  one  hundred  (100)  feet 
or  fraction  thereof  of  such  excess  depth. 


Section  44.  Reduced  Thickness  for  Interior  Walls.— Where  interior 
cross-walls  are  used  they  may  be  made  four  (4)  inches  less  in  thickness 
than  exterior  walls,  provided  they  are  self-supporting  only. 

Section  45.  Walls  Upon  Steel  Supports.— Walls  of  street  fronts  or 
Tay  car.ried  on  steel  columns  and  girders,  and  they  shall  be  of 
the  thickness  required  at  the  story  at  which  they  commence. 

Section  46  Increasing  Height  of  Walls.— When  it  is  desired  to  in- 
crease  the  height  of  existing  walls  of  the  thickness  required  by  this  ordi- 
nance,  the  weight  of  the  additional  walls  shall  be  carried  on  a frame  of 
steel  or  reinforced  concrete  girders  and  columns,  securely  anchored  to 
the  existing  wall  and  extending  to  an  independent  foundation.  Lining  of 
walls  to  support  additional  loads  is  hereby  prohibited. 


Section  47.  Parapet  Or  Fire  Walls. — All  exterior,  division,  or  party 
walls  shall  have  parapet  walls  of  thickness  not  less  than  that  of  the  wall 
ot  the  story  next  below,  carried  not  less  than  three  (3)  feet  above  the  roof 
and  coped  with  stone,  terra  cotta,  cast  iron  or  cement. 

, one  (1)  parapet  wall  of  a building  rises  above  an  adjoining  wall 

of  said  building  the  same  shall  be  braced  by  a buttressed  return  (of  the 
thickness  required  for  the  parapet  walls)  the  length  of  which,  at  an  angle 
of  forty-five  (45)  degrees  from  its  top,  shall  equal  the  difference  in  height 
of  two  walls.  6 

Walls  facing  on  streets  not  less  than  forty  (40)  feet  in  width,  where 
the  continuous  pitch  of  the  roof  (from  its  ridge  to  the  crown  mould  of  a 
cornice  projecting  not  less  than  eighteen  (18)  inches)  is  not  less  than 
twenty  (20)  degrees,  are  exempt  from  the  requirements  of  this  section. 

Such  walls  may  be  stepped  to  follow  slope  of  roof. 

Parapet  or  fire  walls  over  four  (4)  feet  in  height  shall  have  a three- 
mch  by  three-inch  continuous  steel  angle  built  into  the  wall  not  less  than 
one  (1)  foot  from  the  top  of  wall.  There  shall  be  connected  to  this  angle, 
at  intervals  of  not  less  than  twelve  (12)  feet,  three-quarter-inch  rods,  or 
other  approved  anchors,  extending  back  and  down  to  the  roof  and  fas- 
tened  thereto. 

Section  48.  Walls  Built  of  Concrete  Without  Reinforcement.— Walls 

built  of  concrete  without  reinforcement  shall  be  of  the  same  thickness  and 
under  the  same  conditions  as  brick  walls. 


Section  49.  Reinforced  Concrete  Walls  and  Piers.— Reinforced  con- 
crete walls  and  piers  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  sections  of 
this  ordinance  relating  to  Class  “B”  buildings. 

Section  50.  Recesses,  Chases,  and  Flues  in  Walls. — In  buildings  that 
do  not  exceed  four  (4)  stories  in  height  above  ground-floor  level,  recesses 
tor  stairways  and  elevators  may  be  allowed  in  the  walls,  provided  they 
are  not  more  than  eight  (8)  feet  0 inches  in  width  of  recess,  and  in  the 
same  wall  do  not  occur  nearer  than  thirty  (30)  feet  0 inches  on  centers. 


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i»?(5°,'  KKA  SSi  m .«ch«  in  thickness  foe 

b0ndArc°hnase  for  water  or  other  pipes  shall  not  be  made  in  any  pier,  unless 
said  Dier  is  at  least  four  (4)  inches  more  in  thickness  than  is  required  for 
its  kind  and  height  of  building,  and  in  a wall  the  chase  for  such  pipes  shall 
not  exceed  oneAhird  (1-3)  the  thickness  of  such  wall,  nor  have  less  tha 
eiAt  (8)  inches  of  wall  at  back  of  chase.  The  chases  around  such  pipe  or 
pipes  shall  be  filled  with  incombustible  material  for  a distance  of  on  ( ) 

f°0tNo  SpeWall  exceed  .even  (7)  feet  in i length, 

Si  '"h|!f  he  b,e  9 s;  S5 ,2! 
siwebr.n7 .“y : ss  £i“. \ ex 

1 The  aggregate  area  of  recesses  and  chases  in  any  wall  shall  not  ex- 
ceed  one-fourth  of  the  whole  area  of  the  face  of  the  wall  in  any  story. 

buill^^  p-  offlZchasei 

of  flue  chase,  recess,  and  opening  area  in  excess  of  thirty  (30)  per  centu  . 

Section  51.  Arches  and  Lintels.— Openings  for  doors  and  windows  m 
all  brick,  stone,  or  concrete  buildings  shall  have  good  and  sufficient -arche 
of  stone  brick  concrete,  or  terra  cotta,  well  built  and  keyed,  and  wit  go 

and  sufficient  abutments;  or  the  opening  shall  have  lin,te  f u[vl  T bzlrin* 
forced  concrete,  or  steel  of  sufficient  strength,  which  shall  have  a bear  g 
at  each  end  of  not  less  than  five  (5)  inches  on  the  wall.  The  inside  lmte 
may  be  of  cast  iron,  wrought  iron,  or  steel,  and  in  such  case  stone  block 
or  cast  iron  or  steel  plates  shall  be  required  at  the  end  where  the  lintel 
rests  on  the  walls  except  when  the  opening  is  less  than  six  (6)  feet ^ in  width 
Cast  iron  lintels  shall  not  be  used  over  openings  exceeding  eight  (8)  feet 

m WAltlhmasonry  arches  shall  be  capable  of  sustaining  the  weight  and  pres- 
sure which  they  are  designed  to  parry.  Tie  rods  shall  be  used  where  ne 
essary  to  secure  stability. 

Section  52.  Timber.— All  timber  used  in  construction  of  buildings 
shall  be  free  from  large,  loose,  or  rotten  knots,  wind  shakes,  and  ot 
defects. 


Table  of  Allowed  Unit  Stresses. 


Tension  with  grain... - - — 

Tension  across  grain. - 

Compression  with  grain  end  bearing 


Douglas 

Washing- 

White 

Oregon 

Pine. 

Yellow 

ton  or 

Spruce. 

Fir. 

Red  Fir. 

700 

1,200 

1,000 

50 

200 

150 

800 

1,600 

900 

Red- 

wood. 

700 

40 

800 


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Columns  under  fifteen  diameters....  700  1,000  800  700 

Compression  across  grain 200  300  250  200 

Transverse  extreme  fibre  stress 700  1,200  800  750 

Modulus  of  elasticity 500,000  700,000  550,000  350,000 

Shearing  with  grain 100  150  125  100 

Shearing  across  grain 500  750  600  400 

Above  data  is  for  constant  and  permanent  loads.  Where  the  purpose 
of  the  building  does  not  permit  such  loading,  the  working  strength  must 
be  reduced  accordingly.  The  strength  of  any  material  not  given  here  may 
be  determined  from  standard  authorities. 


Timber  Columns. 

Timber  columns  of  Oregon  pine  of  a length  greater  than  fifteen  dia- 
meters shall  have  an  allowed  stress  per  square  inch  not  exceeding  that 
given  by  the  formula: 

1300-20L-D,  where  L equals  length  and  D equals  least  side  or  diameter, 
both  measurements  in  inches. 


Section  53.  Wrought  Iron. — All  wrought  iron  shall  be  uniform  and 
fibrous.  It  shall  have  an  ultimate  tensile  resistance  of  not  less  than  forty- 
eight  thousand  (48,000)  pounds  per  square  inch,  an  elastic  limit  of  not  less 
than  twenty-four  thousand  (24,000)  pounds  per  square  inch,  and  an  elonga- 
tion of  twenty  (20)  per  centum  in  eight  (8)  inches  when  tested  in  small 
test  pieces. 

Section  54.  Steel. — All  structural  steel  used  in  buildings  shall  be  free 
from  seams,  flaws,  cracks,  defective  edges,  or  other  defects,  and  shall  have 
a smooth,  uniform  finish. 

All  structural  steel  used  in  beams  and  columns  and  in  other  large 
members  shall  have  an  ultimate  tensile  resistance  of  from  sixty  thousand 
(60,000)  pounds  to  seventy  thousand  (70,000)  pounds  per  square  inch,  an 
elastic  limit  of  not  less  than  one-half  of  its  ultimate  strength  and  a per- 
centage of  elongation  in  eight  (8)  inches  equal  to  twenty-two  (22)  per 
centum.  Such  steel  shall  also  bend  one  hundred  and  eighty  (180)  degrees 
to  a diameter  equal  to  the  thickness  of  the  piece  tested,  without  fracture  on 
the  outside  of  the  bent  portions  when  tested  in  a test  piece. 

Rivet  steel  shall  have  an  ultimate  resistance  of  from  forty-eight  thou- 
sand (48,000)  pounds  to  fifty-eight  thousand  (58,000)  pounds  per  square 
inch,  an  elastic  limit  not  less  than  one-half  of  its  ultimate  strength,  and 
a percentage  of  elongation  in  eight  (8)  inches  equal  to  twenty-six  (26) 
per  centum. 

Section  55.  Cast  Steel. — Cast  steel  shall  have  an  ultimate  strength  of 
from  sixty  thousand  (60,000)  to  seventy  thousand  (70,000)  pounds  per 
square  inch,  an  elastic  limit  equal  to  forty-five  (45)  per  cent,  of  its  ultimate 
resistance,  and  an  elongation  in  two  inches  of  eighteen  (18)  per  centum. 

Section  56.  Unit  Stresses.— Unit  stresses  allowed  on  steel  members 
shall  not  exceed  the  following: 


Direct  Compression. 

(Pounds  per  square  inch.) 

Rolled  steel  

Cast  steel  

Wrought  iron  

Steel  pins,  rivets  (bearing) 


Direct  Tension, 
(Pounds  per  square  inch.) 
Rolled  steel,  net  section 


.16.000 

.16,000 

.12,000 

.20,000 


16,000 


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16,000 

Cast  steel,  net  section... ^2  000 

Wrought  iron,  net  section 

Direct  Shear,  Net  Section. 

(Pounds  per  square  inch.)  1Q000 

Rivets  and  pins  (steel) - : *Y)00 

Field  rivets  (steel) 6,000 

Field  rivets  (iron) 9^000 

Steel  web  plates 7,000 

Wrought  iron  plates 


..16,000 

..15,000 


Extreme  Fibre  Stress  In  Bending. 

(Pounds  per  square  inch.) 

Rolled  beams  — — "" 

Riveted  girders,  net  section  of  flanges.— - 

Section  57.  Steel  Columns.— In  steel  columns  the  dead  and  live  load 
stresses  together  shall  not  exceed  in  any  case  thirteen  thousand  five  hundred 
(13  500)  pounds  per  square  inch.  If  the  thickness  of  any  metal  in  e > y 
of  the  columns  is  less  than  5-16  inch,  stress  shall  not  exceed  wa  ve 
sand  (12,000)  pounds  per  square  inch.  When  columns  have  a length  b>e 

than  thirty  times  the  least  radius  of  gyration  the  allowed  stress  n oouals 

per  square  inch  shall  not  exceed  that  given  by  the  formula;  S.OOO-oO  L-r 
where  L equals  length  in  inches  and  r equals  least  radius  of  gyratio  • 

mChAn  increase  of  fifty  (50)  per  centum  above  the  allo^r^dt^nJr^Vs! 
load  stress  may  be  used  for  wind  stresses.  Columns  subiected  to  cross 
bending  by  wind  or  eccentric  loading,  shall  have  additional  area  to  provide 
for  the  stresses,  the  eccentric  loading  being  calculated  as  dead  load  and  the 
wind  providing  for  as  above.  The  area  of  metal  thus  obtained  lor  wind 
cross-bending,  and  eccentric  loading  shall  be  added  to  the  area 
for  dead  and  live  load  to  obtain  the  total  meal  in  columns.  No  column 
shall  have  unsupported  a length  greater  than  one  Hundred  and  twent> 
times  the  least  radius  of  gyration. 

Section  58.  Steel  Plate  Girders.— All  plate  girders  shall  be  provided 
with  stiffeners  at  the  points  of  support,  and  under  concentrated  loads  inter- 
mediate stiffeners  shall  also  be  used  at  distances  apart  equal  to  the  depth  of 
the  girder,  providing  the  shearing  stresses  “S”  in  pounds  per  square  inch  ex- 
ceed that  given  by  the  following  formula: 


S=- 


15,000 

d2 


1 -| 

3000  t2 

where  d equals  clear  distance  out  to  flange  angles,  and  t equals  thickness 
of  web  in  inches. 

Section  59.  Cast  Iron.— All  cast  iron  castings  shall  be  made  of  clean, 
tough  gray  iron.  They  shall  be  free  from  injurious  blowholes,  cold-shuts, 
and  cinder  spots.  Sample  bars  one  inch  square  cast  in  sand  molds,  in  a 
span  of  twelve  (12)  inches,  shall  bear  a central  load  of  two  thousand  four 
hundred  (2400)  pounds  with  a minimum  deflection  of  one-tenth  of  an  men 
before  breaking.  Unit  stresses  on  cast  iron  shall  not  exceed  sixteen  thou- 
sand (16,000)  pounds  per  square  inch  in  compression,  and  three  thousand 
(3000)  pounds  per  square  inch  in  tension. 

Section  59-A.  Cast  Iron  Bases. — Cast  iron  bases  used  to  distribute  the 


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loads  of  columns  upon  the  foundations  shall  be  of  not  less  than  three- 
bolYeTthwet  ™6ta  ' ThC  tOPS  °f  baSCS  ShaH  be  placed  and  the  columns 

Section  60.  Cast  Iron  Columns. — Columns  of  cast  iron  shall  be  of 
round  or  rectangular  section,  but  no  column  shall  be  used  less  than  five 
(5)  inches  diameter  or  of  side  of  rectangle  less  than  five  (5)  inches  No 
cast  iron  column  shall  have  an  unsupported  length  of  more  than  twenty 
times  its  least  lateral  dimensions  or  diameter,  except  when  forming  the 
side  of  a staircase  or  elevator  enclosure. 

inch^thanaSt  'r°n  ccdumn  sbad  be  subjected  to  a greater  stress  per  square 

8,000 


1 -I 


800  d = 

mche^Tnd  C°lumns’  where  L is  len»th  and  d is  outside  diameter  in 

8,000 


1 -I- 


1067  S2 

for  rectangular  columns,  where  L is  the  length  and  S is  the  least  side  of  the 
rectangle  in  inches. 

The  top  and  bottom  flangers,  sets,  and  lugs  shall  be  of  ample  strength, 
reinforced  by  fillets  and  brackets;  they  shall  not  be  less  than  one  inch  in 
thickness  when  finished. 

The  interior  space  of  cast  iron  columns  shall  be  in  no  case  filled 
with  any  material. 

A11  columns  shall  be  faced  at  the  ends  to  a plane  surface  at  right 
angles  to  the  axis  of  the  column. 

Where  cast  iron  columns  are  placed  vertically,  one  on  top  of  another 
they  shall  be  securely  bolted  together  with  at  least  four  three-quarter-inch 
bolts  at  the  joints,  through  flanges  cast  on  the  columns.  In  such  cases 
Do^umn^16^  S^a  n0t  vary  more  than  two  inches  between  any  two 

...  The  metal  of  the  shaft  of  the  lower  column  shall  be  increased  in 
thickness  at  the  top  to  give  full  bearing  to  the  metal  of  the  shaft  of  the 
column. . Thls  ,sha11  be  done  by  tapering  the  metal  for  at  least  six 
vV  'nches.  A joint  plate,  at  least  one  inch  thick,  may  be  used  in  place  of 
tnis  taper. 

The  thickness  of  metal  shall  not  be  less  than  one-twelfth  (1-12)  of  the 
diameter  or  of  the  greatest  lateral  dimension  of  cross-section,  but  never 
less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch. 

, ^h,eI?*ve''  th,e.  core  of  a cast  iron  column  has  shifted  more  than  one- 

fourth  (N)  the  thickness  of  the  shell,  the  strength  shall  be  computed  as- 
suming the  thickness  of  metal  all  around  equal  to  the  thinnest  part  and 
thp  columns  shall  be  condemned  and  rejected  if  this  computation  shows 
the  strength  to  be  less  than  required  by  this  code. 

Whenever  blow-holes  or  imperfections  are  found  in  a cast  iron  column 

Ten'tCVet!UCeiS  thC  \re?,tf  the-  cross-section  at  that  point  more  than  ten  per 
cent,  such  column  shall  be  rejected. 

Cast  iron  posts  or  columns  not  cast  with  one  open  side  or  back,  before 


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beine  set  up  in  place,  shall  have  a three-eights  (3-8)  of  an  inch  hole  drilled 
in  the  shaft  of  each  post  or  column,  by  the  manufacturer  or  contractor 
furnishing  the  same,  to  exhibit  the  thickness  of  the  castings;  and  any  other 
hole  or  holes  of  a similar  size,  which  the  inspector  of  buildings  may  require, 
shall  be  drilled  in  the  said  posts  or  columns  by  the  said  manufacturer  or 
contractor,  at  his  expense. 


Section  61.  Loads.— The  dead  loads  in  buildings  and  structures  shall 
consist  of  the  actual  weight  of  the  walls,  roofs,  floors,  partitions  and  all 

permanent  construction.  . 

The  live  or  variable  loads  shall  consist  of  all  loads  other  than  dead 

Floors  and  supports  shall  be  designed  to  safely  carry  not  less  than 
the  following  loads  per  square  foot  of  floor  area,  in  addition  to  the  dead 


l0adbwellings,  office,  floors,  apartment  houses,  tenement  houses,  hotels, 
lodging  houses,  hospitals,  sixty  (60)  pounds.  . 

School  rooms  and  theaters  with  fixed  desks  and  seats,  stables  and 
carriage  houses,  seventy-five  (75)  pounds.  , 

Halls  of  public  assemblages,  without  fixed  seats,  halls  of  schools,  thea- 
ters, and  hospitals,  ordinary  stores,  and  floors  of  light  manufactories,  one 
hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  pounds. 

Stores  with  heavy  loads,  libraries,  warehouses,  ordinary  manufactories, 

three  hundred  (300)  pounds. 

All  sidewalks,  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  pounds. 

The  strength  of  factory  floors  intended  to  carry  running  machinery, 
and  any  other  buildings  intended  to  carry  heavy  or  special  loads,  shall  be 
increased  above  the  minimum  given  in  this  section,  as  may  be  required 


by  the  inspector  of  buildings.  . . , , , , 

The  roofs  of  all  buildings  having  a pitch  of  less  than  twenty  (20) 
degrees  shall  be  proportioned  to  bear  safely  fifty  (50)  pounds  upon  every 
superficial  foot  of  their  surface,  in  addition  to  the  weight  of  materials  com- 
posing the  same.  If  the  pitch  be  more  than  twenty  (20)  degrees  the  live 
load  shall  be  assumed  at  thirty  (30)  pounds  upon  every  superficial  foot, 
measured  upon  a horizontal  plane. 

All  beams  or  joists  in  the  building  shall  be  proportioned  to  carry  the 
full  dead  and  live  load.  In  buildings  used  for  offices,  dwellings,  apartment 
houses,  hotels,  lodging  houses,  hospitals,  schools,  halls,  and  theaters  all 
girders  shall  be  proportioned  to  carry  the  full  dead  load  and  at  least  eighty 
(80)  per  cent,  of  the  required  live  load,  and  the  columns  shall  be  propor- 
tioned to  carry  the  full  dead  load  and  sixty  (60)  per  cent,  of  the  required 

live  load.  . 

In  buildings  used  for  warehouses,  stores,  libraries,  all  beams,  girders, 
and  columns  shall  be  designed  to  carry  the  full  dead  and  live  load. 

The  weight  placed  upon  any  of  the  floors  of  any  building  shall  be  safely 
distributed  thereon.  The  inspector  of  buildings  may  require  the  owner  or 
occupant  of  any  building,  or  of  any  portion  thereof,  to  redistribute  the  load 
on  any  floor  or  to  lighten  such  load,  where  he  deems  it  necessary  so  to  do. 
A tablet  shall  be  permanently  placed  in  a conspicuous  position  on  each 
floor  of  each  building  used  for  commercial  purposes,  giving  the  live  load 
per  square  foot  for  which  the  building  was  designed. 


Section  62.  Weights  and  Materials.— The  following  weights  per  cubic 
foot  shall  be  used  in  calculating  the  dead  loads: 


Brick  work  

Concrete  rock  or  gravel. 

Concrete  of  cinders 

Steel  


125  pounds 
145  pounds 
.100  pounds 
490  pounds 


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p3^  '*'r?n 450  pounds 

Pine  and  fir 40  pounds 

Sandstone  155  p0unds 

Granite  and  marble 165  pounds 

Terra  cotta  - 100  pounds 

^at,er.  62 *4  pounds 

Plastering,  dry  100  pounds 

Sand  and  gravel,  dry 100  pounds 

Sand  and  gravel,  wet 130  pounds 

The  weight  of  the  other  materials  shall  be  determined  from  standard 
authorities,  or  directly  by  the  inspector  of  buildings  from  samples. 

Section  63.  Foundations  and  Loads  On  Soils. — All  foundations  shall  be 
calculated  for  the  full  column  loads  obtained  by  the  loads  given  in  this 
ordinance.  Soils  carrying  foundations  shall  not  be  loaded  more  than  the 
following  number  of  tons  per  square  foot: 

Soft  clay  ... j ton 

Sand  and  clay  mixed 2 tons 

Firm,  dry  clay 3 tons 

Loam,  or  fine,  dry  sand 3 tons 

Hai*d  clay  4 tons 

Compact  sand  4 tons 

Coarse  gravel  ZZZZZZZ  4 tons 

rock  10  tons 

Hard  rock  - 20  tons 

The  inspector  of  buildings  may  make  investigation  of  special  forms  of 
foundation  and  issue  permits  for  such,  if  approved.  He  may  call  for  a test 

of  soils,  which  must  be  made  by  the  owner  in  such  a manner  as  the  said 

inspector  of  buildings  may  provide. 


Section  64.  Unit  Loads  On  Masonry. — The  following  unit  loads  per 

square  foot  must  not  be  exceeded: 


Brick  work,  lime  mortar 7 tons 

Brick  work,  cement  and  lime  mortar 10  tons 

Brick  work,  cement  mortar 15  tons 

Concrete  ZZZZZZ20  tons 

Granlte  28  tons 


Section  65.  Foundations  On  Brick  Work. — Walls,  columns,  and  other 
loads  may  rest  upon  a foundation  of  brick  work  built  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  this  ordinance.  The  faces  of  such  foundations  shall  have 
a batter  of  not  less  than  sixty  degrees  from  a horizontal  plane,  taken  from 
the  ledge  of  column  base  or  wall. 

Section  66.  Foundations  of  Stone. — Walls,  columns,  and  other  loads 
may  rest  upon  a foundation  of  cut  stone  or  of  rubble,  stone  masonry.  The 
faces  of  such  foundations  shall  have  a batter  not  less  than  sixty  degrees 
from  a horizontal  plane  taken  from  the  ledge  of  column  base  or  wall.  All 
stones  used  shall  be  of  such  size  that  no  stone  shall  have  a projection  more 
than  one-third  its  length.  Stone  to  be  laid  in  Portland  cement  mortar. 


Section  67.  Foundations  of  Plain  Concrete.— Walls,  columns,  and 
other  loads  may  rest  upon  a foundation  of  plain  concrete,  in  which  case  the 
faces  of  such  foundations  shall  have  a batter  not  less  than  sixty  degrees 
frPOI?.a  horizontal  plane.  Concrete  to  be  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance. 


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Section  68.  Foundations  of  Reinforced  Concrete.  Walls,  columns, 
and  other  loads  may  rest  upon  a foundation  of  reinforced  concrete  consist- 
ing of  slabe,  or  beams  and  slabs,  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
visions of  reinforced  concrete  in  Class  B buildings. 


Section  69.  Foundations  of  Steel  Grillage.— Walls,  columns,  and  other 
loads  may  rest  upon  a foundation  of  steel  beams  and  girders.  There  shall 
be  a layer  of  concrete  at  least  six  (6)  inches  thick  b_etween  any  part  of 
the  steel  and  earth. 


Section  70.  Bases  for  Columns.— Columns  shall  rest  upon  cast  iron  or 
steel  bases,  and  all  columns  shall  have  some  form  of  base  plate,  or  base, 
which  may  be  leveled  before  placing  the  column.  Granite  levelers  not  less 
than  twelve  (12)  inches  thick  may  be  used. 

Section  71.  Anchoring  Columns. — Buildings  where  the  height  exceeds 
three  times  the  least  horizontal  dimension  shall  have  at  least  two  (2) 
anchors  of  one  and  one-half  (1  '/>)  square  inches  section  each,  fastened 
to  column  and  passing  into  the  concrete  to  within  one  foot  of  soil;  anchor 
to  have  washer  of  size  sufficient  to  develop  strength  of  anchor.  This  does 
not  apply  to  columns  embedded  in  side  retaining  walls. 


Section  72.  Shape  of  Foundations. — Foundations  under  columns  shall 
be  symmertrical  except  under  wall  of  columns,  where  the  center  line  of  the 
columns  must  lie  within  the  middle  third  of  the  foundation  section.  In  this 
case  the  intensity  of  pressure  on  soil  at  the  wall  line  must  not  exceed  the 
allowed  limit,  due  consideration  being  taken  of  any  wall  load  in  addition  to 
the  column  load. 


Section  73.  Combined  Foundations.— In  cases  where  the  wall  column 
load  exceeds  the  above  provisions,  the  column  must  rest  upon  a steel  or 
reinforced  concrete  girder  having  an  interior  column  or  columns  at  the 
inner  end.  The  foundation  shall  then  be  designed  for  the  combined  loads. 
This  section  does  not  apply  to  party  walls  and  foundations. 

Combination  foundations  or  inverted  arches  of  brick,  stone,  or  concrete 
masonry  may  be  used  in  connecting  piers  or  walls,  in  which  case  the  arch 
shall  be  ample  to  support  the  load  and  the  thrust  taken  by  embedded 
tie-rods. 


Section  74.  Special  Forms  of  Foundations. — Special  forms  of  founda- 
tions, such  as  caissons,  may  be  used  after  approval  by  the  inspector  of 
buildings. 

Section  75.  Retaining  Walls. — Walls  sustaining  the  pressure  of  earth 
shall  be  designed  in  accordance  with  an  approved  formula.  Reinforced  con- 
crete walls  may  be  used,  designed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  for 
reinforced  concrete  in  Class  “B”  buildings.  No  part  of  such  walls  shall 
extend  beyond  the  curb  line.  Retaining  walls  for  sidewalks,  areas  provided 
with  a sidewalk  of  steel  beams  and  concrete,  shall  be  not  less  than  seven- 
teen (17)  inches  wide  at  the  top  and  increase  one  (1)  inch  in  thickness  for 
every  foot  in  height.  Special  forms  of  retaining  walls  with  steel  beams 
resting  against  the  sidewalk  beams  may  be  used  if  of  approved  designs.  No 
permanent  wooden  bulkhead  over  five  (5)  feet  in  height  shall  be  constructed. 


Section  76.  Area  Walls  for  Hydrant  Protection. — At  places  where  des- 
ignated by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  the  retaining  walls  of  sidewalks  shall 
be  curved  around  any  hydrant  in  such  way  that  the  hydrant  is  outside  the 
wall  and  a clear  space  three  (3)  feet  four  (4)  inches  wide  and  three  (3) 
feet  four  (4)  inches  deep  from  the  curb  line  left  for  the  hydrant.  Sidewalks 
shall  be  built  close  up  to  hydrants. 


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Section  77.  Sidewalk  Construction. — All  sidewalks  over  excavated 
areas  shall  be  made  with  a wearing  surface  of  concrete.  Where  resting  di- 
rectly on  earth,  the  concrete  shall  be  at  least  three  and  one-fourth  (3^4) 
inches  thick,  with  a wearing  surface  of  sand  and  cement  in  equal  parts  at 
least  three-fourths  inch  thick  in  addition. 

Sidewalks  over  excavated  areas  shall  be  supported  on  steel  or  reinforced 
concrete  beams.  The  space  between  the  beams  shall  be  covered  either  with 
a reinforced  concrete  slab  at  least  five  (5)  inches  thick  or  a brick  arch  at 
least  four  (4)  inches  thick.  In  addition  there  shall  be  a wearing  surface  of 
fine  gravel  and  cement  in  equal  parts  at  least  three-fourths  inch  thick. 

All  sidewalks  shall  have  a drop  outward  from  the  building  line  of  one- 
fourth  inch  per  foot  of  width. 

All  sidewalks  shall  be  laid  in  sections  not  exceeding  twelve  (12)  linear 
feet  in  length.  The  sections  shall  be  constructed  alternately;  or  if  con- 
structed continuously,  the  sections  shall  be  separated  from  one  another  by 
joints  extending  through  the  entire  thickness  of  the  pavement. 

Section  78.  Special  Provisions  Relating  To  the  Construction  of  Class 
“A”  Buildings.  Description. — Class  “A”  buildings  of  unlimited  height  shall 
be  built  with  a steel  frame  carrying  all  floor  loads  and  all  walls  from  the 
third  floor  up. 

Class  “A”  buildings  in  which  the  height  does  not  exceed  eighty-six  (86) 
feet  may  have  the  exterior  wall  a bearing  wall  carrying  the  adjacent  floor 
loads,  or  the  exterior  wall  may  be  a self-supporting  curtain  wall  without 
openings,  the  floor  loads  being  carried  on  columns  built  in  the  wall.  Cast  iron 
columns  may  be  used  in  such  buildings.  Provided,  that  no  school,  hospital, 
theater,  or  building  for  public  assemblage,  required  to  be  fireproof,  be  con- 
structed without  columns  built  into  the  exterior  walls,  which  column  may 
carry  the  floor  load  only. 

Section  79.  Steel  Frame. — No  material  less  than  one-fourth  (%)  inch 
in  thickness  shall  be  used  in  any  part  subject  to  stress. 

Section  80.  Columns. — Columns  shall  be  proportioned  in  accordance 
Arith  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

All  columns  in  buildings  over  eighty-six  (86)  feet  in  height  shall  be 
made  up  of  rolled  steel  shapes,  and  no  columns  shall  be  used  which  do  not 
have  one  solid  web  of  metal  along  or  parallel  with  one  axis  of  cross  section. 
All  columns  shall  extend  to  a foundation,  the  top  of  which  is  not  above  the 
basement  floor  level,  except  where  the  load  is  carried  on  trusses  or  girders 
to  other  columns. 

Columns  shall  be  connected  to  each  other  by  splice  plates  near  a floor 
line.  The  splice  plate  must  be  of  sufficient  size  to  take  any  possible  tension 
or  shear  due  to  wind  or  eccentric  loadings.  Columns  may  be  built  in  length 
of  one  or  more  stories. 

Cast  iron  columns  may  be  used  in  buildings  under  eighty-six  (86)  feet 
in  height,  and  shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  81.  Girders  and  Beams. — Girders  and  beams  shall  be  rolled 
steel  shapes  or  built  of  rolled  steel  sections.  The  compression  flanges  shall 
be  stayed  against  side  deflection  if  the  length  exceeds  thirty  times  the 
width. 

Girders  of  two  “I”  beams  or  channels  shall  have  bolted  separators 
at  ends,  under  concentrated  loads,  and  at  intervals  of  not  over  five  (5)feet 
when  uniformly  loaded. 

Built  girders  shall  have  stiffeners  at  the  ends,  under  concentrated  loads, 
and  at  intervals  of  not  over  five  (5)  feet  when  uniformly  loaded. 

Built  girders  shall  have  stiffeners  at  the  ends,  under  concentrated  loads 
and  under  uniform  loads,  at  distances  apart  not  exceeding  the  depth  of  the 


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girder  when  the  shearing  stress  per  square  inch  exceeds  that  given  by  the 
formula: 

15,000 

S= 

d2 

1 -| 

3000  t2 

where  d equals  clear  distance  between  flange  angles,  and  t equals  web 
thickness  in  inches. 

Section  82.  Limiting  Distances. — No  part  of  the  metal  of  any  column 
except  connections  and  beam  support  shall  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches 
from  the  outside  of  any  exterior  wall.  Portions  of  the  frame  supporting 
walls  shall  not  be  less  in  width  than  one-half  the  width  of  the  wall,  and 
the  supporting  part  shall  project  to  within  two  (2)  inches  of  the  outer  face 
of  the  wall. 

Section  83.  Tie  Rods. — Tie  rods  shall  connect  all  beams  where  the 
floor  construction  gives  rise  to  a thrust.  Rods  shall  have  nuts  or  turn- 
buckles  for  adjustment. 

Section  84.  Metal  Fronts,  Cornices,  Fire  Walls,  Roof  Trusses. — Cast 
iron  or  metal  fronts  may  be  placed,  in  front  of  columns  of  the  steel  frame, 
provided  the  latter  are  fully  fire-proofed. 

Brackets  supporting  overhanging  cornices,  belt  cornices,  and  other  pro- 
jections shall  be  attached  to  the  steel  frame. 

Parapet  and  fire  walls  shall,  if  over  three  (3)  feet  high  above  roof,  be 
connected  to  the  steel  frame,  which  must  be  extended  for  that  purpose. 

Roof  trusses  under  forty-five  (45)  feet  span  may  rest  on  brick  walls. 
Spans  over  forty-five  (45)  feet  shall  rest  on  steel  columns. 

Section  85.  Wind  Bracing. — In  buildings  over  one  hundred  and  two 
(102)  feet  high,  or  where  the  height  exceeds  three  times  the  least  horizontal 
dimension,  the  following  provisions  of  this  section  shall  apply: 

The  steel  frame  shall  be  designed  to  resist  a wind  .force  of  twenty  (20) 
pounds  per  square  foot,  acting  in  any  direction  upon  the  entire  exposed 
surface. 

In  no  case  shall  the  overturning  moment  due  to  wind  exceed  fifty  (50) 
per  centum  of  the  moment  due  to  the  weight  of  the  structure.  All  ex- 
terior wall  girders  shall  have  knee-brace  connections  to  columns.  Pro- 
visions shall  be  made  for  diagonal,  portal,  or  knee-bracing  to  resist  wind 
stresses,  and  such  bracing  shall  be  continuous  from  the  top  story  to  and 
including  basement. 

Section  86.  Walls. — The  exterior,  party,  division,  court,  or  shaft  walls 
where  carried  on  the  steel  frame  shall  be  of  brick,  reinforced  concrete, 
concrete,  or  stone.  Where  self-supporting  walls  are  used,  they  may  be  of 
brick,  or  plain  or  reinforced  concrete.  All  walls  shall  be  anchored  to  frame 
at  spaces  not  exceeding  five  feet  with  three-fourth-inch  anchors  with  six- 
inch  square  heads. 

The  walls  of  courts  and  shafts  of  an  area  less  than  fifty  (50)  square 
feet  may  be  of  the  same  construction  as  allowed  for  partitions,  but  they 
must  be  plastered  on  the  outside. 

Section  87.  Brick  Walls. — Brick  walls,  when  supported  on  the  steel 
frame  or  in  the  first  and  second  story,  shall  be  at  least  thirteen  (13)  inches 
thick,  unless  reinforced,  except  that  if  used  in  the  basement  they  shall  be 
seventeen  (17)  inches  thick.  Stone  or  terra  cotta  veneer  shall  not  be 
counted  part  of  this  thickness.  If  the  height  of  a supported  wall  exceeds 


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twenty-four  (24)  feet,  or  the  area  between  supporting  girders  and  columns 
exceeds  four  hundred  (400)  square  feet,  the  thickness  shall  be  made  seven- 
teen (17)  inches. 

Self-supporting  curtain  walls  of  brick  built  in  between  columns  sup- 
porting floor  loads  may  be  used  in  Class  “A”  buildings  of  a height  not  over 
eighty-six  (86)  feet.  Said  curtain  walls  shall  be  twenty-one  (21)  inches 
thick  in  basement,  seventeen  (17)  inches  thick  for  a height  of  forty-six 
(46)  feet  above  the  first  floor,  and  thirteen  (13)  inches  thick  for  the  remain- 
ing height.  No  openings  shall  be  made  in  curtain  walls. 

Self-supporting  bearing  walls  of  brick  may  be  used  in  Class  “A”  build- 
ings of  a height  not  over  eighty-six  (86)  feet.  Such  walls  shall  be  of  a 
thickness  as  given  in  this  ordinance  relating  to  Class  “C”  buildings.  Such 
walls  may  be  used  to  carry  adjacent  floor  loads,  provided  that  the  adjacent 
interior  column  is  not  more  than  twenty  (20)  feet  from  the  bearing  wall. 

Section  88.  Reinforced  Concrete  Walls. — Walls  of  reinforced  concrete 
shall  be  permitted  in  Class  “A”  buildings,  provided  they  be  constructed  in 
accordance  with  this  ordinance  relating  to  Class  “B”  buildings,  except  that 
they  shall  be  supported  on  steel  columns  and  beams  instead  of  reinforced 
concrete. 

Concrete  made  with  broken  brick  or  terra  cotta  or  cinders  instead  of 

broken  stone  will  be  permitted  in  Class  “A”  building. 

• 

Section  89.  Reinforced  Brick  Walls. — Walls  of  brick  may  be  built  of 
a thickness  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches,  provided  that  vertical  steel  rods 
not  less  than  one-half  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  spaced  not  over  twenty- 
four  (24)  inches  apart  horizontally  are  used  to  reinforce  the  walls.  Such 
rods  must  be  rigidly  attached  to  the  steel  frame  at  each  floor.  No  wall  of 
this  thickness  shall  be  built  of  a height  exceeding  eighteen  (18).  feet  in  each 
story,  and  the  materials  shall  be  built  in  accordance  with  previous  sections 
covering  their  construction. 

If  the  area  of  wall  surface  included  between  any  two  adjacant  wall 
columns  and  adjacent  floor  girders  exceeds  three  hundred  (300)  square 
feet,  the  thickness  of  the  walls  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches. 

Section  90.  Floor  and  Roof  Construction. — The  structural  part  of  floors 
and  roofs  may  be  built  of  terra  cotta,  brick,  steel,  or  of  concrete  made  of 
stone,  broken  brick,  cinders,  or  other  concrete.  The  slabs  or  arches  shall 
be  proportioned  to  carry  loads  twenty  (20)  per  cent,  greater  than  required 
for  the  supporting  steel  beams  of  the  framer 

Section  91.  Terra  Cotta  Floors. — Segment  floor  arches  built  of  terra 
cotta  shall  have  a rise  of  not  more  than  one-tenth  the  span  for  the  arch 
portion,  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  for  spans  up  to  six  (6)  feet,  nor  less 
than  six  (6)  inches  for  spans  up  to  ten  (10)  feet.  Spans  over  ten  (10)  feet 
are  prohibited.  No  arch  shall  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches  thick. 

Arches  shall  be  constructed  so  that  the  key  block  shall  fall  in  the  center 
and  shells  and  webs  always  abut  against  each  other. 

Flat  arches  shall  have  spans  not  exceeding  ten  (10)  feet,  and  the  depth 
of  the  tile  shall  not  be  less  than  one  and  three-quarters  inches  for  each  foot 
of  span. 

Section  92.  Brick  Arch  Floors. — Brick  laid  in  cement  lime  mortar  may 
be  used  for  floors  up  to  ten  (10)  feet  span.  The  rise  shall  be  one-ninth 
(1-9)  the  span  with  four  (4)  inches  crown  thickness  for  spans  up  to  six 
(6)  feet  and  eight  (8)  inches  crown  thickness  for  spans  up  to  ten  (10)  feet. 

Section  93.  Reinforced  Concrete  Floors. — Floors  of  reinforced  con- 
crete, built  in  conformity  with  the  requirements  for  reinforced  concrete  as 
outlined  under  Class  “B”  buildings,  may  be  built  in  Class  “A”  buildings. 


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No  concrete  slab  shall  have  a span  exceeding  sixteen  (16)  feet,  and  in 

buildings  over  eighty-six  (86)  feet  in  height,  no  slab  shall  be  over  ten  (It)) 

fe6t  No*  slab  of  stone  concrete  shall  be  less  than  three  and  one-half  (3)4) 
inches  thick,  except  roof  slabs,  which  may  be  three  (3)  inches  thick.  Slabs 
over  eight  (8)  feet  span  and  less  than  twelve  (12)  feet  span  shall  not  be  less 
than  four  and  one-half  (4 y2)  inches  thick.  Slabs  over  twelve  (12)  feet  span 
shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  inches  thick.  Slabs  may  be  built  of  concrete 
in  which  broken  brick,  terra  cotta,  or  cinders  are  used  in  place  of  stone, 
provided  they  are  made  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  thick  for  floors  and 
not  less  than  three  and  one-half  (3^)  inches  thick  for  roofs. 

Section  94.  Special  Floors. — Floors  may  be  built  of  lens  light  not  ex- 
ceeding four  (4)  inches  square  each,  set  in  cement  and  constructed  in  a 
manner  similar  to  sidewalk  construction. 

Floors  of  iron  plates  resting  on  steel  supports  may  be  used  in  boiler 

Floors  of  special  design  must  be  submitted  to  the  inspector  of  build- 
ings for  approval. 

Section  95.  Floor  Coverings — The  wearing  surface  of  the  floors  shall 
rest  on  the  structural  part  and  may  consist  of  a cement  finish,  terrazzo, 
marble  tile,  encaustic,  or  other  tile,  wood  resting  upon  sleepers  fastened  to 
the  structural  part  with  concrete  filling  or  other  material  approved  by  the 
inspector  of  buildings. 

Section  96.  Partitions. — Partitions  may  be  made  of  brick,  solid  con- 
crete, reinforced  concrete,  metal  lath  and  plaster  on  metal  studs,  terra  cotta, 

or  plaster  blocks.  ^ , 

No  partition  shall  rest  upon  a wooden  floor,  but  must  be  carried  down 
to  the  incombustible  materials  below. 

Brick  partition  shall  be  laid  as  walls  and  the  thickness  shall  not  be  less 
than  eight  (8)  inches.  . . 

Solid  plain  concrete  partitions  shall  not  be  less  m thickness  than  one- 
thirtieth  (1-30)  of  the  height.  . , 

Reinforced  concrete  partitions  shall  not  be  less  in  thickness  than 
one-sixtieth  (1-60)  of  the  height. 

Plastered  partitions  shall  have  a base  of  metal  studs  and  metal  lath. 
Up  to  a height  of  twelve  (12)  feet  solid  partitions  two  (2)  inches  thick,  with 
one  layer  of  lath,  may  be  used.  For  greater  heights,  studs  with  two  layers 
of  lath  shall  be  used.  The  depth  of  the  studs  shall  be  at  least  one-sixtieth 
(1-60)  of  the  height  of  partition. 

Terra  cotta  partitions  shall  have  the  blocks  set  in  cement  lime  mortar 
and  fastened  with  iron  clips.  Thickness  of  terra  cotta  shall  be  at  least  one- 
fortienth  (1-40)  of  the  height  of  partition. 

Plaster  block  partitions  shall  be  built  of  solid  plaster  blocks  of  a thick- 
ness at  least  one-fortieth  (1-40)  of  the  height  of  partition  and  doweled  at 
top  and  bottom  of  each  block. 

Section  97.  Ceilings. — Ceilings  shall  be  made  of  reinforced  concrete, 
terra  cotta  tile,  metal  lath  and  plaster  or  other  approved  forms.  If  of  rein- 
forced concrete  or  terra  cotta  tile,  the  provisions  relating  to  floors  shall 
apply.  If  the  ceilings  be  of  metal  lath  and  plaster,  the  lath  shall  be  sus- 
pended from  the  floor  or  ceiling  beams  by  a rigid  frame  work,  to  which  the 
lath  shall  be  firmly  applied. 

Section  98.  Fire-Proofing. — All  metal  structural  members  which  sup- 
port or  resist  stresses,  and  are  not  covered  by  brick  or  concrete  to  a thick- 
ness of  five  (5)  inches,  shall  be  fire-proofed  as  per  sub-divisions  (a),  (b), 
and  (c)  of  this  section.  All  fire-proofing  shall  be  continuous,  and  no  pipes, 


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wires,  cables,  or  similar  material,  other  than  reinforcing,  shall  be  incased  or 
embedded  in  any  fire-proofing,  nor  shall  any  fire-proofing  be  cut  to  allow 
the  passage  of  any  pipe  or  duct  through  any  part  except  floor  slabs. 

(a.)  Column  Fire-proofing — The  protection  of  columns  shall  consist  of 
stone  concrete  four  (4)  inches  thick,  filled  solidly  around  the  columns,  or 
of  brick  laid  in  Portland  cement  with  Portland  cement  mortar  or  stone 
concrete  filled  in  solidly  so  as  to  leave  no  voids  or  spaces  between  the  bricks 
and  columns,  or  a four-inch  porous,  terra  cotta,  hollow  block.  The  blocks 
shall  be  accurately  fitted,  laid  in  Portland  cement  mortar,  and  the  spaces 
between  the  terra  cotta  blocks  and  the  steel  shall  be  filled  in  solidly  with 
Portland  cement  mortar  or  stone  concrete.  In  every  case  the  column  pro- 
tection shall  cover  the  column  at  all  points  to  a thickness  of  not  less  than 
four  (4)  inches  and  be  continuous  from  the  base  to  the  top  of  the  column. 
The  extreme  outer  edges  of  lugs,  brackets,  and  similar  supporting  metal 
may  project  to  within  two  inches  of  the  outer  surface  of  the  protection. 

(b)  Fire-proofing  of  Girders,  Trusses,  Etc. — The  protection  of  girders 
and  all  members  of  trusses  shall  be  of  stone  concrete,  brick,  or  porous 
terra  cotta,  and  shall  not  be  less  than  two  inches  thick  at  all  points.  The 
protection  of  the  webs  and  soffits  of  beams,  lintels,  and  other  lesser  struc- 
tural members  which  support  loads  or  resist  stress  and  project  above  or 
below  the  arches,  shall  be  not  less  than  two  inches  in  thickness  at  any  point. 
The  soffits  of  all  floor  beams  not  projecting  below  the  arches  shall  be  pro- 
tected by  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches  of  arch  material.  If  of  hollow  tile,  the 
protection  shall  consist  of  lugs  forming  part  of  the  skew-backs,  and  extend- 
ing around  the  lower  flange  of  the  beam  and  meeting  at  the  center;  or  of 
tile  slabs  held  in  position  by  dove-tailed  lugs  projecting  from  the  skew-backs, 
all  to  be  laid  and  jointed  with  Portland  cement  mortar. 

(c)  Use  of  Steel  Anchors — The  fireproof  protection  of  all  the  above 
structural  members,  if  of  concrete,  shall  be  held  in  position  by  suitably 
designed  interior  steel  anchors,  hooked  rigidly  around  the  flanges  or  angles 
of  the  structural  members  and  spaced  not  over  sixteen  (16)  inches  apart, 
horizontally  and  vertically;  these  anchors  to  be  made  with  hooked  ends 
from  steel  stock  weighing  not  less  than  one-quarter  of  a pound  per  lineal 
foot,  and  extending  to  within  one  inch  of  the  outside  surface  of  the  concrete. 

Section  99.  Special  Provisions  Relating  To  the  Construction  of  Class 
“B”  Buildings. — Class  “B”  buildings  shall  have  a complete  frame  of  columns, 
girders,  and  beams  made  of  reinforced  concrete  with  masonry  walls,  and  the 
structural  parts  of  floors  and  roof  constructed  of  reinforced  concrete.  Steel 
roof  trusses,  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  for  Class  “A” 
buildings,  shall  be  permitted  in  Class  “B”  buildings. 

Section  100.  Materials — Tests  and  Allowable  Stresses. — The  concrete 
shall  be  mixed  in  the  proportion  of  not  less  than  one  part  of  Portland 
cement  to  six  of  aggregates,  consisting  of  sand  and  gravel  or  broken  stone 
of  not  more  than  one  inch  major  dimension  for  curtain  walls,  columns,  slabs, 
girders,  and  beams  and  two-inch  major  dimensions  for  basement  walls  and 
foundations. 

The  proportions  shall  be  such  that  the  resistance  of  the  concrete  to 
crushing  shall  not  be  less  than  two  thousand  (2000)  pounds  per  square  inch 
after  hardening  for  twenty-eight  (28)  days. 

In  concrete  the  following  allowable  stresses  in  pounds  per  square  inch 
shall  not  be  exceeded: 

In  direct  compression,  one-fifth  of  the  ultimate  compressive  strength, 
but  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  (500)  pounds  in  any  case. 

In  helically  wound  or  hooped  columns,  one-fourth  of  the  ultimate  com- 
pressive strength,  but  not  to  exceed  seven  hundred  (700)  pounds  in  any  case. 

In  compression  in  outer  fibre  in  cross-bending,  one-fourth  of  the  ulti- 


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mate  compressive  strength,  but  not  to  exceed  five  hundred  (500)  pounds  m 

a”7  [„seshear,  one-tenth  of  the  allowable  stress  in  outer  fibre  in  cross- 
bending, but  not  to  exceed  seventy-five  (75)  pounds  in  any  case. 

No  tensile  stress  shall  be  taken  by  the  concrete.  . , 

In  adhesion  of  concrete  to  steel,  sixty  (60)  pounds  per  square  inch  of 
concrete  in  contact  with  steel  for  plain  bars  and  one  hundred  (100)  pounds 

for  deformed  bars.  4 , . . , * 

When  the  safe  limit  of  adhesion  is  exceeded,  some  provisions  must  be 
made  for  transmitting  the  strength  of  the  steel  to  the  concrete. 

Steel  shall  bend,  when  cold,  through  an  angle  of  one  hundred  (luU; 
degrees  around  a radius  equal  to  five  times  the  thickness  of  the  test  piece, 
without  fracture  on  the  outer  circumferences.  The  fracture  shall  be  silky 
or  fine  granular.  All  steel  shall  be  free  from  dirt,  paint,  and  excessive 

scale  and  rust.^  following  anowable  stresses  in  pounds  per  square  inch 

shall  not  be  exceeded:  

In  tension,  one-third  of  the  elastic  limit,  but  not  to  exceed  twenty 

thousand  (20,000)  pounds  in  any  case. 

In  shear,  ten  thousand  (10,000)  pounds. 

In  compression,  fifteen  times  the  allowable  stress  in  direct  compression 

in  the  concrete.  ^ 1 . 1t  , , . 

The  ratio  of  the  moduli  of  elastricity  of  concrete  to  steel  shall  be  taken 

as  one  to  fifteen. 

Section  101.  Design  In  General— The  bending  moments  due  to  uni- 
formly distributed  loads  shall  not  be  taken  less  than: 

WL-8  for  beams  simply  supported  at  the  ends. 

WL-12  for  continuous  beams.  . 

WL-20  for  square  floor  slabs  which  are  reinforced  in  both  directions 
and  are  supported  on  all  sides  and  constructed  continuous. 

W equals  the  total  uniformly  distributed  load. 

L equals  the  length  of  span. 

For  concentrated  loads  the  allowed  moment  shall  not  exceed  that  due 
to  an  equivalent  uniformly  distributed  load. 

The  moment  of  resistance  of  any  reinforced  concrete  construction  under 
transverse  loads  shall  be  determined  by  formulas  based  on  the  following 

(a)  The  bond  between  the  concrete  and  steel  is  sufficient  to  made  the 
two  materials  act  together  as  a homogeneous  solid. 

(b)  The  strain  in  any  fibre  is  directly  proportionate  to  the  distance  of 
that  fibre  from  the  neutral  axis. 

(c)  The  modulus  of  elasticity  of  the  concrete  remains  constant  within 
the  limits  of  the  working  stresses  fixed  in  this  ordinance. 

The  dimensions  of  such  a beam  or  girder  and  its  reinforcement  shall  be 
determined  and  fixed  in  such  a way  that  the  strength  of  the  metal  in  tension 
shall  measure  the  strength  of  the  beam  or  girder.  If  the  concrete  in  com- 
pression, including  the  allowable  concrete  in  adjoining  floor  construction, 
does  not  afford  sufficient  strength  for  that  purpose,  the  compression  side 
of  the  beam  or  girder  in  question  shall  also  be  reinforced  with  metal. 

Reinforced  concrete  construction  shall  be  designed  so  that  the  shearing 
stresses,  both  vertical  and  horizontal,  developed  in  any  part  of  the  con- 
struction, shall  not  exceed  the  safe  working  strength  of  the.  concrete,  as 
fixed  in  this  ordinance,  or  sufficient  amount  of  steel  shall  be  introduced  in 
such  a position  that  the  deficiency  in  the  resistance  to  shear  is  overcome. 

All  beams  or  girders  shall  be  reinforced  with  metal,  if  necessary,  for 
other  reactions. 

Neither  the  reinforcing  metal  nor  the  concrete  shall  be  subjected  to 


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combined  stresses  in  the  same  place  so  as  to  exceed  in  combination  the 
stresses  allowable  separately. 

Section  102.  Reinforcement. — If  it  is  necessary  to  splice  reinforcing 
members,  either  in  compression  or  in  tension,  there  shall  be  either  a steel 
splice  that  in  tension  will  develop  the  full  strength  of  the  member,  or  else 
the  members  shall  be  lapped  in  the  concrete  for  a length  equal  to  at  least 
the  following: 

For  plain  bars  of  medium  steel,  forty  times  the  diameter  of  maximum 
diagonal  of  cross-section.  For  plain  bars  of  high  elastic  limit  steel,  seventy 
times  the  diameter  of  maximum  diagonal  of  cross-section.  In  no  case  shall 
the  reinforcement  of  beams  or  girders  be  spliced.  If  the  hooping  of  columns 
is  spliced,  the  splice  shall  develop  the  full  strength  of  the  least  section  of 
the  hooping. 

Steel  shall  be  imbedded  in  concrete  so  that  the  thickness  of  concrete 
covering  outside  of  steel  shall  be  as  follows: 

For  flat  slabs,  not  less  than  three-fourths  (J4)  of  an  inch. 

For  columns  and  beams,  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches. 

For  foundations,  not  less  than  (3)  inches  from  earth  at  sides  and  top, 
and  six  (6)  inches  from  earth  at  bottom  of  slab. 

Where  the  shape  of  the  reinforcement  is  such  that  it  does  not  give 
sufficient  bond  to  the  concrete  insulation,  such  reinforcement  shall  be 
wrapped  with  wire  or  otherwise  prepared  as  required  for  fire-proofing  of 
structural  steel. 

Any  concrete  structure  or  floor  filling,  in  same  reinforced  or  otherwise, 
which  may  be  erected  on  a permanent  centering  of  sheet  metal,  or  metal 
lath  and  curved  bars,  or  a metal  centering  of  any  form,  must  be  strong 
enough  to  carry  its  loads  without  assistance  from  the  centering,  unless  the 
concrete  is  so  applied  as  to  protect  the  centering  as  herein  specified  for  re- 
inforced steel. 

Exposed  metal  centering,  or  exposed  metal  of  any  kind,  will  not  be 
considered  as  a factor  in  the  strength  of  any  part  of  any  concrete  structure, 
and  a plaster  finish  applied  over  the  metal  shall  not  be  deemed  sufficient 
protection. 

Section  103.  Floor  and  Roof  Slabs. — The  general  provision  as  to  de- 
sign shall  hold  for  floor  and  roof  slabs,  which  shall  be  of  reinforced  con- 
crete. No  floor  slab  shall  be  less  than  three  and  one-half  (3^£)  inches  thick. 
No  roof  slab  shall  be  less  than  three  (3)  inches  thick. 

The  covering  may  be  wood,  marble,  cement,  tile,  or  other  material,  but 
such  covering  shall  not  be  considered  as  part  of  the  thickness  required  for 
slabs. 

The  floor  slab,  to  the  extent  of  not  more  than  five  times  its  depth  on 
each  side  of  a beam  or  girder,  may  be  taken  as  a part  of  said  beam  or  girder 
in  computing  the  moment  of  resistance  of  the  beam  or  girder,  but  the  beam 
and  slab  must  be  built  at  the  same  time  as  a unit. 

Where  beams,  girders,  and  slabs  connect  in  such  a way  that  there  is  a 
corresponding  member  on  the  opposite  side  of  each  support,  they  may  be 
taken  as  continuous. 

Wherever  possible,  beams  and  girders  and  also  their  intermediate  floor 
construction  shall  be  made  continuous.  Reinforcing  metal  shall  be  used  for 
that  purpose  in  the  top  of  all  connecting  members  at  the  point  of  support, 
and  it  shall  be  sufficient  both  in  section  and  length  to  prevent  fracture  at 
the  point  of  support  when  the  connecting  members  are  carrying  twice  their 
calculated  loads;  and  in  no  case  shall  the  area  of  metal  provided  for  con- 
tinuity be  less  than  seventy-five  (75)  per  cent  of  the  area  of  metal  allowed 
for  tension  in  the  bottom  flange. 

Continuity  or  separate  reinforcing  material  may  be  used  in  the  top  of 
the  slab.  In  either  case,  however,  if  a part  of  the  slab  is  considered  as  part 


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of  the  beam  or  girder,  the  reinforcing  material  must  cross  the  full  width, 
both  of  the  beam  or  girder  and  the  part  of  slab  so  considered. 

Section  104.  Design  of  Columns. — Columns  of  reinforced  concrete 
shall  not  have  an  unsupported  length  exceeding  fifteen  times  the  least 
horizontal  dimension,  which  shall  not  be  less  than  ten  (10)  inches. 

In  computing  the  strength  of  columns,  the  two  inches  of  concrete  near- 
est the  surface  shall  be  deducted  from  the  area  of  concrete. 

In  columns  subjected  to  cross-bending,  the  unit  stresses  from  combined 
loading  shall  not  exceed  the  allowed  stresses  for  direct  compression. 

All  columns  shall  have  vertical  steel  reinforcing  members,  the  net  area 
of  cross-section  of  which  shall  be  at  least  one  per  centum  and  not  more 
than  five  per  centum  of  the  area  of  concrete  in  cross-section  where  rods  are 
used.  These  members  shall  be  stayed  against  buckling  at  points  whose  dis- 
tance apart  does  not  exceed  the  least  diameter  of  the  column. 

The  stays  shall  have  an  area  of  at  least  five  one-hundreds  (5-100)  of  a 
square  inch.  Where  structural  shapes  are  used  for  reinforcing,  they  shall 
be  designed  as  provided  for  similar  members  in  Class  “A”  buildings,  and  any 
concrete  calculated  to  take  compressive  stress  shall  be  enclosed  in  said  re- 
inforcement or  otherwise  reinforced  as  herein  provided. 

Vertical  reinforcing  members  which  are  considered  in  compression 
shall  have  full,  perfect  bearings  at  each  joint,  and  such  joints  shall  occur 
only  at  floors  or  other  points  of  lateral  support,  and  tight-fitting  sleeves  and 
splice  bars  shall  be  provided  at  all  such  joints. 

Suitable  steel  or  cast  base  plates  shall  be  provided  at  the  bottom  of 
columns  to  distribute  the  column  loads  over  the  footings. 

The  allowed  stresses  in  columns  shall  not  exceed  one-fifth  of  the  ulti- 
mate resistance  to  direct  compression  per  square  inch  on  the  concrete,  and 
in  the  steel  the  allowed  stress  shall  be  computed  from  the  corresponding 
compression,  except  in  hooped  or  helically  wound  columns. 

Columns  which  are  hooped  with  steel  near  the  outer  surface  in  the 
shape  of  circular  hoops,  or  of  a helical  cylinder,  and  if  the  minimum  dis- 
tance apart  of  the  hoops,  or  the  pitch  of  helix  does  not  exceed  one-tenth 
of  the  diameter  of  the  hooped  or  helical  cvlinder,  may  have  the  strength 
assumed  as  the  sum  of  the  following  two  elements: 

1.  The  area  of  the  concrete  inside  the  hoops  at  one-fourth  of  the  ulti- 
mate strength  in  direct  compression  in  pounds  per  square  inch,  but  not  to 
exceed  seven  hundred  (700)  pounds  per  square  inch  in  any  case. 

2.  The  compressive  resistance  of  the  longitudinal  steel  reinforcement 
at  fifty  times  the  allowed  stress  on  concrete  in  direct  compression. 

The  hooping  is  to  be  designed  of  a strength  to  resist  the  tension  due 
to  a unit  lateral  pressure  of  one-fifteenth  (1-15)  the  unit  compression  stress 
on  the  concrete. 

Splices  in  hooping,  if  required,  and  anchoring  of  same,  shall  develop 
full  strength  of  hooping. 

Section  105.  Wind  Bracing. — The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating 
to  Class  “A”  buildings  shall  apply  to  Class  “B”  buildings,  and  in  addition 
the  reinforcing  of  columns  shall  be  connected  so  as  to  develop  its  full 
strength  in  tension. 

Section  106.  Walls. — The  exterior,  party,  division,  court,  and  shaft 
walls  of  Class  “B”  buildings  shall  be  of  brick,  reinforced  concrete,  or  con- 
crete, built  as  provided  in  this  ordinance  relating  to  Class  “A”  buildings. 

Section  107.  Reinforced  Concrete  Walls. — Reinforced  concrete  walls 
shall  be  at  least  six  (6)  inches  thick.  If  the  area  of  wall  surface  included 
between  any  two  adjacent  wall  columns  and  adjacent  floor  girders  exceeds 
three  hundred  (300)  square  feet  and  is  less  than  four  hundred  (400)  square 


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feet,  the  thickness  of  the  wall  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  (8)  inches.  If 
the  area  exceeds  four  hundred  (400)  square  feet,  the  wall  thickness  shall 
not  be  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches,  supported  on  the  frame  at  each  story. 

In  reinforced  concrete  walls  the  area  of  steel  reinforcement  shall  aggre- 
gate one-half  of  one  per  cent  of  the  area  of  the  concrete,  and  one-half  shall 
be  placed  vertically  and  one-half  horizontally. 

No  reinforcement  shall  be  spaced  more  than  twenty-four  (24)  inches 
apart.  Additional  reinforcement  shall  be  placed  around  openings,  and  all 
reinforcements  shall  be  wired  at  each  intersection.  All  reinforcements  shall 
be  rigidly  connected  at  columns  and  girders  to  the  steel  reinforcement  of 
the  same. 

Reinforced  concrete  walls  may  be  built  in  the  form  of  bearing  walls 
of  uniform  section,  and  of  same  thickness  required  for  brick  walls. 

If  walls  are  built  of  piers  and  connecting  walls,  the  piers  shall  be  calcu- 
lated and  constructed  as  columns.  The  connecting  wall,  if  built  of  reinforced 
concrete  without  windows,  may  be  considered  as  self-supporting,  in 
which  case  the  thickness  shall  be  six  (6)  inches  in  the  upper  forty  feet, 
followed  by  an  increase  of  three  (3)  inches  in  thickness  for  every  addi- 
tional forty  feet  height. 

Where  such  walls  are  pierced  by  openings  for  doors  and  windows,  the 
entire  loads  shall  be  concentrated  on  the  piers,  which  shall  be  proportioned 
as  columns. 

Section  108.  Partitions  and  Ceilings. — Partitions  and  ceilings  shall  be 
constructed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to 
Class  “A”  buildings. 

Section  109.  Construction. — The  following  conditions  shall  be  ob- 
served in  reinforced  concrete  construction: 

The  concrete  shall  be  mixed  as  wet  as  possible  and  deposited  without 
causing  a separation  of  the  cement  from  the  mixture.  It  shall  be  placed  in 
the  forms  as  soon  as  practicable  after  mixing,  and  in  no  case  shall  con- 
crete be  used  which  has  been  wet  more  than  one  hour. 

Joints  in  concrete,  poured  at  different  times,  shall  be  made  at  such 
places  as  will  not  lessen  the  strength  of  the  construction.  Joints  with  old 
concrete  shall  be  made  by  cleaning  and  roughening  the  old  concrete  and 
covering  the  same  with  cement  grout. 

Forms  shall  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  preserve  their  shape,  and  tight 
enough  to  prevent  leaking  of  cement.  All  rubbish  and  dirt  shall  be  care- 
fully removed  from  forms. 

The  forms  for  the  beams  and  girders  of  a floor  shall  be  constructed 
in  conjunction  with  the  forms  for  the  floor  slabs  which  they  support,  and 
no  forms  shall  be  removed  until  all  parts  of  the  respective  floors  are  strong 
enough  to  support  themselves  and  the  loads  that  may  come  upon  them 
during  construction. 

Section  110.  Service  Pipes  and  Cutting  of  Concrete  Or  Reinforce- 
ment.— Conduits  or  pipes  for  conveying  electricity,  air,  or  gas  may  be  em- 
bedded in  the  concrete,  except  in  columns,  provided  they  are  of  such  size 
and  so  placed  as  not  to  weaken  the  structure  or  its  fire-proofing  in  any  way. 

Pipes  conveying  liquids  in  any  form  are  not  to  be  embedded  in  any 
part  of  the  structural  concrete,  except  as  may  be  necessary  to  pass  through 
floors  and  walls. 

No  drilling  into  or  cutting  of  the  fire-proofing  or  of  the  steel  rein- 
forcing spirals,  hoops,  stirrups,  or  rods  in  any  columns  or  beams,  for  the 
purpose  of  attaching  fixtures,  hangers,  or  for  any  purpose  which  will  in 
any  way  injure  the  concrete  or  reinforcing  in  same,  is  to  be  permitted. 

Section  111.  Special  Provisions  Relating  To  Class  “C”  Buildings. — 
Class  “C”  buildings  shall  be  built  with  brick,  stone,  or  concrete  walls  sup- 
porting the  adjacent  floor  loads  and  with  the  interior  floor  loads  support- 


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ed  by  studded  partitions,  or  by  wooden  or  steel  or  cast  iron  columns  and 
wooden  or  steel  girders.  Floor  joints  may  be  of  wood. 

The  limit  of  height  shall  be  eighty-four  (84)  feet,  if  metal  lath  be  used 
on  all  floor  and  ceiling  joists,  girders,  studding,  wood  furring,  and  soffits 
of  stairs.  The  limit  of  height  shall  be  fifty-five  (55)  feet  under  all  other 

conditions.  . , . . 

Class  “C”  buildings  with  the  interior  of  mill  construction  and  without 
lathing  may  also  be  built  to  the  height  of  eighty-four  (84)  feet.  Class  C 
buildings  may  be  built  anywhere  in  the  city. 

Section  112.  Inside  Framing. — Inside  loads  shall  be  supported  upon  a 
framing  of  steel  columns  and  girders  and  wood  joists,  or  upon  cast  iron 
columns,  steel  girders,  and  wood  joists,  or  upon  steel  or  cast  iron  columns, 
wooden  girders,  and  wooden  joists,  or  upon  wooden  columns,  girders  and 
joists,  or  studded  partitions  with  wooden  joists. 

Section  113.  Metal  Frame.— If  a metal  frame  consisting  of  steel  or 
cast  iron  columns  and  steel  girders  be  used,  it  shall  be  framed  as  pro- 
vided in  this  ordinance  relating  to  the  construction  of  Class  “A”  buildings. 
All  steel  or  cast  iron  columns  shall  be  connected  to  each  other  and  to  the 
walls  at  each  floor  by  steel  girders  or  beams  not  less  than  six  inches  deep, 
or  by  a timber  joist  rigidly  attached  to  the  column  by  a metal  bracket 
and  bolts. 

Section  114.  Timber  Columns. — If  a timber  frame  consisting  of  timber 
columns,  timber  girders  and  joists  be  used,  the  columns  shall  be  squared 
at  right  angles  to  their  axis. 

To  prevent  the  unit  stresses  from  exceeding  those  provided  in  this 
ordinance,  timber  or  iron  cap  and  base-plates  shall  be  provided  in  buildings 
over  two  stories  high. 

The  foundations  of  timber  columns  shall  be  of  concrete  or  brick,  but  a 
distributory  grillage  of  planks  or  beams  may  be  used  in  buildings  not  over 
two  stories  in  height. 

Section  115.  Stud  Partitions. — Studs  shall  be  calculated  as  timber 
columns  to  sustain  the  load.  Carrying  stud  partitions  in  basement  shall 
have  a continuous  foundation  wall  of  brick,  stone,  or  concrete  under  same. 

Section  116.  Attic  Partitions. — Attics  or  the  unfinished  spaces  between 
the  ceiling  and  roof  rafters  of  every  Class  “C”  building  shall  be  divided 
into  compartments  or  rooms.  Such  compartments  shall  not  have  a floor 
area  of  more  than  twenty-five  hundred  (2500)  square  feet. 

Section  117.  Trusses. — Roof  trusses  may  be  of  steel  or  of  steel  and 
timber,  or  entirely  of  timber.  Trusses  of  over  forty-five  (45)  feet  span 
shall  rest  upon  steel,  brick,  concrete,  or  wood  columns,  which  shall  be 
continuous  to  the  foundations. 

If  trusses  are  framed  of  steel  they  shall  be  constructed  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  governing  the  construction  of  steel 
trusses  in  Class  “A”  buildings. 

Trusses  of  timber  and  iron  or  steel  shall  be  built  in  accordance  with 
the  allowed  unit  stresses  for  steel  provided  in  this  ordinance,  and  of  timber, 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

Framing  of  trusses  shall  be  in  accordance  with  standard  practice. 
Timber  in  tension  or  compression  shall  be  stressed  only  in  the  direction  of 
the  fibers. 

Section  118.  Timber  Details. — All  wood  beams,  joists,  and  other 
timbers  in  the  party  walls  of  every  Class  “C”  building  shall  be  separated 
from  the  beam  or  timber  entering  in  the  opposite  side  of  the  wall  by  at 
last  four  (4)  inches  of  solid  mason  work.  All  wood  timber  and  header- 
beams  or  joists  shall  be  proportioned  to  carry  with  safety  the  loads  they 
are  intended  to  sustain. 


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Every  wood  header  or  trimmer  more  than  six  (6)  feet  long,  used  in 
any  building,  shall  be  hung  in  stirrup  irons  of  suitable  thickness  for  the 
size  of  the  timbers.  Every  wood  beam,  or  joist,  except  header  and  tail 
beams,  shall  rest  at  least  four  (4)  inches  on  the  wall,  or  upon  the  girder, 
as  authorized  by  this  ordinance.  The  ends  of  all  wood  floor  and  roof 
beams,  where  they  rest  on  brick  walls,  shall  be  cut  to  a bevel  of  three'  (3) 
inches  in  their  depth. 

All  wood  floor  and  wood  roof  beams  shall  be  properly  bridged  with 
cross-bridging,  and  the  distance  between  bridgings,  or  between  bridging 
and  walls  shall  not  exceed  eight  (8)  feet.  Solid  bridging  not  less  than  two 
(2)  inches  thick  shall  be  placed  between  joists  over  all  girders. 

All  wood  joists  shall  be  trimmed  away  at  least  two  (2)  inches  from 
all  flues  and  chimneys,  whether  the  same  be  smoke,  air,  or  any  other 
flues  or  chimneys.  The  trimmer  beams  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  (8) 
inches  from  the  inside  face  of  a flue,  and  four  (4)  inches  from  the  outside 
of  a chimney  breast,  and  the  header  beam  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches 
from  the  outside  face  of  the  brick  or  stone  work  of  the  same,  except  that 
for  the  smoke  flues  of  boilers  and  furnaces  where  the  brick  work  is  required 
to  be  eight  (8)  inches  in  thickness,  the  trimmer  beam  shall  not  be  less 
than  twelve  (12)  inches  from  the  inside  of  the  flue.  The  header  oeam, 
carrying  the  tail  beams  of  a floor  and  supporting  the  trimmer  arch  in  front 
of  a fireplace,  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty  (20)  inches  from  the  chimney 
breast. 

Cutting  for  piping  or  other  purposes  shall  not  be  done  so  as  to  reduce 
the  strength  of  the  supporting  parts  below  that  required  by  the  provisions 
of  this  ordinance. 

No  joists  or  girders  shall  be  cut  into  a distance  greater  than  twelve 
(12)  inches  from  bearing. 

All  wood  partitions  shall  have  solid  caps  and  sills  and  at  least  one, 
row  of  bridging  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches  thick  and  of  the  full  depth  of 
the  standing  studding,  and  all  solidly  blocked  behind  the  ribbon  on  the  line 
of  the  spring  of  the  cove.  Bearing  partitions  shall  have  double  plates. 

Double  studs  shall  be  used  on  the  sides  and  top  of  all  openings,  with 
heads  and  truss  braces  cut  in  and  secured. 

Section  119.  Anchors  and  Ties. — Where  a steel  beam,  acting  as  a 

girder,  or  a tie  beam,  rests  upon  a brick  wall,  it  shall  have  an  anchor  made 
of  two  angles  rivited  to  the  end  of  the  beam  and  projecting  at  least  six 
(6)  inches  on  each  side. 

Where  wooden  girders  rest  upon  walls,  they  shall  be  fastened  thereto 
by  two  iron  anchors  of  at  least  one-half  (J4)  a square  inch  in  section,  at 
least  three  (3)  feet  long,  and  with  iron  washers  at  the  outer  end  at  least 
six  (6)  inches  by  (6)  inches  by  three-eighths  (J4)  of  an  inch.  The  other 
end  shall  be  turned  down  at  least  two  (2)  inches  and  fastened  to  the  girder 
in  such  a way  that  the  anchor  is  self-releasing.  Box  anchors  answering  the 
same  requirements  may  be  used. 

Where  wooden  joints  rest  upon  walls,  they  shall  be  fastened  with 
anchors  as  required  for  girders,  one  anchor  being  used  in  every  eight  (8) 
feet  of  wall. 

Where  girders  or  joists  parallel  a wall,  they  shall  be  anchored  every 
eight  (8)  feet  in  the  same  manner. 

Girders  resting  on  columns  shall  be  anchored  thereto,  or  to  the  next 
girder,  with  two  iron  tie-straps  of  at  least  one-half  (l/2)  square  inch  section. 

Joists  resting  on  girders  shall  be  lapped  one  foot  and  spiked  together 
or  shall  be  connected  with  iron  straps  of  at  least  one-half  inch  cross  sec- 
tion. One  such  strap  shall  be  used  every  eight  (8)  feet  along  the  girder, 
and  those  joists  having  wall  anchors  shall  be  strapped,  the  object  being  to 
form  a continuous  tie  across  the  building. 


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Section  120.  Floors. — Floors  shall  be  built  with  timber  joists  laid  as 
prescribed  by  this  ordinance. 

Section  121.  Roofs. — Roofs  shall  be  built  as  floors  or  upon  trusses. 

Section  122.  Mansard  Roofs.— Mansard  or  other  roofs  of  like  charac- 
ter having  a pitch  of  over  sixty  (60)  degrees,  placed  upon  any  Class  C 
building,  shall  be  constructed  only  of  an  iron  or  steel  frame,  lathed  with 
iron  or  steel  on  the  inside  and  plastered  or  filled  in  with  fireproof  material 
not  less  than  three  (3)  inches  thick.  The  outside  of  such  roofs  shall  be 
covered  with  metal,  slate,  tiles,  terra  cotta,  a three-ply  Pure  Asbestos 
Roofing,  asbestos  shingles,  or  asbestos  building  lumber  not  less  than  one- 
eighth  (Ys)  of  an  inch  in  thickness. 

No  such  mansard  roof  shall  be  so  placed  upon  any  building  that  any 
portion  of  such  mansard  roof  shall  be  more  than  the  allowed  height  from  the 
ground  level. 

Section  123.  Partitions— Partitions  shall  be  built  of  masonary,  terra 
cotta,  plaster  blocks,  metal  studding,  or  of  studding  constructed  as  de- 
scribed in  this  ordinance.  All  plastering,  where  required,  shall  be  done 
upon  metal  or  wooden  lath. 

Section  124.  Ceilings.— All  ceilings  shall  be  of  metal  or  wooden  lath, 
plastered  where  required,  or  of  sheet  metal. 

When  ceilings  are  suspended  below  bottom  of  joists  and  not  in  con- 
tact with  same,  the  bottom  of  said  joists  throughout  the  concealed  space 
thus  formed  shall  be  metal  lathed  and  plastered  not  less  than  two  heavy 
coats. 

Section  125.  Walls.— All  exterior  walls  of  Class  “C”  buildings,  in- 
cluding outer  courts,  side  courts,  and  outer  shafts,  shall  be  built  of 
masonry.  If  built  as  continuous  walls  without  openings,  they  shall  be  not 
less  than  the  thicknesses  hereinafter  given  in  this  section;  and  if  pierced 
with  openings,  the  bearing  stress  shall  not  exceed  the  allowed  bearing 
per  unit  of  area,  as  given  in  this  ordinance.  # . . 

Walls  may  be  built  supporting  a portion  of  the  floor  in  addition  to 
their  own  weight,  or  self-supporting  curtain  walls  only,  in  which  latter 
case  columns  shall  be  built  in  the  wall  to  carry  floor  loads..  Where  walls 
support  floor  loads,  the  center  of  any  column  or  stud  partition  supporting 
floor  loads  shall  be  at  a distance  not  greater  than  twenty-four  (24)  feet 
from  the  wall. 

The  thickness  of  bearing  walls  for  any  building  not  over  forty  (40) 
feet  in  height  nor  over  fifty  (50)  feet  in  depth,  shall  not  be  less  than  as 
given  in  the  following  table: 

Table  No.  “1.” 


Maximum  Permitted  Height  for  Stories  Indicated 


Basement 

First  story 
14  feet. 

Second  story 
12  ft. 

Third  story 
10  ft. 

Fourth  story 
10  ft. 

One-story  building  

Two-story  building  

13  in. 
13  in. 

9 in. 
13  in. 

i 

9 in. 

13  in. 

Three-story  building  

17  in. 

13  in. 

13  in. 

13  in._ 

Four-story  building  

21  in. 

17  in. 

| 17  in^_ 

13  in. 

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Party  walls  shall  be  four  (4)  inches  thicker. 

All  bearing  walls,  other  than  those  above  given,  shall  have  thicknesses 
in  accordance  with  the  following  table: 

Table  No.  “2” 


Maximum  Permitted  Height  for  Stories  Indicated 


Basement 

First  story 
20  ft. 

Second  story 
14  ft. 

Third  story 
13  ft. 

Fourth  story 
12  ft. 

Fifth  story 
12  ft. 

Sixth  story 
12  ft. 

Seventh  story 
12  ft. 

One-story  building  

17  in. 

13  in. 

Two-story  building  

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Three-story  building  

21  in 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Four-story  building  

21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Five-story  building  

25  in. 

21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 
17  in. 
17  jn. 

Six-story  building  

25  in. 

21  in. 

21  in. 

17  in 

17  in 

13  in. 
17  in. 

Seven-story  building  

29 jn. 

25  in. 

21  in. 

21  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Party  walls  shall  be  four  (4)  inches  thicker. 

If  any  story  exceeds  in  height  the  number  of  feet  prescribed  in  the  table 
No.  1 or  table  No.  2,  the  thickness  of  each  wall  throughout  such  story 
shall  be  increased  four  (4)  inches  for  every  five  (5)  feet,  or  fraction  thereof, 
in  excess  of  the  tabulated  height. 

Buildings  may  be  built  of  more  stories,  except  as  herein  provided,  but 
the  thickness  for  the  heights  given  shall  not  be  decreased,  and  all  changes 
in  thickness  shall  be  made  at  a floor  level.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance 
No.  274.) 

Section  126.  Curtain  Walls. — Self-supporting  curtain  walls,  built  be- 
tween piers  or  iron  or  steel  columns  and  not  supported  on  steel  or  iron 
girders,  shall  be  not  less  than  thirteen  (13)  inches  thick  for  forty-six  (46) 
feet  of  the  uppermost  height  thereof,  or  to  the  tier  of  beams  nearest  to 
that  height;  and  they  shall  be  increased  for  four  (4)  inches  for  every 
additional  section  of  forty  (40)  feet,  or  to  the  tier  of  beams  nearest  to 
the  height.  They  shall  not  be  used  as  bearing  walls,  but  the  floor  loads 
shall  be  carried  on  steel  or  cast  iron  columns  built  into  the  walls. 

Curtain  walls  supported  at  every  floor  line  and  at  roof  by  a frame 
of  steel  or  reinforced  concrete  girders  and  columns  and  constructed  as  re- 
quired for  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  buildings,  will  be  permitted  in  Class 
“C”  buildings;  provided  said  frame  is  tied  together  in  both  horizontal 
directions,  at  every  floor  or  roof  line  with  steel  or  reinforced  concrete, 
ties,  struts,  or  girders,  spaced  not  to  exceed  twenty  (20)  feet  apart,  and 
of  spans  not  exceeding  twenty-five  (25)  feet  between  walls  and  not  exceed- 
ing (20)  feet  between  columns  and  walls  or  between  columns. 

Interior  columns  shall  be  of  steel  or  reinforced  concrete.  Steel 
columns,  girders,  ties,  and  struts  shall  be  fire-proofed  as  provided  for  Class 
“A”  buildings. 

Reinforced  concrete  ties  or  struts  shall  be  not  less  than  ten  (10)  inches 
wide,  and  the  depth  shall  be  not  less  than  that  of  the  floor  joists.  The 
area  of  steel  reinforcement  in  ties  or  struts  shall  be  not  less  than  one  per 
centum  of  the  area  of  the  concrete  in  cross-sections,  and  the  reinforce- 


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ment  shall  be  rigidly  connected  to  the  wall  column  or  girder  reinforce- 
ment. 

Section  127  Light,  Air  and  Vent  Shafts,  and  Interior  Courts.— (a) 

Walls  of  light,  air,  and  vent  shafts  and  of  interior  courts,  of  a greater  hori- 
zontal area  than  five  hundred  (500)  square  feet,  if  non-bearing,  shall  be  of 
masonry  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick  for  the  two  upper  stories 
thereof,  and  be  increased  four  (4)  inches  for  each  three  stories,  or  frac- 
tion thereof,  below  the  upper  two.  . 

(b)  Interior  light,  air,  and  vent  shafts,  similar  shafts  and  interior 
courts  five  hundred  (500)  feet  or  less  in  horizontal  area,  if  not  constructed 

as  per  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section,  shall  be  enclosed  with  a wall  con- 

structed of  wood  studs,  covered  on  both  sides  with  metal  lathing  and 
plastered,  or  boarded  on  both  sides  and  the  boarding  covered  with  tin 
or  galvanized  iron,  lock-jointed  and  put  on  as  required  for  tinning  of  fire 

d°°r(Sc)  Door  openings  into  any  of  the  shafts  or  enclosures  named  in 
subdivision  (b)  of  this  section,  if  not  constructed  entirely  of  metal  frame 
and  wired  glass,  shall  be  covered  on  the  shaft  side  with  metal  as  provided 
in  subdivision  (b)  of  this  section  for  lining  shaft  and  court  enclosures,  and 
all  window  openings  into  any  shaft  shall  be  closed  with  metal  frames  and 

wire  glass.  „ , , . . 

(d)  All  enclosure  walls  shall  extend  not  less  than  three  (3)  feet 

above  the  roof  or,  if  the  court  or  shaft  is  covered  at  the  top  with  a sky- 
light, shall  extend  at  least  two  (2)  feet  above  the  roof. 

(e)  Courts  and  shafts  adjoining  the  inside  face  of  exterior  walls  are 
regarded  as  interior,  provided  the  exterior  wall  adjoining  same  shall  be 
unbroken  by  openings,  or  if  broken  by  openings,  said  openings  shall  be 
enclosed  by  one-quarter-inch  wire  glass  set  in  metal  sashes  and  metal 
frames. 

Section  128.  Fire-Proofing.— All  girders  and  columns  supporting 
masonry,  except  columns  at  street  line,  shall  be  fire-proofed  as  required 
for  similar  members  of  Class  “A”  buildings. 

Section  129.  Bond  Iron.— Bond  iron  at  least  three  (3)  inches  by  one- 
quarter  inch  (3  inches  x inch)  shall  be  bedded  in  the  center  of  the  wall 
at  each  tier  of  floor  and  ceiling  joists  and  run  around  the  entire  walls  of 
the  building.  It  must  be  lock-jointed  and  anchored  at  each  angle. 

Section  130.  Provisions  Relating  To  Class  “C”  Mill  Construction 
Build' ngs. — The  term  “Mill  Construction”  refers . specifically  to  the  con- 
struction of  the  interior  frame  of  Class  “C”  buildings. 

The  specific  requirements  of  mill  construction  is  that  the  buildings  of 
this  type  shall  be  built  without  concealed  air  spaces.  No  clause  shall  be 
construed  to  render  void  this  requirement. 

All  restrictions  of  Class  “C”  buildings  not  specifically  excepted  herein 
shall  apply  to  this  class  of  buildings. 

Section  131.  Inside  Framing. — Inside  loads  shall  be  supported  upon 
a framing  of  wood  posts,  girders,  and  beams,  none  of  which  shall  be  less 
than  eight  (8)  inches  in  either  of  its  cross-dimensions.  Wood  posts  shall 
not  be  of  smaller  sectional  area  than  one  hundred  (100)  square  inches, 
nor  be  less  than  ten  inches  in  either  dimension,  except  for  posts  in  the 
top  story,  which  shall  not  be  of  smaller  sectional  area  than  sixty-four 
(64)  square  inches,  nor  be  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  in  either  dimension 
All  columns  shall  be  squared  at  right  angles  to  their  axis. 

Wood  posts  shall  have  cast  iron  or  steel  caps  or  boxes  so  constructed 
as  to  form  a base  for  the  next  post  above.  The  ends  of  the  girders  shall 


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be  secured  to  the  cap  or  box  in  such  a manner  as  to  be  self-releasing. 
Other  timber  details  shall  be  as  required  for  buildings  of  Class  “C.” 

Cast  iron  columns  and  steel  columns,  girders,  and  beams  may  be  used 
if  fire-proofed  and  constructed  as  required  tor  Class  “A”  buildings.  Ail  steel 
beams  or  girders  shall  be  at  least  eight  (8)  inches  deep. 

Section  132.  Floors. — The  lower  floor  may  be  of  concrete  if  built 
directly  on  the  ground. 

Wood  floors  shall  be  of  plank  not  less  than  three  (3)  inches  in  thick- 
ness, splined  or  tongued  and  grooved,  covered  with  a wearing  floor  of 
boards  not  less  than  one  inch  thick  laid  in  a cross-wise  or  diagonal  direc- 
tion, tongued  and  grooved  and  properly  nailed.  Between  the  wearing 
floor  and  the  planking  there  shall  be  placed  two  thicknesses  of  carefully  laid 
waterproof  material,  and  this  material  shall  be  flashed  at  least  three  (3) 
inches  around  all  walls,  posts,  columns,  and  openings,  and  protected  with 
mouldings  or  base. 

Section  133.  Roofs. — Roofs  shall  be  of  plank  not  less  than  three  (3) 
inches  in  thickness,  splined  or  tongued  and  grooved. 

Section  134.  Partitions. — All  partitions  separating  manufacturing, 
store,  or  merchandise  occupancies,  in  the  basement  and  first  story,  and  in 
the  second  story,  where  same  is  at  or  near  the  level  of  a street  from  which 
it  has  an  entrance,  shall  be  of  masonry  not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches 
thick,  but  if  non-bearing  may  be  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick. 

All  other  partitions  shall  be  either  masonry,  terra  cotta,  or  metal 
lath  on  metal  studs;  except  they  may  be  entirely  of  two-inch  tongued  and 
grooved  plank. 

Section  135.  Stairways  and  Elevators. — 1.  Stairways  and  elevators 
shall  be  enclosed  by  brick  walls  at  least  twelve  (12)  inches  thick,  or  re- 
inforced concrete  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick  Where  one  or 
more  brick  walls  of  stairway  or  elevator  shafts  are  less  than  eight  (8) 
feet  on  a side  and  contain  no  doorways,  they  may  be  eight  (8)  inches 
thick,  but  no  wall  of  such  thickness  shall  extend  more  than  one  story  in 
height. 

2.  When  such  shafts  are  inside  of  a building,  the  walls  shall  pierce 
all  floors  and  extend  at  least  three  (3)  feet  above  roof. 

3.  All  belts,  or  rope  drives,  used  to  transmit  power  from  floor  to  floor, 
shall  be  located  in  a special  tower  or  shaft  enclosed  by  masonry  walls  as 
provided  for  stairway  and  elevator  shafts. 

4.  Approved  fire  doors  shall  be  installed  at  all  openings  into  shafts. 
Those  for  stairway  and  power  shafts  shall  be  self-closing. 

5.  Interior  windows  in  shafts  are  prohibited. 

6.  The  bottom  of  all  shafts  shall  be  properly  drained. 

Section  136.  Plastering. — Masonry  or  terra  cotta  walls  may  be  plastered 
directly  upon  their  surface,  or  upon  metal  lathing  or  metal  furring. 

No  wood  furring  shall  be  used,  and  no  plaster  shall  be  applied  to  any 
wood  or  wooden  lath. 

Section  137.  Provisions  Relating  To  the  Construction  of  Class  “C” 
Frame  Or  Wooden  Buildings.  Explanation. — A frame  or  wooden  build- 
ing is  a building  or  structure  whose  exterion  walls,  or  a portion  thereof,  are 
constructed  of  wood.  Wooden  frames,  or  frame  or  wooden  buildings  cov- 
ered with  metal,  plaster,  tiles,  or  terra  cotta,  or  veneered  with  masonry,  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  frame  or  wooden  structures. 

No  frame  or  wooden  building  now  erected  within  the  fire  limits  shall 
be  repaired,  enlarged,  or  built  upon  without  a permit  from  the  inspector 
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Frame  or  wooden  buildings  shall  be  limited  to  a height  of  forty  (40) 

feet. 

Section  138.  Walls.— The  walls  of  frame  or  wooden  buildings  shall 
be  constructed  with  studding,  covered  with  weather  boarding  on  the  out- 
side.  No  uncovered  studding  will  be  allowed  against  the  wall  of  an  ad- 
joining building  or  structure. 

Section  139.  Thickness  of  Foundation  Walls. — Brick  or  concrete  foun- 
dation walls  for  frame  or  wooden  buildings  one  and  two  stories  in  height, 
used  as  dwellings,  must  not  be  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick,  and  not 
over  four  (4)  feet  high.  When  the  foundation  walls  are  more  than  four  (4) 
feet  high,  they  must  not  be  less  than  thirteen  (13)  inches  thick. 

Foundation  walls  for  three-story  frame  or  wooden  buildings  shall  not 
be  less  than  thirteen  (13)  inches  thick,  and  for  buildings  over  three  stories 
they  shall  not  be  less  than  seventeen  (17)  inches  thick. 

When  foundation  walls  of  frame  or  wooden  buildings  are  used  for 
embankment  or  retaining  wall,  two  and  three  story  buildings  with  base- 
ment shall  have  foundation  or  basement  walls  of  brick  or  concrete  not 
less  than  thirteen  (13)  inches  thick,  and  not  higher  than  eight  (8)  feet 
from  top  of  top  footing  to  bottom  of  first  floor  joists  (first  tier). 

If  a deeper  basement  be  desired,  the  walls  thereof  shall  be  not  less 
than  seventeen  (17)  inches  thick;  the  bottom  of  footing  of  said  walls  shall 
not  be  higher  than  ten  (10)  feet  from  top  of  top  footing  to  under  side  of 
first  story  floor  joists,  and  the  footing  shall  have  a spread  of  one-half  \/2) 
the  thickness  of  the  wall  resting  on  it. 

Where  it  is  not  allowable  to  have  footings  on  the  outside  of  a founda- 
tion or  basement  wall,  the  footing  must  extend  far  enough  on  the  inside 
to  make  them  the  required  width.  . . , . . 

All  masonry  and  concrete  foundations  shall  be  laid  not  less  than 
twelve  (12)  inches  below  the  surface  of  the  earth  and  on  solid  ground. 

Section  140.  Size  of  Studding  for  Exterior  Walls  and  Bearing  Par- 
titions.—For  a building  two  stories  or  less  in  height,  except  factories,  mills, 
or  warehouses,  the  studding  for  the  outside  walls  and  bearing  partitions 
shall  not  be  less  than  two  by  four  inches;  for  such  a building  three  stories 
in  height,  the  studding  shall  not  be  less  than  three  by  four  inches  to  the 
bottom  of  the  upper  floor  joists,  and  two  by  four  inches  for  the  remaining 
height. 

Where  the  bearing  partitions  are  less  than  twelve  (12)  feet  apart,  the 
studding  may  be  less  than  the  outside  walls,  but  never  less  than  two  by 
four  inches.  Partitions  dividing  several  stairways  and  sliding  doors  may, 
by  permission  of  the  inspector  of  buildings,  be  less  than  three  by  four 
inches. 

Studding  on  the  exterior  and  interior  walls  of  buildings  shall  not  be 
placed  more  than  sixteen  (16)  inches  from  centers 

The  underpinning  of  buildings  shall  be  one  (1)  inch  thicker  than  the 
studding  of  the  story  immediately  above,  and  said  studding  shall  not  be 
placed  more  than  sixteen  (16)  inches  from  centers. 


Section  141.  Dividing  Partitions. — All  dividing  partitions  between 
buildings  shall  be  close  boarded  from  the  lower  floors  to  the  ground,  and 
from  the  upper  ceiling  close  to  the  under  side  of  roof  boarding,  so  as  to 
effectually  check  all  connection  from  one  building  to  another.  This  dis- 
tance between  dividing  partitions  shall  not  exceed  twenty-five  (25)  feet. 

Where  a large  building  is  divided  into  tenements,  the  boarding  shall 
be  applied  on  each  dividing  partition. 

Section  142.  Framing. — When  stories  are  framed  separately,  each  tier 
of  studding  must  have  top  and  bottom  plates,  and  the  top  plates  must  be 


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doubled;  when  stories  are  not  framed  separately,  proper  bridging  must  be 
placed  behind  the  ribbon  at  the  ceiling  line  and  on  the  top  of  the  joists  at 
the  floor  line.  Bridging  must  be  two  (2)  inches  thick  and  of  the  full  width 
of  the  studding  in  every  case. 

All  wood  beams  or  joists  shall  be  trimmed  away  at  least  two  (2) 
inches  from  all  flues  and  chimneys,  whether  the  same  be  a smoke,  air,  or 
any  other  kind  of  a chimney  or  flue. 

The  trimmer  beam  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  from  the 
inside  face  of  a flue,  and  four  (4)  inches  from  the  outside  of  a chimney 
breast,  and  the  header  beam  must  not  be  less  than  two  (2)  inches  from 
the  outside  of  the  brick  or  stone  work  of  the  same,  except  that  for  the 
smoke  flues  of  boilers  and  furnaces  where  the  brick  work  is  required  to 
be  eight  (8)  inches  in  thickness,  the  trimmer  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve 
(12)  inches  from  the  inside  of  the  flue. 

All  openings  through  partitions  and*  walls  shall  be  trussed  or  pro- 
vided with  carrying  girders. 

Section  143.  Bridging. — All  stud  walls,  or  partitions  hereafter  built, 
altered,  or  repaired  shall  have  one  row  of  bridging  for  every  seven  (7)  feet  in 
height  over  the  first  seven.  Said  bridging  shall  in  all  cases  extend  to  the 
lathing  or  sheathing  so  as  to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire  and  smoke,  and 
shall  be  the  same  thickness  as  the  studding.  All  outside  walls  and  cross- 
partitions shall  be  thoroughly  angle-braced;  all  joists  shall  have  solid  end 
blocking.  All  buildings  over  twenty-five  (25)  feet  in  width  shall  have  a 
row  of  solid  blocking  over  girder  or  partition  of  stairways.  A row  of 
cross-bridging  at  least  two  (2)  inches  thick  must  be  placed  between  the 
floor  joists  at  least  every  eight  (8)  feet. 

Section  144.  Furring — When  a chimney  is  furred  out,  the  space  be- 
tween the  chimney  and  the  breast  shall  be  so  built  that  the  passage  of 
fire  and  smoke  shall  be  intercepted,  and  wherever  cove  ceilings  are  used, 
they  shall  be  solid  blocked  between  the  studding  at  the  spring  of  the  cove. 

Section  145.  Bay  Windows. — In  frame  or  wooden  buildings  the  space 
between  bay,  oriel,  or  swell  windows  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  feet 
in  width,  measured  on  outside  of  building,  clear  of  finish;  provided,  that  in 
buildings  built  on  lots  having  a frontage  of  twenty-five  (25)  feet  or  less, 
the  space  between  said  bay,  oriel,  or  swell  windows  may  be  decreased, 
provided  the  studding  in  said  space  shall  be  increased  in  thickness  so  as 
to  contain  the  same  amount  of  lumber  as  would  be  contained  in  the  stud- 
ding of  the  piers  in  the  aforesaid  spaces  of  five  (5)  feet,  but  the  spaces 
shall  be  at  least  two  (2)  feet  six  (6)  inches  between  bay  windows  in  any 
case. 

Such  windows  may  project  not  more  than  thirty-six  (36)  inches  over 
the  street  line,  measured  to  the  finish;  they  must  not  be  more  than  ten 
(10)  feet  wide,  measured  from  end  to  end,  and  the  finish  of  their  soffits 
must  be  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above  the  sidewalk,  unless  the  window  is 
entirely  back  of  the  street  line. 

Section  146.  Frame  Factories  Not  Over  Two  Stories  High. — The  height 
of  frame  or  wooden  buildings  of  two  stories  or  less,  used  or  intended  to 
be  used  as  factories,  shall  be  limited  to  thirty-five  (35)  feet,  and  their  ex- 
terior and  bearing  walls  shall  be  built  of  not  less  than  two  by  six  studs 
sixteen  (16)  inches  on  centers. 

Section  147.  Frame  Factories  Over  Two  Stories  High — All  frame 
or  wooden  buildings  more  than  two  stories  high,  used  or  intended  to  be 
used  as  factories,  shall  be  constructed  as  follows.  The  weights  of  all  the 
floors  shall  be  concentrated  at  certain  points,  and  no  support  shall  rest 
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floors  shall  rest  directly  upon  posts.  Said  beams  and  girders  supporting 
floors  shall  not  be  more  than  nine  (9)  feet  apart;  upon  these  shall  rest 
the  floor,  which  shall  extend  from  one  girder  or  beam  to  another,  and  shall 
be  of  plank  not  less  than  three  (3)  inches  thick,  laid  to  the  ends  of  the 

The  filling  between  posts  and  walls  shall  be  built  of  not  less  than  two 
by  four-inch  studs,  sixteen  (16)  inches  from  centers. 

Section  148.  General  Provisions  Relating  To  Certain  Buildings  De- 
termined By  the  Nature  of  the  Business  Conducted  Therein.— There  are 
included  in  this  part  certain  provisions  which  shall  act  as  additions  to  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  to  the  construction  of  buildings. 

Section  149.  Existing  Buildings. — All  existing  theaters,  schools,  halls 
and  other  places  of  public  assemblages,  hospitals  and  sanitariums  shall  be 
made  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  to  such  extent  as 
may  be  deemed  necessary  and  practical  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno. 

Section  150  Theaters.— For  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance,  a theater 
is  a building  which  contains  not  less  than  one  hundred  (100)  seats  for  the 
public,  and  to  which  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  and  having  a permanent 
stage  upon  which  scenery  and  other  movable  appliances  are  used. 

All  theaters  hereafter  constructed  shall  be  of  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B” 
construction. 

The  following  special  provisions  shall  apply  to  their  construction^  in 
addition  to  the  provisions  relating  generally  to  Class  “A”  or  Class  “ B ” 
buildings. 

Section  151.  Permit  To  Use  Building. — Every  theater  hereafter 
erected,  to  be  used  for  theatrical  or  operatic  purposes,  must  be  constructed 
in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  ordinance  relating  to  Class  “A” 
or  Class  “B”  construction.  No  building  which  at  the  time  of  the  passage 
of  this  ordinance  is  not  in  actual  use  for  theatrical  or  operatic  purposes, 
and  no  building  hereafter  erected,  not  in  conformity  with  the  requirements 
of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  used  for  theatrical  or  operatic  purposes,  until  the 
same  shall  have  been  made  to  conform  to  the  requirements  of  this  ordi- 
nance. And  no  building  herein  described  shall  be  opened,  to  the  public 
for  operatic  or  theatrical  purposes  until  the  inspector  of  buildings  and  the 
Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  have  approved  the  same,  and  no  license  shall 
be  issued  for  any  performance  in  any  such  building  until  such  approval 
shall  have  been  obtained. 

Section  152.  Frontage  and  Courts. — Every  such  building  shall  have  at 
least  one  front  on  the  street,  and  in  such  front  there  shall  be  suitable  means 
of  entrance  and  exit  for  the  audience.  In  addition  to  the  aforesaid  entrances 
and  exits  on  the  street,  there  shall  be  reserved  for  service  in  case  of  an 
emergency  an  open  court  or  space  on  the  side  not  bordering  on  the  street, 
where  said  building  is  located  on  a corner  lot,  and  on  both  sides  of  said 
building  where  there  is  but  one  frontage  on  the  street.  In  the  case  of  one- 
story  building  having  an  area  not  exceeding  four  thousand  (4000)  square 
feet  and  with  a seating  capacity  of  less  than  five  hundred  (500)  people,  a 
court  five  (5)  feet  wide  on  one  side  only  shall  be  required;  provided,  that 
all  seats  shall  be  on  one  floor,  and  no  galleries  be  allowed  in  such  building. 

In  all  other  theaters,  the  width  of  such  open  court  or  courts  shall  not 
be  less  than  seven  (7)  feet  where  the  seating  capacity  is  not  over  one  thousand 
(1000)  people;  above  one  thousand  (1000)  and  not  more  than  one  thousand 
eight  hundred  (1800)  people,  eight  (8)  feet  in  width;  and  above  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  (1800)  people,  ten  (10)  feet  in  width.  Said  open  court, 
or  courts,  shall  begin  on  a line  with  or  near  the  proscenium  wall,  and  shall 


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extend  the  length  of  the  auditorium  proper,  to  or  near  the  wall  separating 
the  same  from  the  entrance  lobby  or  vestibule. 

A separate  corridor  shall  continue  to  the  street  from  each  open  court, 
through  such  superstructure  as  may  be  built  on  the  street  side  of  the  audi- 
torium, with  continuous  walls  of  brick  or  fire-proof  materials  on  each  side 
of  the  entrance  length  of  said  corridor  or  corridors,  and  the  ceiling  and 
floors  shall  be  fireproof.  Said  corridor  or  corridors  shall  not  be  reduced 
in  width,  by  more  than  three  (3)  feet,  from  the  width  of  the  open  court, 
or  courts  and  in  no  case  shall  the  width  of  said  corridor  be  less  than  four  (4) 
feet,  and  there  shall  be  no  projection  in  the  same;  the  outer  openings  to  be 
provided  with  doors  or  gates  opening  toward  the  street.  During  the  per- 
formance, the  doors  or  gates  in  the  corridors  shall  be  kept  open  by  proper 
fastenings;  at  other  times  they  may  be  closed  and  fastened  by  movable 
bolts  or  locks.  The  said  open  courts  and  corridors  shall  not  be  used  for 
storage  purposes,  or  for  any  purpose  whatsoever  except  for  entrance  and 
exit  from  and  to  the  auditorium  and  stage,  and  must  be  kept  free  and 
clear  during  the  performance. 

The  level  of  said  corridors  and  courts  shall  be  graded  to  the  sidewalk 
and  flush  therewith  at  all  points  at  street  entrances.  The  entrance  of  the 
main  front  of  the  building  shall  not  be  on  a lower  level  than  the  sidewalk, 
and  shall  not  be  on  a higher  level  from  the  sidewalk  than  six  (6)  inches, 
unless  approved  by  the  inspector  of  buildings.  To  overcome  any  differ- 
ences of  level  in  and  between  courts,  corridors,  lobbies,  passages,  and 
aisles  on  the  ground  floor,  gradients  shall  be  employed,  of  not  over  one- 
foot  rise  to  ten  feet  horizontal  (1-10),  with  no  perpendicular  rises. 

Section  153.  Exits  Into  Courts. — Opening  into  said  courts,  or  on  the 
side  street,  from  the  auditorium,  there  shall  be  not  less  than  two  (2)  exits 
on  each  side  in  each  tier,  from  and  including  the  parquet  and  from  each 
and  every  gallery.  Each  exit  shall  be  at  least  five  (5)  feet  in  width  in  the 
clear,  and  provided  with  doors  of  iron  or  wood;  if  of  wood,  the  doors 
shall  be  metal  covered  and  shall  be  constructed  as  described  in  this  ordi- 
nance. 

All  of  said  doors  shall  open  outwardly  and  shall  be  fastened  with 
movable  bolts,  the  bolts  to  be  kept  drawn  during  performances,  unless  a 
device  satisfactory  to  the  inspector  of  buildings  be  applied,  so  as  to  keep 
the  same  locked  from  without,  but  to  unlock  automatically  on  the  appli- 
cation of  pressure  from  within  on  a bar  forming  part  of  the  door.  There 
shall  be  balconies  not  less  than  (4)  feet  wide  in  the  said  open  court,  or 
courts,  at  each  level  or  tier  above  the  parquet,  on  each  side  of  the  audi- 
torium, of  sufficient  length  to  embrace  the  two  exits,  and  from  said  bal- 
conies there  shall  be  staircases  extending  to  the  ground  level,  with  a rise 
of  not  over  eight  and  one-half  (8^)  inches  to  a step,  and  not  less  than 
nine  (9)  inches  tread,  exclusive  of  the  nosing. 

The  staircases  from  the  upper  balconies  to  the  next  below  shall  not 
be  less  than  three  (3)  feet  in  width  in  the  clear,  and  from  the  first  balcony 
to  the  ground,  three  (3)  feet  in  width  in  the  clear,  where  the  seating 
capacity  is  five  hundred  (500)  people  or  less;  three  (3)  feet  and  six  (6) 
inches  in  the  clear  where  five  hundred  (500)  people  and  not  more  than 
nine  hundred  (900)  people,  and  four  (4)  feet  in  the  clear  where  over  nine 
hundred  (900)  people,  and  four  (4)  feet  six  (6)  inches  in  the  clear  where 
above  two  thousand  five  hundred  (2500)  people.  Hand  rails  shall  be 
secured  to  the  walls,  three  (3)  inches  therefrom  and  about  three  (3)  feet 
above  the  center  of  the  treads,  and  other  handrails  shall  be  placed  on  the 
outside  of  said  staircases,  about  three  (3)  feet  above  the  centers  of  the 
treads,  and  secured  to  said  staircase  so  as  to  resist  a pressure  of  one 
hundred  (100)  pounds  per  linear  foot,  applied  horizontally  to  said  rail. 

Section  154.  Construction  of  Balconies  and  Stairways. — All  the  be- 


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fore  mentioned  balconies  and  stairways  shall  be  constructed  of  iron 
throughout,  including  the  floors,  and  of  ample  strength  to  sustain  the  load 
to  be  carried  by  them,  and  they  shall  be  covered  with  a metal  hood  or  awning 
to  be  constructed  in  such  manner  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  inspector  of 
buildings.  Where  one  side  of  the  building  borders  on  the  street  there  shall 
be  balconies  and  stairways  of  like  capacity  and  kind,  as  before  mentioned, 
carried  to  the  ground. 

Section  155.  Other  Uses  of  Building. — When  the  theater  is  located  on 
a corner  lot,  that  portion  of  the  premises  bordering  on  the  street  and  not 
required  for  the  use  of  the  theater  may,  if  such  portion  be  not  more  than 
twenty-five  (25)  feet  in  width,  be  used  for  offices,  stores,  or  apartments; 
provided,  the  walls  separating  this  portion  from  the  theater  proper  are 
carried  up  solidly  to  and  through  the  roof,  and  that  a fireproof  exit  is  pro- 
vided for  the  theater  on  each  tier,  equal  to  the  combined  width  of  exits 
opening  on  open  courts  in  each  tier,  communicating  with  balconies  and 
staircases  leading  to  the  street  in  manner  provided  elsewhere  in  this  ordi- 
nance;  said  exit  passages  shall  be  entirely  cut  off  by  brick  walls  from  said 
offices,  stores,  or  apartments,  and  the  floors  and  ceilings  in  each  tier  shall 
be  fireproof. 

Section  156.  Ordinary  Exits.— Every  theater  accommodating  two 
hundred  and  fifty  (250)  persons  shall  have  at  least  two  (2)  exits;  when 
accommodating  five  hundred  (500)  persons,  at  least  three  (3)  exits  shall 
be  provided;  these  exits  not  referring  to  nor  including  the  exits  to  the 
open  court  at  the  side  of  the  theater.  Doorways  of  exit  or  entrance  for 
the  use  of  the  public  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  feet  in  width,  and  for 
every  additional  one  hundred  (100)  persons,  or  portion  thereof,  to  be 
accommodated  in  excess  of  five  hundred  (500),  an  aggregate  of  twenty 
(20)  inches  additional  exit  width  must  be  allowed. 

All  doors  of  exits  or  entrances  shall  open  outwardly,  and  be  hung  to 
swing  in  such  manner  as  not  to  become  an  obstruction  in  a passage  or 
corridor,  and  no  such  doors  shall  be  closed  or  locked  during  any  represen- 
tation, or  when  the  building  is  open  to  the  public,  unless  locked  by  self- 
unlocking  system  .Distinct  and  separate  places  of  exit  and  entrances  shall 
be  provided  for  each  gallery  above  the  first.  A common  place  of  exit  and 
entrance  may  serve  for  the  main  floor  of  the  auditorium  and  the  first  gal- 
lery, provided  its  capacity  be  equal  to  the  aggregate  capacity  of  the  outlets 
from  the  main  floor  and  the  said  gallery. 

No  passage  leading  to  any  stairway  communicating  with  any  entrance 
or  exit  shall  be  less  than  four  (4)  feet  in  width  in  any  part  thereof. 

Section  157.  Foyers,  Lobbies,  Etc.— The  aggregate  capacity  of  the 
foyers,  lobbies,  corridors,  passages  and  rooms  for  the  use  of  the  audience, 
not  including  aisles  space,  between  seats,  shall  on  each  floor  or  gallery,  be 
sufficient  to  contain  the  entire  number  to  be  accommodated  on  said  floor 
or  gallery  in  the  ratio  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  superficial  feet  of 
floor  room  for  every  one  hundred  (100)  persons. 

Gradients  or  inclined  planes  shall  be  employed  instead  of  steps  where 
possible,  to  overcome  slight  differences  of  level  in  or  between  the  aisles, 

' corridors  and  passages. 

Section  158.  Aisles  and  Seats.— All  isles  on  the  respective  floors  in  the 
auditorium,  having  seats  on  both  sides  of  the  same,  shall  not  be  less  than 
three  (3)  feet  wide  where  they  begin,  and  shall  be  increased  in  width 
toward  the  exits  in  ratio  of  one  and  one-half  (lyi)  inches  to  five  (5)  run- 
ning feet. 

Aisles,  having  seats  on  one  side  only,  shall  be  less  than  two  (2)  feet 
wide  at  their  beginning,  and  increased  in  width  one  and  one-half  (1/4) 


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inches  in  ten  (10)  running  feet.  All  seats  in  the  auditorium,  excepting 
those  contained  in  boxes,  shall  not  be  less  than  thirty-two  (32)  inches 
from  back  to  back,  measured  in  a horizontal  direction,  and  firmly  secured 
to  the  floor.  No  seat  in  the  auditorium  shall  have  more  than  six  (6)  seats 
intervening  between  it  and  an  aisle.  No  stool  nor  seat  shall  be  placed  in 
any  aisle. 

All  platforms  in  galleries  formed  to  receive  seats  shall  be  not  more 
than  twenty-one  (21)  inches  in  height  of  rise,  nor  less  than  thirty-two  (32) 
inches  in  width,  of  platform.  The  maximum  number  of  movable  seats  or 
chairs  in  boxes  shall  be  eight  (8). 

In  boxes  containing  a greater  number  of  seats,  the  seats  shall  be 
fastened  to  the  floor. 

Section  159.  Gallery  Fronts,  Partitions,  and  Ceilings. — The  fronts  of 
each  gallery  shall  be  formed  of  fireproof  materials,  except  the  capping, 
which  may  be  of  wood.  The  ceiling  under  each  gallery  shall  be  entirely 
formed  of  fireproof  materials.  The  ceilings  of  the  auditorium  shall  be 
formed  of  fireproof  material.  All  lathing,  whenever  used,  shall  be  of  metal. 
The  partitions  in  that  portion  of  the  building  which  contains  the  audi- 
torium, the  entrance  and  the  vestibule,  and  every  room  and  passage  devoted 
to  the  use  of  the  audience,  shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  materials,  in- 
cluding the  furring  of  outside  of  other  walls. 

None  of  the  walls  or  ceilings  shall  be  covered  with  wood  sheathing, 
canvas,  or  any  other  combustible  material.  But  this  shall  not  exclude  the 
use  of  wood  wainscoating  to  a height  not  to  exceed  six  (6)  feet,  which 
shall  be  filled  in  solid  between  the  wainscoating  and  the  wall  with  fire- 
proot  materials. 

Section  160.  Inside  Stairways. — All  stairs  within  the  buildings  shall  be 
constructed  of  fireproof  materials  throughout.  Stairs  from  balconies  and 
galleries  shall  not  communicate  with  the  basement  or  cellar.  All  stairs 
shall  have  treads  of  uniform  width  and  riser  of  uniform  height  throughout 
in  each  flight.  Stairways  serving  for  the  exit  of  fifty  (50)  people  shall  be 
at  least  four  (4)  feet  wide  between  railings,  or  between  walls,  and  for  every 
additional  fifty  (50)  people  to  be  accommodated,  six  (6)  inches  must  be 
added  to  their  width.  The  width  of  all  stairs  shall  be  measured  in  the  clear 
between  hand  rails.  In  no  case  shall  the  rise  of  any  stairs  exceed  seven  and 
one-half  (7^4)  inches  high,  nor  shall  the  treads,  exclusive  of  nosings,  be 
less  than  ten  and  one-half  (10j4)  inches  wide  in  straight  stairs. 

No  circular  or  winding  stairs  for  the  use  of  the  public  shall  be  permit- 
ted. Where  the  seating  capacity  is  for  more  than  one  thousand  (1000) 
people,  there  shall  be  at  least  two  (2)  independent  staircases,  with  direct 
exterior  outlets  provided  for  each  gallery  in  the  auditorium,  where  there 
are  not  more  than  two  (2)  galleries,  and  the  same  shall  be  located  on 
opposite  sides  of  said  galleries.  Where  there  are  more  than  two  galleries, 
one  or  more  additional  staircases  shall  be  provided,  the  outlets  from  which 
shall  communicate  directly  with  the  principal  exit  or  other  exterior  out- 
lets. All  said  staircases  shall  be  of  width  proportionate  to  the  seating 
capacity  as  elsewhere  herein  prescribed. 

Where  the  seating  capacity  is  for  one  thousand  (1000)  people,  or  less, 
two  (2)  direct  lines  of  staircases  only  shall  be  required,  located  on  oppo- 
site sides  of  the  galleries,  and  in  both  cases  shall  extend  from  the  sidewalk 
level  to  the  upper  gallery,  with  outlets  from  each  gallery  to  each  of  said 
staircases. 

At  least  two  independent  stairways,  with  direct  exterior  outlets,  shall 
also  be  provided  for  the  service  of  the  stage  and  shall  be  located  on  the 
opposite  sides  of  the  same. 

All  inside  stairways  leading  to  the  upper  galleries  of  the  auditorium 
shall  be  enclosed  on  both  sides  with  walls  of  fireproof  materials.  Stairs 


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IpaHintr  to  the  first  or  lower  gallery  may  be  left  open  on  one  side,  in  which 
case  they  shall  be  constructed  as  herein  provided  for  similar  stairs  leading 
from  the7  entrance  hall  to  the  main  floor  of  the  auditorium.  But  in  no  case 
shall  stairs  leading  to  any  gallery  be  left  open  on  both  sides. 

When  straight  stairs  return  directly  on  themselves,  a landing  of  the 
full  width  of  both  flights,  without  any  steps,  shall  be  provided.  The  outline 
of  the  landing  shall  be  curved  to  a radius  of  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet  to 
avoid  square  angles.  Stairs  turning  at  an  angle  shall  have  a proper  landing 
without  winders  introduced  at  said  turn.  In  stairs,  when  two  flights  S®!1' 
nect  with  one  main  flight,  no  winders  shall  be  introduced,  and  the  width 
of  the  main  flight  shall  be  at  least  equal  to  the  aggregate  width  of  the  side 
flights.  All  stairs  shall  have  proper  landings  introduced  at  convenient 

dlStAl?Senclosed  staircases  shall  have  on  both  sides  strong  hand  rails 
firmly  secured  to  the  walls  about  three  (3)  inches  distant  therefrom,  and 
threeY  (3)  feet  above  the  stairs,  but  said  hand  rails  shall  not  run  on  level 
platforms  and  landings  when  the  same  are  more  in  width  than  the  lengt 

°f  ^Air^tafrcases  eight  (8)  feet  and  over  in  width  shall  be  provided  with 
a center  hand  rail  of  metal  not  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter,  placed 
at  a height  of  about  three  (3)  feet  above  the  center  of  the  treads .and  sup- 
Dorted  on  wrought  metal  or  brass  standards  of  sufficient  strength,  placed 
not  nearer  than  four  (4)  feet  nor  more  than  six  (6)  feet  apart,  and  securely 
bolted  to  the  treads  or  rises  of  stairs,  or  both,  and  at  the  head  of  each 
flight  of  stairs,  on  each  landing,  the  posts  or  standards  shall  be  at  least 
six  (6)  feet  in  height,  to  which  the  rail  shall  be  secured. 

Section  161.  Interior  Walls.— Interior  walls,  built  of  fireproof  ma- 
terials shall  separate  the  auditorium  from  the  entrance  vestibule  and  from 
any  room  or  rooms  over  the  same;  also  from  any  lobbies,  corridors,  refresh- 
ment or  other  rooms.  All  staircases  for  the  use  of  the  audience  shall  be 
enclosed  with  walls  of  brick  or  of  fireproof  materials  approved  by  the  in- 
spector of  buildings.  The  openings  to  said  staircases  from  each  tier  shall 

be  full  width  of  said  staircases.  , 

No  door  shall  open  immediately  upon  a flight  of  stairs,  but  a landing 
at  least  the  width  of  the  door  shall  be  provided  between  such  stairs  and 
such  floor. 

Section  162.  Proscenium  Wall. — A fire  wall  shall  separate  the  audi- 
torium  from  the  stage,  and  the  same  shall  extend  at  least  four  (4)  feet 
above  the  stage  roof,  or  the  auditorium  roof,  if  the  latter  be  the  higher, 

and  shall  be  Coped.  . . r A 

Above  the  proscenium  opening  there  shall  be  a steel  or  reinforced 
concrete  girder  resting  upon  steel  or  concrete  columns  extending  to  foun- 
dations and  of  sufficient  strength  to  support  safely  the  load  above,  and 
when  of  steel  the  same  shall  be  covered  with  fireproof  materials  to  protect 
it  from  heat.  Should  there  be  constructed  an  orchestra  over  the  stage,  over 
the  proscenium  opening,  the  said  orchestra  shall  be  placed  on  the  audi- 
torium side  of  the  fire  wall,  and  shall  be  entered  only  from  the  auditorium 
side  of  said  fire  wall.  The  molded  frame  around  the  proscenium  opening 
shall  be  formed  entirely  of  fireproof  materials.  If  metal  be  used,  said  metal 
shall  be  filled  in  solid  with  non-combustible  material  and  securely  anchored 

to  the  wall  with  iron.  . . . . ( 

The  proscenium  opening  shall  be  provided  with  a fireproof  curtain  ot 
asbestos,  or  other  fireproof  material,  approved  by  the  inspector  of  build- 
ings, sliding  at  each  end  within  iron  grooves  securely  fastened  to  the  brick 
wall  and  extending  into  such  iron  grooves  to  a depth  of  not  less  than  six 
inches  on  each  side  of  the  opening. 

Said  curtain  to  be  suspended  or  hung  by  steel  cables  passing  over 


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wrought-iron  or  steel  sheaves  supported  by  wrought-iron  brackets  of  suffi- 
cient strength  and  well  braced;  the  brackets  to  be  securely  attached  to  the 
proscenium  wall  by  through  bolts  with  nuts  and  washers  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  wall. 

Said  fireproof  curtain  shall  be  raised  at  the  commencement  of  each 
performance,  and  lowered  at  the  close  of  each  act  of  said  performance,  and 
be  operated  by  approved  machinery  for  that  purpose.  Proscenium  curtains 
shall  be  placed  at  least  three  (3)  feet  distant  from  the  footlights  at  the 
nearest  point. 

No  doorway  or  opening  through  the  proscenium  wall,  from  the  audi- 
torium, shall  be  allowed  above  the  level  of  the  first  floor,  and  any  author- 
ized openings  shall  have  standard  fire  doors  on  each  face  of  the  walls,  and 
the  doors  shall  be  hung  so  as  to  open  from  either  side  at  all  times. 

Section  163.  Dressing  Rooms. — All  shelving  and  cupboards  in  each 
and  every  dressing-room,  property  room,  or  other  storage  room  shall  be 
constructed  of  metal,  slate,  or  some  fireproof  material.  Dressing  rooms 
may  be  placed  in  the  fly  galleries,  provided  that  proper  exits  are  secured 
therefrom  to  the  fire  escapes  in  the  open  court,  and  that  the  partitions  and 
other  matters  pertaining  to  dressing-rooms  shall  conform  to  the  require- 
ments herein  contained,  but  the  stairs  leading  to  the  same  shall  be  fire- 
proof. The  dressing  rooms  shall  have  an  independent  exit  leading  directly 
into  a court  or  street,  and  shall  be  ventilated  by  windows  in  the  external 
wall,  and  no  dressing  room  shall  be  more  than  ten  (10)  feet  below  street 
level. 

Section  164.  Windows. — All  windows  shall  be  arranged  to  open,  and 
none  of  the  windows  in  outside  walls  shall  have  fixed  sashes,  iron  grills, 
or  bars. 

Section  165.  Stage  Floors. — All  that  portion  of  the  stage  not  com- 
prised in  the  working  of  scenery,  traps,  and  other  mechanical  apparatus, 
for  the  presentation  of  a scene,  usually  equal  to  the  width  of  the  proscenium 
opening,  shall  be  of  Class  “A”  construction. 

Section  166.  Fly  Galleries. — The  fly  galleries  entire,  including  pin  rails, 
shall  be  constructed  of  iron  or  steel,  and  the  floors  of  said  galleries  shall  be 
composed  of  iron  or  steel  beams  filled  with  fireproof  materials,  and  no 
wood  boards  nor  sleepers  shall  be  used  as  coverings  over  beams,  but  the 
said  floor  shall  be  entirely  fireproof.  The  rigging  loft  shall  be  fireproof.  All 
stage  scenery,  curtains,  and  decorations  made  of  combustible  material 
shall  be  painted  or  saturated  with  some  approved  non-combustible  material, 
or  otherwise  rendered  safe  against  fire,  and  the  finishing  coat  of  paint 
applied  to  all  woodwork  shall  be  of  such  kind  as  to  resist  fire,  to  the  satis- 
faction of  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

Fireproof  wood  may  be  used,  if  satisfactory  to  the  inspector  of 
buildings. 

Fly  galleries  shall  rest  upon  columns  extended  to  the  basement. 

Section  167.  Standpipes. — A dry  standpipe,  four  (4)  inches  in  diameter, 
shall  be  provided,  with  hose  attachments,  on  every  floor.  Said  standpine 
shall  also  be  provided  with  a Siamese  steamer  connection,  placed  on  the 
outside  of  the  building,  at  the  street  front.  The  fittings  shall  be  the  regula- 
tion couplings  of  the  fire  department. 

Section  168. — Hose. — A proper  and  sufficient  quantity  of  two-and-one- 
half-inch  hose,  not  less  than  fifty  (50)  feet,  fitted  with  the  regulation  coup- 
lings of  the  fire  department  and  with  nozzles  attached  thereto,  and  with 
hose  spanners  at  each  outlet,  shall  always  be  kept  attached  to  each  hose 
attachment,  as  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  may  direct. 


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Section  169  Automatic  Sprinklers. — A separate  and  distinct  system 
of  automatic  sprinklers  with  fusible  plugs  shall  be  installed  throughout  the 
stage  portion,  and  shall  have  a water  supply  direct  from  the  city  water 

“^Automatic  sprinklers  shall  also  be  placed  wherever  practicable  in  the 
dressing-rooms,  under  the  stage,  and  in  the  carpenter  shop,  paint  rooms, 
store  rooms,  and  property  rooms,  and  on  the  auditorium  side  of  the  pros- 

CeniThereCshall  be  kept  at  least  four  (4)  axes,  two  (2)  twenty-five-foot 
hooks  two  (2)  fifteen-foot  hooks,  and  two  (2)  ten-foot  hooks  on  each  tier 
or  floor  of  the  stage,  all  of  which  shall  be  painted  red. 

There  shall  be  provided  such  number  of  fire  extinguishers  as  shall  be 
satisfactory  to  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department. 

Section  170.  Lights.— Every  portion  of  the  building  devoted  to  the  usfe 
of  the  public,  also  all  outlets  leading  to  the  streets  and  including  the  open 
courts  and  corridors,  shall  be  well  and  properly  lighted  with  electricity 
during  every  performance,  and  shall  remain  lighted  until  the  entire  aud- 
ence  has  left  the  premises.  All  of  .said  lights  in  any  part  of  said  building 
used  by  the  audience,  except  the  auditorium,  must  be  controlled  by  a sep- 
arate shut-off  located  in  the  lobby  and  controlled  only  in  that  particular 
place.  Gas  mains  supplying  the  building  shall  have  independent  connec- 
tions for  the  work  shops,  fly  galleries  and  stage,  and  provision  shall  be 
made  for  shutting  off  the  gas  from  the  outside  of  the  building.  , 

All  lights  in  passages  and  corridors  in  said  building,  whenever  deemed 
necessary  by  the  inspector  of  buildings,  shall  be  protected  with  proper  wire 
network  All  border  lights  shall  be  constructed  according  to  the  best 
known  methods  and  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  inspector  of  buildings, 
and  shall  be  suspended  for  ten  (10)  feet  by  wire  ropes. 

All  ducts  or  shafts  used  for  conducting  heated  air  from  the  main 
chandeliers,  or  from  any  other  light  or  lights,  shall  be  constructed  of  metal 
and  made  double,  with  an  air  space  between. 

Section  171.  Lights  At  Exits.— At  each  and  every  exit  in  any  theater 
there  shall  be  placed  and  maintained  an  electric  light  upon  an  independent 
supply,  satisfactory  to  the  inspector  of  buildings.  Said  light  shall  be 
prior  to  the  opening  of  the  doors  of  said  theater,  and  shall  be  kept  lighted 
until  the  audience  shall  have  departed  from  the  premises;  and  there  shall 
be  inscribed  upon  said  lamp  or  lamps  the  word  Exit  in  distinctly  visible 
letters  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  high. 


Section  172.  Ventilation  On  the  Stage. — There  shall  be  provided  in 
the  roof  of  that  portion  of  the  building  over  the  stage,  smoke  vent  open- 
ings the  total  net  area  of  which  shall  be  one-tenth  of  the  area  of  the  stage 
included  between  the  three  outer  walls  of  the  building  and  the  proscenium 

WallNo  single  opening  shall  be  of  an  area  less  than  one-fifth  of  the  total 
required  area.  These  smoke  vent  openings  shall  be  closed  by  shutters  so 
constructed  that  they  will  open  by  their  own  weight  They  shall  be  held  in 
place  by  cords  or  ropes  extending  to  and  controlled  from  the  open  stage. 
As  a part  of  each  rope  operating  each  shutter  there  shall  be  included  two 
(2)  fusible  links  designed  to  open  at  160  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

All  parts  of  shutters  and  frame  shall  be  incombustible  materials.  Glass, 
if  used,  shall  be  plain  glass.  Shutters  may  be  of  two  types.  If  shutters 
occupying  a vertical  position  when  closed  are  used,  they  shall  be  hinged 
at  the  bottom  and  provided  with  a metal  weight,  which  shall  cause  them 
to  open  outward.  This  weight  shall  be  so  placed  that  the  shutter  is  held 
in  a closed  position  by  the  rope  and  on  release  of  the  rope  the  shutter  will 
open  its  full  width.  If  shutters  built  on  the  incline  of  the  roof  are  used, 


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they  shall  be  arranged  to  rest  and  travel  on  rollers.  They  shall  be  so  built 
that  they  will  open  by  their  own  weight  and  shall  be  held  in  a closed 
position  by  the  rope. 

These  shutters  shall  be  opened  at  least  once  a week  or  more  often  if 
required  by  the  fire  department. 

No  fastening  or  other  device  for  holding  the  shutters  of  the  smoke 
vent  openings  in  a closed  position,  other  than  the  ropes  with  fusible  links 
shall  be  attached  to  any  such  shutter. 

No  obstruction  of  any  kind  shall  be  placed  in  the  way  of  a complete 
draft  from  the  stage  to  the  smoke  vent  openings,  except  that  required  for 
the  operation  of  the  scenery.  No  flooring  shall  be  placed  on  the  gridiron, 
but  its  entire  surface  shall  be  open. 

Section  173.  Steam  Boilers  and  Heating  Appliances. — Every  steam 
boiler  which  may  be  required  for  heating  or  other  purposes  shall  be  located 
outside  the  building,  and  the  space  allotted  to  the  same  shall  be  enclosed 
by  walls  of  masonry  on  all  sides,  and  the  floor  and  ceiling  of  such  space 
shall  be  constructed  of  fireproof  material.  All  doorways  in  said  wall  shall 
have  standard  fire  doors.  No  floor  register  for  heating  shall  be  permitted. 

Section  174.  Coils,  Radiators,  Locations. — No  coil  or  radiator  shall  be 
placed  in  any  aisle  or  passageway  used  as  an  exit,  but  all  said  coils  and 
radiators  shall  be  placed  in  recesses  formed  in  the  wall  or  partitions  to 
receive  the  same,  or  may  be  suspended  on  the  walls  at  least  six  feet  six 
inches  above  the  floor;  provided,  all  supply,  return,  or  exhaust  pipes  are 
recessed  in  the  walls.  All  supply,  return,  or  exhaust  pipes  shall  be  properly 
incased  and  protected  where  passing  through  floors  or  near  woodwork.  Gas 
heaters  shall  not  be  used  for  heating  purposes. 

Section  175.  Work  Shop,  Storage  Room,  Property  Rooms. — No  work 
shop,  storage,  or  general  property  rooms  shall  be  allowed  on  the  auditorium 
side  of  the  proscenium  wall,  nor  above  or  under  the  stage,  nor  in  any  of 
the  fly  galleries.  All  of  said  rooms  or  shops  may  be  located  in  the  rear  or 
at  the  side  of  the  stage,  but  in  such  cases  they  shall  be  separated  from  the 
stage  by  a brick  wall,  and  the  openings  leading  into  such  portions  shall  have 
standard  fire  doors  on  each  side  of  the  openings,  hung  to  iron  eyes  built  in 
the  wall. 

Section  176.  Restrictions  As  To  Use  of  Building. — No  portion  of  any 
building  hereafter  erected  or  altered,  used,  or  intended  to  be  used  for  the- 
atrical or  other  purposes,  as  in  this  section  specified,  shall  be  occupied  or 
used  as  a hotel,  boarding  or  lodging  house,  factory,  work  shop,  or  manu- 
factory, or  for  storage  purposes,  except  as  may  hereafter  be  specially  pro- 
vided for.  Said  restriction  relates  not  only  to  that  portion  of  the  building 
which  contains  the  auditorium  and  the  stage,  but  applies  also  to  the  entire 
structure  in  conjunction  therewith.  Stores  or  shops  for  the  sale  of  goods 
shall  be  permitted  on  the  ground  floor.  No  store  or  room  contained  in  the 
building,  nor  the  offices,  stores,  or  apartments  adjoining  as  aforesaid,  shall 
be  let  or  used  for  carrying  on  any  business  dealing  in  articles  especially 
hazardous,  nor  for  manufacturing  purposes.  No  lodging  accommodations 
shall  be  allowed  in  any  part  of  the  building  communicating  with  auditorium. 

Section  177.  Diagram  of  Theater  On  Program. — A diagram  or  plan  of 
each  theater,  gallery  or  floor,  showing  distinctly  the  exits  therefrom,  each 
occupying  a space  not  less  than  fifteen  (15)  square  inches,  shall  be  printed 
in  black  lines  in  a legible  manner  on  the  program  of  the  performance. 

Section  178.  Fire  Alarms. — There  shall  be  a fire  alarm  directly  con- 
nected with  the  fire  department  in  all  theaters,  moving  picture  buildings, 
and  all  places  of  public  assemblage  with  a seating  capacity  of  over  four 
hundred  (400). 


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Section  179.  Right  of  Entry  By  Authorities.— The  Mayor,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  City  Council,  the  Inspector  of  B,“lld^  Depart- 

tors  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  and  the  Chief  of the  Police  Depar 
ment  shall  have  the  right  to  enter,  at  any  time  on  official  business,  any 
building  used  for  theatrical  or  operatic  purposes  or  for  public  entertain- 
ments of  any  kind.  . 

Section  180.  Fire  Department  To  Control  Fire  Apparatus.— -The 
standpipes  gas  pipes,  electric  wires,  hose,  footlights,  and  all  apparatus  for 
the  extinguishment  of  fire,  or  guarding  against  the  same,  as  in  this  ord 
nance  specified,  shall  be  in  charge  and  under  the  control  of  the  1 ire  De- 
partment. 

Section  181.  Fire  Department  Detail.— The  Chief  of  the  Fire  Depart- 
ment is  hereby  directed  to  detail  one  experienced  member  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment for  service  at  each  and  every  building  used  for  theatrical  or  operatic 
purposes  to  be  present  on  the  stage  of  each  building  during  the  progress  of 
each  and  every  performance  held  therein. 

Section  182.  Special  Provisions  Relating  To  Places  of  Amusement 
Wherein  Moving  Picture  Exhibitions  Are  Given.— All  places  of  amusement 
to  be  constructed,  erected,  or  altered,  wherein  moving  pictures  are  exhibited 
for  public  entertainment,  and  where  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  having  a 
seating  capacity  of  four  hundred  (400)  or  more  persons,  shall  be  built  and 
constructed  to  conform  to  all  laws,  conditions,  and  requirements  now  exist- 
ing relating  to  theaters  and  places  where  theatrical  or  operatic  perform- 

ance^H  ^8^  pjaces  Df  amusement  hereafter  to  be  constructed,  erected,  oi 
altered,  wherein  moving  pictures  are  exhibited  for  public  ’ 

and  where  an  admission  fee  is  charged,  shall  be  built  and  constructed  in 
accordance  with  the  following  laws,  conditions,  and  requirements,  to-wit. 

(A.)  All  such  places  of  amusement  in  the  fire  limits  must  be  and  shall 
only  be  contained  in  Class  "A,”  Class  “B,”  or  Class  C buildings.  „ 

All  such  places  of  amusement  not  contained  m Class  A or  Class  ts 
buildings  must  have  their  interior  entirely  and  thoroughly  lined  with  sheet 
metal,  or  metal  lathed  and  plastered.  Brick,  tile,  or  concrete  walls  need  not 

be  lathed  or  plastered.  . , ^ . . £ .. 

(B  ) All  aisles  in  the  auditorium  having  seats  on  both  sides  ot  tne 
same  shall  be  not  less  than  three  and  one-half  feet  in  width  when  the  aisles 
are  sixty  (60)  feet  or  less  in  length,  and  not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  in  width 
when  the  aisles  are  more  than  sixty  (60)  feet  in  length  Aisles  haying  seats 
on  one  side  only  shall  be  not  less  than  two  and  one-half  (2(4)  feet  in  width 
when  the  aisles  are  sixty  (60)  feet  or  less  in  length,  and  not  less  than  three 
(3)  feet  in  width  when  the  aisles  are  more  than  sixty  (60)  feet  in  length. 

(C.)  All  seats  in  the  auditorium  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty-nine 
(29)  inches  from  back  to  back,  measured  in  a horizontal  direction,  and 
firmly  secured  to  the  floor.  No  seat  in  the  auditorium  shall  have  more  than 
six  (6)  seats  intervening  between  it  and  an  aisle.  No  seat  nor  stool  shall 

be  placed  in  any  aisle.  , . . ..  c ,1  _ 

(D  ) All  such  places  of  amusement  having  a seating  capacity  ot  tnree 
hundred  (300)  or  more  persons  shall  be  equipped  with  at  least  one  one-and- 
one-half  (1 J4)  inch  galvanized  standpipe  in  the  middle  of  one  side  wall 
of  the  auditorium.  Said  standpipe  shall  have  a one-and-one-half-inch  direc 
connection  with  the  street  main.  Attached  to  said  standpipe  there  shall  be 
fifty  (50)  feet  of  one-and-one-half-inch  hose,  and  at  the  end  of  such  hose 
shall  be  a five-eighths-inch  play  pipe.  . 

(E.)  In  all  such  places  of  amusement,  of  whatever  seating  capacity, 
there  must  be  kept  two  fire  extinguishers  immediately  out jide  the  opera- 
tor's booth,  or  moving  picture  box,  and  said  fire  extinguisher  shall  be  ready 
for  service  at  all  times. 


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(R)  All  theaters  and  other  public  places  of  amusement  used  for  the 
exhibition  of,  or  where  moving  pictures  are  displayed,  shall  comply  with 
the  following  provisions: 

Machine  must  be  placed  in  an  enclosure  or  house  made  of  suitable  fire- 
proof material;  must  be  properly  ventilated  so  as  to  carry  the  smoke  and 
products  of  combustion  outside  of  the  walls  of  the  building,  properly  lighted, 
and  large  enough  for  operator  to  walk  freely  on  either  side  of,  or  back  of 
machine.  All  openings  into  this  booth  must  be  arranged  so  as  to  be  en- 
tirely closed  by  doors  or  shutters  constructed  of  the  same  or  equally  good 
fire-resisting  material  as  the  booth  itself.  Doors  or  covers  must  be  arranged 
so  as  to  be  held  normally  closed  by  spring  hinges  or  equivalent  devises. 

The  operating  room  must  not  be  used  for  the  storage  of  anything  not 
used  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the  machine.  Rectifiers,  motor 
generators,  or  other  similar  devices,  must  not  be  located  in  the  operating 
room. 

Shelves  for  rewind  and  tools  must  be  made  of  heavy  sheet  metal  or 
wood,  completely  covered  with  sheet  metal  and  fastened  to  wall  of  operat- 
ing room  by  metal  brackets.  There  must  be  not  more  than  one  shelf  for 
each  machine. 

a.  All  operating  rooms  must  be  at  least  six  feet  six  inches  high,  with 
floor  space  to  vary  according  to  the  number  of  machines  in  them,  as  follows: 


One  picture  machine 7x9  feet 

One  picture  machine  and  one  stereopticon 9x9  feet 

Two  picture  machines 10x9  feet 

Two  picture  machines  and  one  stereopticon 12x9  feet 


b.  There  shall  be  not  more  than  two  openings  per  machine  in  the 
operating  room,  one  for  the  operator’s  view  and  one  for  the  machine. 
Opening  for  machine  shall  be  not  more  than  eight  (8)  inches  high  and 
twelve  (12)  inches  long.  Operator’s  window  shall  be  not  more  than  ten  (10) 
inches  wide  and  twelve  (12)  inches  high. 

c.  All  openings  shall  be  provided  with  sheet-iron  shutters  which  slide 

freely  in  metal  grooves.  The  shutters  shall  be  constructed  of  No.  16  T t S. 
s^:aJ1(J^r(|  (1-16-inch  iron),  and  be  10x14  inches  for  machine  openings 

and  12x14  inches  for  operator’s  window,  thus  overlapping  the  openings  one 
inch  on  all  sides.  The  grooves  in  which  the  shutters  slide  shall  be  at  least 
twenty-four  (24)  inches  long,  and  be  constructed  of  No.  16  U.  S.  standard 
gauge  (1-16-inch)  iron,  and  fastened  on  inside  of  operating  room. 

Shutters  must  be  held  open  by  use  of  a fine  combustible  cord  so 
arranged  that  the  shutters  may  easily  be  released  by  hand.  Shutters  may  be 
arranged  to  slide  horizontally  if  a strong  spiral  spring  or  a weight  sus- 
pended  by.  a metallic  chain  is  attached  in  such  a manner  as  to  close  the 
shutter  quickly  in  case  of  a fire  within  the  operating  room. 

d.  Vent  pipes  should  be  not  less  than  six  (6)  inches  in  diameter,  and 
must  extend  through  walls  or  roof  to  the  outside  of  building  or  to  an  incom- 
bustible chimney.  When  pipes  extend  through  concealed  places  or  between 
floor  joists,  they  must  be  made  of  double  thickness,  with  one-inch  air  space 
between  the  two  pipes.  Joints  in  pipes  must  be  lock  seamed.  If  the  operat- 
mg  ro°m  1S  placed  against  an  outside  brick  wall  of  the  building,  a large 
opening  may  be  made  through  the  wall  for  ventilation,  which  need  not  be 
equipped  with  self-closing  shutter,  providing  there  is  no  combustible 
material  on  the  front  of  the  building. 

The  two  following  forms  of  construction  will  be  considered  as  ful- 
filling the  requirements  for  the  construction  of  operating  room: 

For  a steel-frame  operating  room,  the  frame  shall  be  made  as  follows: 

Four  outside  horizontal  members  at  top  and  bottom,  to  be  lxlx^-inch 
steel  angle  bars. 

Four  corner  uprights  to  be  lxlx^-inch  steel  angle  bars. 


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Intermediate  uprights  and  roof  supports  to  be  lxlx*4-inch  steel  angle 
bars,  or  lxlxl-inch  steel  tee  bars,  spaced  not  more  than  four  feet  apart. 

Sheathing  must  be  of  sheet  iron  not  less  than  No.  22  B & S.  gauge 
(No.  24  U.  S.  standard  gauge)  in  thickness,  or  approved  hard  asbestos  board 
at  least  one-quarter  inch  in  thickness.  All  vertical  joints  between  sheets 
must  cover  over  an  angle  or  tee  bar,  so  that  both  sheets  may  be  securely 
fastened  to  same.  Horizontal  joints  in  the  sheet  iron  may  be  fastened  with 
a riveted  lap  joint,  allowing  a lap  of  one  inch.  Horizontal  joints  m asbestos 
board  shall  be  covered  by  a strip  of  the  same  material,  three  (3)  inches 
wide,  securely  fastened  to  both  boards  by  one-quarter-inch  bolts  and  nuts 
spaced  not  more  than  six  (6)  inches  apart. 

Iron  sheathing  or  asbestos  board  must  be  fastened  to  frame  by  one- 
quarter-inch  bolts  and  nuts  or  one-quarter-inch  rivets  spaced  not  more  than 

four  (4)  inches  apart.  , u « c 

The  floor  of  sheet  iron  operating  room  must  be  made  of  No.  ££  a.  & b. 
gauge  (No.  24  U.  S.  standard  gauge)  sheet  iron  rivited  or  bolted  to  steel 
frame  Floor  may  be  covered  with  a rubber  of  cork  matting  or  asbest  >s 
board  Floor  of  asbestos  board  operating  room  must  be  made  as  above  or 
of  asbestos  board  not  less  than  one-quarter-inch  in  thickness  fastened  to 

SteelThe  floor  upon  which  the  operating  room  stands  should  be  made 
boards  with  tongue  and  groove  joints,  and  not  less  than  seven-eighth  ( %) 

of  an  inch  in  thickness.  . , i n i r 

Door  opening  shall  be  2x6  feet  2 inches  in  size,  and  shall  have  frame 
of  lxlxl4-inch  angle  bar.  The  door  shall  have  a frame  of  practically  the 
same  size  as  opening,  allowing  only  sufficient  space  for  clearance  when  door 
is  opened  and  closed.  A trap  door  in  floor  of  operating  room  does  not  meet 

requirements.  . £ 

Covering  for  door  shall  be  made  of  same  material  as  the  rest  of  oper- 
ating room.  Door  shall  be  arranged  to  close  automatically,  either  by  means 
of  a heavy  spiral  spring,  or  by  a metal  chain  and  weight  attachment  on 
inside  of  operating  room.  . . , - 

A clear  space  of  at  least  three  (3)  inches  must  be  maintained  between 
sides  and  top  of  operating  room  and  any  woodwork. 

For  wood  operating  room,  metal  lined,  the  sheathing  walls  and  ceiling 
must  be  of  well-seasoned  tongue  and  groove  wood  at  least  three-quarters 
(24)  of  an  inch  thick,  all  joints  as  closely  fitted  as  possible.  Inside  of  room 
should  present  flat  surfaces,  all  studding,  braces,  etc.,  to  be  on  the  outside. 

Lining  must  be  of  either  No.  28  B.  & S.  gauge  (No.  30  U.  S.  standard 
gauge)  galvanized  sheet  iron  or  tin  of  equal  thickness,  so  applied  that  dur- 
ing exposure  to  fire  it  will  present  the  greatest  possible  resistance  to  bulg- 
ing or  opening  up  at  the  seams.  Care  should  be  taken  to  have  sheets  as 
flat  against  wood  as  possible  in  order  to  avoid  air  spaces. 

Joints  must  be  locked  one-half  inch  and  nailed  under  seams.  Nails 
must  not  be  more  than  four  (4)  inches  apart.  Care  should  be  taken  to 
provide  the  full  one-half  inch  lock  and  to  place  the  nails  in  the  center  of 
the  joint,  so  that  they  will  not  be  easily  torn  out  through  the  edges  of  the 
plates  by  strains  due  to  bulging  when  exposed  to  fire.  No  solder  is  to  be 
used  in  joints.  > 

Floor  must  be  made  and  covered  in  the  same  manner  and  with  the 


same  material  as  the  rest  of  the  enclosure. 

Door  must  be  2x6  feet  2 inches,  and  inside  lined  in  the  same  manner 
and  with  the  same  material  as  the  rest  of  the  enclosure.  The  lining  must 
extend  around  edges  of,  and  be  fastened  to  the  outside  of  door.  Door  shall 
be  arranged  to  close  automatically,  either  by  means  of  a heavy  spiral  spring, 
or  by  a.  metal  chain  and  weight  attachment  on  inside  of  room.  A stop  at 
least  one-half  inch  in  width  shall  be  provided  on  all  four  sides  for  door  to 
close  against. 


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Arc  lamps  used  as  a part  of  a moving  picture  machine  must  be,  as  far 
as  practicable,  similar  to  arc  lamps  of  theaters,  and  wiring  to  same  must 
not  be  of  less  capacity  than  No.  6 B.  & S.  gauge. 

Rheostats,  transforming  devices,  or  any  substitute  therefor  must  be  of 
types  expressly  designed  and  approved  for  the  purpose.  Their  installation 
and  location  must  be  subject  to  approval  as  parts  of  the  moving  picture 
machine. 

The  top  and  bottom  reels  must  be  enclosed  in  steel  boxes  or  maga- 
zines, each  with  an  opening  of  approved  construction  at  top  or  bottom,  so 
arranged  as  not  to  permit  entrance  of  flame  to  magazine.  No  solder  is  to 
be  used  in  the  construction  of  these  magazines.  The  front  side  of  each 
magazine  must  consist  of  a door  spring-hinged  and  swinging  horizontally, 
and  be  provided  with  a substantial  latch. 

An  automatic  shutter  must  be  provided  and  must  be  so  constructed  as 
to  shield  the  film  from  the  beam  of  light  whenever  the  film  is  not  running 
at  operating  speed.  Shutter  must  be  permanently  attached  to  the  gate 
frame. 

Extra  films  must  be  kept  in  individual  metal  boxes  equipped  with  tight- 
fitting  covers. 

Machine  must  be  of  an  approved  type.  If  driven  by  a motor,  it  must 
be  of  a type  expressly  designed  and  approved  for  such  operation,  and  when 
so  approved,  motor-driven  machines,  when  in  charge  of  a skilled  operator, 
may  be  authorized  under  special  permission,  in  writing,  given  in  advance. 

Reels  containing  films  under  examination  or  in  process  of  rewinding 
must  be  inclosed  in  magazines  or  approved  metal  boxes  similar  to  those 
required  for  films  in  operation,  and  not  more  than  two  feet  of  film  shall 
be  exposed  in  booth. 

Electric  Wiring:  All  wiring,  apparatus,  etc.,  not  specifically  covered 

by  special  rules  herein  given,  must  conform  to  the  latest  standard  rules 
and  requirements  of  the  National  Electrical  Code,  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

All  wiring  inside  of  operating  room,  for  whatever  purpose,  must  be  in 
approved  metal  conduit,  exposed  ends  of  conduits  to  be  equipped  with 
approved  terminal  fittings.  Wires  from  switch  to  rheostat,  rheostat  to 
lamp,  and  switch  to  lamp  must  be  asbestos  covered,  stranded  wire  of  not 
less  than  No.  6 B.  & S.  gauge,  and  connections  in  lamp  and  at  switch  and 
rheostat  must  be  provided  with  approved  lugs.  Wires  for  arc  lamps  used  as 
part  of  moving  picture  machine  must  not  be  less  than  No.  6 B.  & S.  gauge 
for  each  arc,  and,  if  more  than  one  machine  is  within  the  operating  room, 
each  arc  will  be  considered  as  requiring  forty-five  (45)  amperes.  There  must 
be  a fusible  cut-out  where  connection  is  made  to  main  supply  wires,  and 
if  more  than  one  machine  is  installed,  there  must  be  a cut-out  for  each 
machine,  and  located  where  machine  circuits  branch  off  from  supply 
wires.  If  this  location  is  not  within  the  operating  room,  additional  cut-outs 
may  be  placed  there  if  desired.  There  must  be,  in  the  operating  room,  a 
switch  for  each  machine,  so  that  it  may  be  entirely  disconnected  from  the 
circuit  when  not  in  use. 

On  circuits  supplying  moving  picture  machines,  stereopticons,  and 
similar  devices,  all  cut-outs  must  be  arranged  so  that  fuses  will  protect  each 
wire  of  a circuit,  and  all  switches  must  be  of  a type  that  will  disconnect  all 
wires  of  a circuit. 

No  ordinary  pendant  flexible  cord  will  be  permitted  within  the  operat- 
ing room. 

Not  more  than  one  light  for  each  machine  and  one  for  each  rewinding 
shelf  shall  be  installed.  For  drop  lights  only  metallic  armored  cable  or 
portable  cord  shall  be  used.  Each  lamp  must  be  provided  with  a guard. 

Switches  and  fuses  for  lights  in  operating  room,  house  lights,  and  ma- 
chine arc  lamp  circuits,  when  placed  within  the  operating  room,  must  be 


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mounted  on  a panelboard  and  enclosed  in  an  approved  cabinet  with  self- 
closing door.  This  does  not  apply  to  switch  for  control  of  machine  arc 

lamP'f  house  lights  are  controlled  from  within  the  operating  room,  an  addi- 
tional  emergency  control  must  be  provided,  so  that  house  may  be  lighted 
from  outside  the  operating  room  near  main  entrance  to  theater. 

All  theaters  and  other  public  places  of  amusement,  now  built  or  used 
for  any  of  the  purposes  mentioned  in  this  section,  shall  be  made  to  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  this  section  to  such  extent  as  may  be  deemed  nec- 
essary and  practical  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

(G.)  All  such  places  of  amusement  shall  have  at  least  one  frontage  on 
a street,  and  in  such  frontage  there  shall  be  at  least  two  exits,  each  of 
which  is  to  be  at  least  five  feet  wide.  „ ' , r 

In  addition  to  such  exits  on  the  street  there  shall  be  reserved  tor 
service  in  case  of  emergency,  where  the  seating  capacity  is  one  hundred 
and  fifty  (150)  or  less,  one  exit  in  the  rear;  where  the  seating  capacity  is 
greater  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  (150)  and  less  than  three  hundred  (300), 
there  shall  be  one  exit  in  the  rear  and  an  additional  exit  in  the  rear  half  of 
the  auditorium;  where  the  seating  capacity  is  greater  than  three  hundred 
(300)  and  less  than  four  hundred  (400),  there  shall  be  one  exit  in  the  rear 
and  two  additional  exits,  one  of  which  must  be  in  the  rear  half  of  the  audi- 
torium and  which,  in  the  case  of  auditoriums  less  than  thirty  (30)  feet  in 
width,  must  be  at  the  side  near  the  center.  Such  rear  exits,  if  in  the  side 
walls,  must  be  within  ten  feet  of  the  rear  wall.  Each  exit  shall  be  not  less 
than  five  (5)  feet  in  width. 

All  exits  must  open  into  public  streets,  public  or  private  alleys,  or  into 
passageways  at  least  five  (5)  feet  wide  communicating  directly  with  the 
street.  Said  passageways  must  have  their  interiors  lined  throughout  with 
sheet  metal  or  be  metal  lathed  and  plastered.  Exits  which  lead  into  five- 
foot  interior  passageways  must  have  no  doors,  but  may  be  hung  with 
curtains  or  portiers.  All  doors  and  exits  must  open  outward  and  be  un- 
fastened at  all  times  during  which  people  are  assembled.  Every  exit  shall 
have  over  the  same,  in  the  inside,  the  word  “Exit”  painted  in  legible  letters 
not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  high;  over  each  such  exit  shall  also  be  a red 
light  on  an  independent  circuit  from  all  other  lights  in  the  building. 

(H.)  There  shall  be  aisles,  of  the  width  hereinbefore  specified,  extending 
the  entire  length  of  the  auditorium  to  each  and  every  exit  opening  into  said 
streets  or  alleys,  or  passageways;  there  shall  be  a space  of  at  least  ten  (10) 
feet  between  front  tier  of  seats  and  screen  or  stage;  cross  aisles  leading  to 
side  exits  shall  extend  from  center  aisle  to  said  exits.  Where  exits  are  at 
rear,  aisles  leading  to  same  shall  be  of  the  maximum  widths  herein  pre- 
scribed, throughout  their  entire  length. 

Section  183.  Places  of  Public  Assemblage,  Halls— Unless  specific 
reference  is  made  in  this  ordinance  to  special  buildings  for  public  assemb- 
lage, the  following  shall  apply: 

Under  this  heading  shall  be  included  public  halls  and  club  halls  which 
may  be  used  for  public  entertainment,  and  although  occasionally  used  for 
theatrical  representation,  shall  not  be  construed  to  be  theaters  as  the  term 
is  used  in  this  ordinance,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  movable  scenery  is 
used  upon  the  stage  thereof;  provided,  however,  that  such  halls  shall  not 
be  used  for  theatrical  representations  on  more  than  three  (3)  consecutive 
days,  nor  more  than  thirty  (30)  times  in  a year. 

Halls  and  places  of  assemblage  other  than  theaters  shall  have  but  one 
gallery  above  the  main  floor,  and  its  seating  capacity  shall  not  exceed  one- 
fourth  the  total  seating  capacity  of  the  hall. 

All  buildings  within  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  containing 
places  of  assemblage  seating  more  than  five  hundred  (500)  people  above  the 
first  floor  shall  be  of  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  construction. 


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Outside  the  fire  limits,  halls  may  be  of  frame  construction,  but  if  seat- 
ing over  eight  hundred  (800)  persons,  the  roof  shall  be  of  metal,  supported 
on  steel  trusses  and  steel  purlins  and  steel  columns  carried  to  the  foun- 
dation. 

Section  184.  Exits. — All  exits  shall  have  doors  hinged  to  swing  out, 
and  shall  be  not  less  than  five  (5)  feet  wide. 

Halls  having  a seating  capacity  of  eighteen  hundred  (1800)  people,  or 
over,  shall  have  one  exit  for  every  four  hundred  and  fifty  (450)  people. 

If  situated  on  a street  corner,  shall  have  at  least  two  (2)  exits  to  each 
street.  If  on  an  inside  lot,  shall  have  at  least  two  (2)  exits  to  front  street 
and  two  (2)  exits  to  rear  street  or  to  a court,  built  full  length  or  hall,  at  least 
seven  (7)  feet  (7  feet  0 inches)  wide  open  to  front  and  rear  streets,  or  to 
two  such  courts,  both  open  to  front  street. 

If  stairs  are  necessary,  they  shall  not  be  less  than  six  (6)  feet  wide. 

Halls  having  a seating  capacity  of  one  thousand  (1000)  to  eighteen 
hundred  (1800)  people  shall  have  at  least  four  (4)  exits  situated  as  above. 
Stairs,  if  necessary,  shall  not  be  less  than  five  feet  six  inches  (5  feet  6 
inches)  wide. 

Halls  having  a seating  capacity  of  four  hundred  (400)  to  one  thousand, 
(1000),  if  on  a street  corner,  shall  have  two  (2)  exits  to  front  street  and 
one  (1)  exit  to  side  street.  If  on  inside  lot,  shall  have  two  (2)  exits  to  front 
street  and  one  (1)  exit  on  or  near  the  rear  leading  to  rear  street  or  to  a 
court  leading  to  front  street.  Courts  and  stairs  shall  not  be  less  than  five 
feet  (5  feet  0 inches)  wide. 

In  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  buildings  the  side  courts  will  not  be  required, 
but  the  same  number  of  exits  as  widely  separated  as  possible  will  be 
required. 

Halls  having  a seating  capacity  of  less  than  four  hundred  (400)  people 
shall  have  two  (2)  front  exits,  or  if  on  a street  corner,  shall  have  one  (1) 
front  and  one  (1)  side  exit,  or  may  have  one  (1)  front  exit  and  one  (1)  rear 
exit  to  street  or  alley.  Stairs  shall  not  be  less  than  five  (5)  feet  wide. 

If  halls  are  situated  above  the  first  floor,  exits  may  open  into  vestibules 
with  stairs  leading  to  streets. 

There  shall  be  at  least  one  (1)  foot  width  of  stairway  for  every  one 
hundred  (100)  people,  or  fraction  thereof. 

Where  one  side  of  hall  borders  on  street,  alley,  or  court,  iron  balconies 
with  stairs  leading  to  ground  may  be  used  in  lieu  of  stairs,  and  may  be 
hinged  and  suspended  by  weights  when  not  in  use,  if  on  public  street  or 
alley. 

Where  halls  occur  in  different  stories  of  a building,  the  stairs  leading 
from  same  shall  be  increased  one  foot  in  width  of  each  stair  for  each  addi- 
tional story  where  hall  or  halls  occur;  excepting  in  Class  “A”  and  Class 
“B”  buildings,  where  this  provision  shall  not  apply. 

Galleries  seating  more  than  one  hundred  (100)  people  shall  have  two 
stairways,  one  on  each  side.  There  shall  be  at  least  one  foot  width  of  stair- 
way for  every  one  hundred  (100)  people,  or  fraction  thereof.  No  stairway 
shall  be  less  than  three  feet  six  inches  (3  feet  6 inches)  wide. 

Winders  shall  not  be  permitted  in  any  cas^  leading  from  a hall  or  from 
a gallery  therein. 

The  provisions  relating  to  aisles  and  seats  in  theaters  shall  apply  to 
halls.  When  movable  seats  are  used,  they  shall  be  subject  to  the  same 
regulations  regarding  aisles  and  exits  as  are  fixed  seats. 

Where  the  building  is  of  Class  “C”  construction,  there  shall  be  a brick 
or  concrete  wall  extending  from  basement  to  roof,  dividing  the  hall  for 
public  assemblage  from  other  parts  of  building.  Such  wall  may  have  not 
more  than  two  (2)  openings  in  each  story  connecting  the  hall  with  other 
parts  of  the  building.  Such  openings  shall  not  be  over  eight  (8)  feet  in 


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width,  and  shall  be  not  less  than  forty  (40)  feet  apart,  and  shall  be  closed 
by  iron  doors. 

Section  185.  Hotels  and  Lodging  Houses.— In  all  buildings,  other  than 
Class  “A”  or  Class  “B,”  used  as  hotels  or  lodging  houses,  all  partitions 
must  be  lathed  and  plastered  and  must  run  to  the  ceiling. 

All  buildings  used  as  hotels  or  lodging  houses,  with  sleeping  accommo- 
dations for  more  than  one  hundred  (100)  people,  shall  be  of  Class  A, 
Class  “B,”  or  Class  “C”  construction. 

No  frame  or  wooden  buildings  used  as  hotels  or  lodging  houses  shall 
be  over  three  (3)  stories  in  height. 

Section  186.  Exhibition  Buildings. — Buildings  for  fair  and  exhibition 
purposes,  towers  for  observation  purposes,  and  structures  for  similar  use, 
outside  of  the  fire  limits,  whether  temporary  or  permanent  in  character, 
shall  be  constructed  in  such  a manner  and  under  such  conditions  as  the 
City  Council  may  prescribe. 

Section  187.  Smokehouses. — All  smokehouses  shall  be  of  fireproof 
construction,  with  masonry  walls,  iron  doors,  and  masonry  or  metal  roofs. 
An  iron  guard  shall  be  placed  over  and  three  (3)  feet  above  the  fire,  and 
the  hanging  rails  shall  be  of  iron.  The  walls  of  all  smokehouses  shall  be 
built  up  at  least  three  (3)  feet  higher  than  the  roof  of  the  building  in 
which  they  are  located. 

Section  188.  Power  Woodworking  Mills,  Etc. — No  building  shall  be 
constructed  to  be  used  as  a planing  mill,  saw  mill,  sash  and  door  factory, 
furniture,  or  cabinet  factory,  or  other  woodworking  purposes,  if  planers, 
stickers,  or  jointers  are  used  and  run  by  power,  unless  the  same  be  of  heavy 
timber,  “mill  construction’"  frame  and  floors. 

The  exterior  walls  and  roof  shall  be  corrugated  iron  fastened  to  the 
timber  frame  and  without  boarding,  if  outside  the  fire  limits,  unless  of 
Class  “A,”  Class  “B,”  or  Class  “C”  construction.  Said  building  shall  not 
exceed  two  (2)  stories,  or  thirty  (30)  feet  in  height;  shall  have  floors  not 
less  than  two  (2)  inches  thick  extending  to  the  outer  covering  of  the  build- 
ing; shall  have  all  elevators,  hoists,  stairs,  chutes,  and  other  vertical  floor 
openings  tightly  closed  with  wood  partitions  and  doors,  or  trapped;  and 
the  outer  wall,  floor,  and  roof  system  shall  be  constructed  without  con- 
cealed spaces. 

No  building  already  erected  and  not  now  so  used  shall  hereafter  be 
used  as  a planing  mill,  saw  mill,  sash  and  door  factory,  furniture  or  cabinet 
factory,  or  for  any  other  woodworking  purpose,  if  planers,  stickers,  or 
jointers  are  used  and  run  by  power,  unless  it  is  made  to  conform  to  the 
above  specifications.^ 

In  buildings  of  Class  “C”  construction,  used  as  planing  mills,  wagon 
or  carriage  factories,  furniture  factories,  or  any  other  woodworking  fac- 
tories, all  joists  and  studding,  bearing  weight,  shall  be  covered  with  metal 
lath  and  plaster,  and  the  floor  shall  be  double,  with  the  top  floor  laid  over 
three-quarter  (ji)  of  an  inch  of  mortar,  or  two  thicknesses  of  asbestos 
paper,  unless  such  building  is  constructed  on  the  slow  burning  or  mill  con- 
struction plan,  in  which  case  the  floor  shall  extend  from  one  beam  to 
another,  and  shall  not  be  less  than  three  (3)  inches  thick. 

All  planks  shall  be  laid  to  the  ends  of  the  timbers. 

Section  189.  Stables  Or  Any  Premises  for  the  Purpose  of  Stabling 
Horses,  Mules,  Cows,  Or  Other  Animals,  and  Providing  for  the  Storing 
and  Removal  of  Manure. — It  shall  be  unlawful  to  hereafter  construct  any 
building  or  premises  to  be  used  as  a stable  for  horses,  mules,  cows,  or  other 
animals,  or  to  maintain  as  such  a stable,  any  existing  structure  not  so  used 
at  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance,  without  first  obtaining  a permit 


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from  the  City  Council,  specifying  the  name  of  the  permittee  and  the  loca- 
tion of  building  or  premises  to  be  used  as  a stable  and  the  number  of 
animals  intended  to  be  kept  therein. 

Section  190.  Stable  Buildings. — All  buildings  used  for  stabling  animals 
in  the  basement  shall  be  of  Class  “C”  mill  construction. 

All  buildings  used  for  stabling  animals  above  the  first  or  ground  floor 
shall  be  of  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  construction,  if  more  than  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  (125)  head  are  kept  therein;  if  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  (125)  head,  or  less,  are  kept  therein,  they  shall  be  of  Class  “C”  mill 
construction. 

All  buildings  used  for  stabling  animals  on  the  first  or  ground  floor  may 
be  of  frame  construction,  provided,  they  are  outside  of  the  fire  limits  and 
not  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  (125)  head  are  kept  therein. 

Stables  capable  of  accommodating  ten  (10)  to  fifty  (50)  animals  shall 
be  provided  with  fully  equipped  fire  hose  reels  or  racks  connected  to  an 
adequate  source  of  water  supply  through  not  less  than  three-inch  stand- 
pipes; said  reels  or  racks  shall  be  of  such  number  and  so  placed  that  with 
fifty  (50)  feet  of  cotton  hose  and  three-quarter-inch  nozzle,  with  a water 
pressure  of  twenty  (20)  pounds  per  square  inch,  all  parts  of  the  building 
may  be  reached. 

Stables . capable  of  accommodating  fifty  (50)  animals  or  more  shall  be 
equipped  with  one  five-thousand-gallon  water  tank  on  roof,  and  connected 
with  a three-quarter-inch  supply  pipe.  Wet  standpipes  of  three-inch  calibre 
shall  be  run  therefrom,  fully  equipped  with  proper  valves,  connected  thereto 
one-an-one-half-inch  cotton  hose  on  reels  or  racks,  and  shall  be  of  such 
number  and  so  placed  that,  with  fifty  (50)  feet  of  hose,  any  part  of  the 
building  may  be  reached. 

In  all  stable  buildings  of  Class  “A,”  Class  “B,”  and  Class  “C”  mill  con- 
struction, there  shall  be  one  emergency  runway  not  less  than  four  (4)  feet 
in  width  in  the  clear,  besides  the  regular  runway. 

The  floor  of  all  buildings  or  premises  hereafter  constructed  and  in- 
tended to  be  used  for  the  purposes  of  stabling  horses,  mules,  cows,  or  other 
animals  must  be  of  concrete  not  less  than  three  (3)  inches  thick,  with  a 
layer  of  cement  or  asphaltum  not  less  than  one-half  inch  thick. 

A semi-circular  or  V-shaped  gutter  drain  shall  be  constructed  at  the 
time  the  floor  is  put  down  in  the  rear  of  those  portions  or  parts  of  the 
premises  where  stalls  are  to  be  constructed. 

This  gutter  drain  shall  have  a uniform  thickness  the  same  as  that  of 
the  floor  of  the  stable,  and  shall  not  be  less  than  four  (4)  inches  inside 
measurement  at  the  floor  level,  nor  less  than  three  inches  in  depth,  with 
sufficient  fall  to  carry  off  all  liquid  discharges  from  the  stalls. 

In  all  buildings  hereafter  constructed  for  stabling  animals  on  the  first 
floor,  when  of  Class  “C”  or  frame  construction,  the  side  walls  or  foundation 
of  the  structure  shall  be  concrete  or  brick  laid  in  cement  mortar  not  less 
than  eight  (8)  inches  thick  at  the  top,  and  shall  continue  to  a height  of  not 
less  than  one  (1)  foot  above  the  surrounding  surface  soil,  and  shall  have  no 
breaks  or  openings  except  when  necessary  for  doors. 

Wash  racks,  when  located  within  the  stable,  must  be  provided  with 
surface  drain  to  connect  with  sewer,  provisions  for  same  to  be  made  before 
putting  down  the  floor. 

Gutter  drains  in  rear  of  stalls  shall  drain  into  sewer  in  such  manner  as 
to  fully  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  plumbing  law  of  the  City  of 
Reno. 

Every  person  now  or  hereafter  maintaining  any  stable  or  other  place 
in  which  manure  or  stable  refuse  accumulates  shall  provide  a galvanized 
iron,  tin,  zinc,  or  other  metal-lined  box  or  bin  within  the  area  walls  of  the 
stable;  said  box  or  bin  shall  be  vented  by  means  of  a duct  or  flue  not  less 


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than  twelve  (12)  inches  square  extending  through  the  roof.  The  termina- 
tion of  said  vent  shall  be  carried  above  the  roof  of  adjoining  premises,  and 
in  no  instance  be  less  than  ten  (10)  feet  from  any  window  or  light  wall 

All  manure  or  stable  refuse  must  be  removed  from  the  stable  at  least 
semi-weekly,  and  at  all  times  shall  such  stable  or  other  place,  and  every 
part  and  appurtenance  thereof,  be  kept  in  a clean  and  sanitary  ccnditiom 

ronstrnrTpH41  a|nrs  °r  wm,<|ow*  which  may  be  used  as  ventilators  shall  be 
constructed  in  the  area  walls  of  the  stable  if  within  ten  (10)  feet  of  adjacent 
property  lines,  except  by  special  consent  of  the  inspector  of  buildings 
which  must  appear  on  the  face  of  stable  permit.  uuuuings, 

All  stables  must  be  ventilated  by  means  of  ventilators  in  the  roof,  or 
by  openings  in  area  walls,  where  said  walls  are  more  than  ten  (10)  feet 
from  adjacent  property  lines,  except  as  herein  provided. 

very  stable,  or  other  place,  where  horses,  mules,  cows  or  other 
animals  are  kept,  must  have  not  less  than  one  thousand  (1000)  ’cubic  feet 
of  air  space  in  the  clear  for  each  and  every  animal  kept  therein. 

it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  use  any  stable,  or  other  nlace 
a place  °f  s,”ase 

a m',al-li”d  bi"- 

, Tr*e  1E0V1SI0"S  of  this  ordinance  shall  apply  to  all  stables  that  shall 
hereafter  be  conducted  in  structures  which  are  now  existing  but  are  not 
used  for  stable  purposes  at  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  ordinance 

prai^eCtl°”  191V  9ener,al  Provisions— Explanatory.— The  following  gen- 
eral provisions  shall  apply  to  the  construction  of  all  buildings  of  all  classes 
contemplated  in  this  ordinance,  unless  specific  exceptions  or  definite  clauses 
under  the  various  classes  of  buildings  be  made,  in  which  case  the  slid 
specific  exceptions  and  definite  clauses  shall  govern.  th  d 

Section  192.  Fire  Doors. — Openings  through  masonry  exterior  di- 
vision  or  party  walls,  whereby  communication  is  made  with  an  adjoining 
budding  or  room,  shall  not  exceed  eight  (8)  feet  in  width  shall  have  stand^ 
ofdcnrh  d°°rs.’  constructed  and  arranged  as  hereinafter  specified  at  each  side 

°n  Ivlrv  fiftv n0t  rm°re  than  °"e  (1)  such  opening  shail  be  allowed 
(")  storyhfty  50)  mear  fee  ’ °r  portlon  thereof,  of  said  walls  in  any  one 

i All  such  bre  d?ors  shall  be  closed  at  night,  or  when  the  buildincr  ic 
closed  down  and  shall  be  automatically  self-closing  bv  the  action  nfL. 
or  more  fusible  links  placed  in  each  door  opening.  7 °”  °f  °ne 

Section  193.  Standard  Fire  Door,  Construction  of. — All  fire  doors  shall 
overlap  the  walls  at  least  four  (4)  inches  at  sides  and  c’iii?  ?,  t 1 

of  meta!  at  least  one-quarter  a}?  inThtliS  of  ^sl^or^fmtfnry 
t*lhtlVe  hotr>zontal  faces  extending  under  fire  doors  and  outer  edges  flush 
XA&S  w'*"  *"  d<>0rS'  “d  ”<h  ,h«  •»-  wilb?  « »bovt 

wooden  frame  or  in  contact  with  any  woodwork.  b h g 

bv  six°%S)  fnlh  V mad! \ °f  tjlree  (3)  thicknesses  of  seven-eighths  (ft)  inch 

109  1?^°^  tt,hal!  entlrely  covered  with  good  tin  plate  (“IC”  charcoal 


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All  doors  shall  have  hinges,  hangers,  latches,  and  chaffing  strips  of 
wrought  iron,  bolted  through  the  doors,  and  shall  have  steel  tracks  and 
wrought  iron  stops  and  binders  bolted  through  the  wall.  Swinging  doors 
shall  have  wall  eyes  of  wrought  iron  built  into  the  wall. 

Section  194.  Standard  Fire  Shutters — When  Required. — Every  open- 
ing in  any  exterior  masonry  wall,  including  outer  and  side  court  walls,  of 
any  building  over  twenty-five  (25)  feet,  or  two  (2)  stories,  in  height,  except 
dwellings,  churches,  school  houses,  and  municipal  buildings,  which  is 
within,  or  shall  at  any  time  come  to  be  within,  thirty  (30)  feet  in  any  direc- 
tion of  any  portion  of  another  building,  shall  have  standard  fire  shutters,  or 
self-closing,  rolling,  corrugated  steel  shutters  or  doors,  or  others  of  equal 
efficiency. 

Wire  glass  not  less  than  one-quarter  (J4)  of  an  inch  thick  in  metal 
sashes  and  frames  shall  be  deemed  an  equivalent  of,  and  a substitute  for, 
fire  shutters  or  doors. 

All  doors  and  shutters  opening  upon  fire  escapes  and  at  least  one  row 
vertically  above  the  first  story,  shall  be  so  arranged  as  to  be  readily  opened 
from  the  outside  by  firemen,  and  those  opening  upon  the  first  story  shall 
have  locks  so  arranged  as  to  admit  of  easy  destruction  by  the  fire  depart- 
ment. Rolling  steel  shutters  above  the  first  story  shall  not  be  locked  or 
fastened  on  inside.  All  such  shutters  or  doors  shall  be  closed  at  night,  or 
when  the  building  is  shut  down. 

Section  195.  Standard  Fire  Shutters — Construction  of. — Fire  shutters 
shall  overlap  the  outside  of  the  wall  at  least  four  (4)  inches  at  top  and  sides, 
or  be  close  fitting  against  masonry  work  inside  of  opening,  but  shall  not 
be  hung  on  wooden  frame  or  come  in  contact  with  any  woodwork. 

Shutters  shall  be  made  of  two  thicknesses  of  seven-eighths-inch  by  six- 
inch,  tongued-and-grooved,  non-resinous  boards,  surfaced  both  sides, 
crossed  at  right  angles  and  nailed  with  clinched  nails. 

Shutters  shall  be  entirely  covered  with  good  tin  plate,  “IC”  charcoal, 
109  pounds  per  box,  in  sheets  not  over  fourteen  by  twenty  inches  in  size, 
laid  with  locked  joints  covering  nail-heads,  and  all  vertical  seams  shall  be 
double-locked.  No  solder  shall  be  used. 

Shutters  shall  be  hung  on  substantial  wrought  iron  pin  or  eye  blocks 
built  into  the  wall,  and  shall  have  wrought  iron  hinges,  catches,  and  bars 
bolted  to  the  shutter. 

Section  196.  Elevators. — The  strength  of  the  ropes,  gearing,  and  all 
other  portions  of  the  mechanism  of  passenger  elevators  shall  be  calculated 
with  a factor  of  safety  of  twenty  (20),  figured  from  the  actual  static  loads. 

For  all  other  elevators  ten  (10)  is  to  be  used  as  the  factor  of  safety; 
also  figured  from  actual  static  loads. 

The  main  suspension  ropes  or  cables  of  all  elevators  used  for  pas- 
senger or  freight  must  be  of  non-combustible  material. 

Every  elevator  shall  be  provided  with  approved  devices  for  preventing 
the  car  from  falling  in  case  of  accident. 

All  freight  elevator  shafts  must  be  provided  at  each  floor  through 
which  they  pass  with  latest  and  best  appliances,  styles  and  designs  of  auto- 
matic closing  safety  gates. 

Doors  opening  into  passenger  elevator  shafts  shall  be  entirely  under 
the  control  of  the  operator,  and  shall  be  so  arranged  that  they  can  be 
opened  only  from  the  inside. 

Elevator  cabs  shall  be  so  covered  by  wire  screens  as  to  protect  pas- 
sengers from  falling  machinery.  Every  part  of  the  elevator  shaft  shall  be 
protected  by  a metal  grill  when  not  enclosed.  At  the  top  of  the  elevator 
shaft,  and  directly  under  the  machinery,  there  shall  be  placed  a fixed  wire 
screen  of  sufficient  strength  to  hold  any  falling  machinery. 


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Section  196-A.  Whenever  it  is  necessary  for  any  projection  to  extend 
beyond  the  inner  wall  of  any  elevator  shaft,  said  projection  shall  be  so  con- 
structed that  it  will  not  expose  a right  angle  on  the  lower  portion  thereof, 
and  shall  be  so  constructed  that  there  will  be  a sloping  surface  on  the 
lower  portion  thereof;  which  said  sloping  surface  shall  be  not  more  than 
20  degrees  from  the  vertical  wall.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  274.) 

Section  197.  Elevators  In  Buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B.”— 

(a.)  In  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B,”  all  passenger  elevators,  or 
elevators  in  which  passengers  are  carried,  shall  be  enclosed  by  partitions 
of  masonry  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick,  or  reinforced  concrete  not 
less  than  six  (6)  inches  thick,  or  of  terra  cotta  or  plaster  blocks  not  less 
than  four  (4)  inches  thick,  extending  from  the  lowest  basement  floor  to 
and  through  the  roof  and  above  same  to  a height  not  less  than  three  (3) 
feet,  or,  if  covered  with  a skylight,  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet. 

All  doors  in  such  enclosure  shall  be  of  wire  glass  in  metal  frames,  of 
solid  steel,  or  standard  tin  clad  or  other  suitable  fire  doors  not  less  than 
two  (2)  inches  thick,  and  all  other  openings  shall  be  similarly  protected 

(b.)  In  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B,”  all  freight  elevators, 
hoist-ways,  or  well-holes,  if  not  enclosed  in  the  manner  required  in  sub- 
division (a.)  of  this  section,  shall  have  the  openings  through  and  upon  each 
floor  of  said  buildings  provided  with  good  and  sufficient  automatic  trap- 
doors, properly  counter-weighted  and  covered  on  the  under  side  and  edges 
with  tin,  so  constructed  as  to  form  a substantial  floor  surface  when  closed 
Such  trap-doors  shall  be  closed  at  the  close  of  the  business  of  each  day  by 
the  occupant  or  occupants  of  the  building  having  the  use  or  control  of 
the  same. 

(c.)  In  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B”  construction,  dumb- 
waiters, chutes,  fuel  hoists,  and  service  shafts  shall  have  an  enclosure,  their 
entire  height,  of  the  construction  required  for  partitions  in  buildings  of  the 
class  in  which  placed.  All  openings  in  such  enclosure  shall  be  protected  as 
required  by  subdivision  (a.)  of  this  section,  for  elevators. 


Section  198.  Elevators  In  Buildings  of  Class  “C”— Frame  Buildings.— 

(d.)  In  buildings  of  Class  “C”  construction,  except  those  of  mill  construc- 
tion, or  in  frame  buildings,  all  elevators,  dumb-waiters,  chutes,  fuel  hoists, 
and  service  shafts,  if  not  enclosed  or  trapped  in  the  manner  required  in 
subdivisions  (a.)  and  (b.)  of  this  section  for  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and 
Class  B construction,  shall  be  enclosed  with  wood  studs  covered  on  both 
sides  with  lock-jointed  metal  over-boarding,  or  metal  lathed  on  both 
sides  and  plastered,  extending  from  the  lowest  basement  floor  to  and 
through  the  roof  and  above  the  same  to  a height  of  not  less  than  three  (3) 
feet,  or,  if  covered  with  a skylight,  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet. 

. . A11,  openings  in  such  shafts  shall  be  protected  as  provided  in  subdi- 
vision (a.)  hereof  for  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B”  construction. 


Section  199.  Elevators  In  Mill  Construction  Buildings. — (e.)  In  mill 
construction  buildings,  elevators  shall  be  enclosed  as  required  in  sub- 
division (a.)  of  this  section  for  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B”  con- 
struction,  or  may  be  enclosed  by  a crib-constructed  wall  not  less  than  four 
(.4)  inches  thick,  with  all  openings  in  the  enclosure  protected  as  required 
in  subdivision  (a.)  of  this  section  for  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B.” 

(f.)  In  mill  construction  buildings,  all  dumbwaiters,  chutes  fuel 
hoists,  or  service  shafts  shall  be  enclosed  their  entire  height  in  the  manner 
required  for  elevators  in  subdivision  (c.)  of  this  section,  or  may  be  trapped 
at  each  floor  in  the  manner  required  in  subdivision  (b.)  of  this  section  for 
elevators  in  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B”  construction. 

«h,1lSeKti0n  f00'  Elevators  Not  In  Shafts.-(g.)  Elevators  not  in  shafts 
shall  be  enclosed  from  the  basement  floor  to  the  under  side  of  the  first 


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floor  with  tight  partitions  and  doors  of  the  construction  required  for  eleva- 
tor enclosures  in  subdivisions  (a.),  (b.)  and  (d.)  of  this  section  for  the 
specific  class  of  buildings  in  which  such  elevators,  dumb-waiters,  chutes, 
fuel  hoists,  and  service  shafts  are  placed. 

Section  201.  Elevator  Machinery. — (h.)  When,  in  any  building,  the 
compartment  which  contains  the  machinery  for  operating  an  elevator  com- 
municates with  the  elevator  shaft  or  basement  enclosure,  it  shall  be  en- 
closed with  partitions  constructed  as  required  for  the  shaft,  with  all  open- 
ings protected  as  required  in  subdivision  (a.)  of  this  section  for  Class  “A” 
and  Class  “B.” 

Section  202.  Sidewalk  Elevators. — The  shafts  or  sidewalk  openings  of 
all  sidewalk  elevators  must  be  covered  with  substantial  iron  doors.  Such 
doors  must  be  provided  with  some  mechanical  device  for  locking  and  un- 
locking them  which  will  not  require  any  person  to  ride  on  the  elevator  for 
the  purpose  of  locking  or  unlocking  said  doors.  The  doors  of  all  sidewalk 
elevators  must  be  opened  by  hand  from  the  outside. 

Sidewalk  elevators  must  be  provided  with  a safety  device  which  will  not 
permit  the  elevator  to  be  operated  unless  the  sidewalk  doors  are  open. 

All  openings  hereafter  constructed  in  sidewalks  for  sidewalk  elevators 
shall  be  located  in  the  outer  half  of  the  sidewalk,  next  to  the  curb.  The 
outer  edges  of  said  openings  shall  be  not  more  than  thirty  (30)  inches 
from  the*  outer  line  of  the  curb. 

The  length  of  the  sides  of  said  openings  parallel  with  the  curb  shall 
not  exceed  six  (6)  feet.  The  length  of  the  sides  of  said  openings  at  right 
angles  to  the  curb  shall  not  exceed  one-half  the  width  of  the  sidewalk,  and 
in  no  case  shall  such  length  exceed  five  (5)  feet. 

Section  203.  Stairs. — In  every  building  not  used  as  a private  dwelling 
there  shall  be  at  least  one  stairway  leading  from  all  upper  floors  to  the 
first  or  ground  floor,  with  access  to  street;  and  there  shall  be  at  least  one 
stairway  from  every  basement  to  the  ground  floor. 

Every  building  of  more  than  two  thousand  five  hundred  (2500)  and 
less  than  seven  thousand  five  hundred  (7500)  square  feet  area  on  the  main 
or  ground  floor  shall  have  one  main  stairway  from  the  first  to  second 
floors,  and  above  the  second  floor  one  stairway  at  least  three  (3)  feet  wide. 
In  addition,  there  shall  be  a second  stairway  above  the  second  floor  not 
less  than  two  (2)  feet  wide;  such  stairway  shall  be  removed  as  far  as  pos- 
sible from  the  main  stairway,  but  shall  be  accessible  from  the  halls  and 
shall  extend  to  the  top  floor  of  the  building. 

In  every  building  having  an  area  of  seven  thousand  five  hundred 
(7500)  square  feet  or  over,  and  less  than  ten  thousand  (10,000)  square  feet, 
said  second  stairway  shall  be  at  least  two  feet  six  inches  in  width,  and 
shall  extend  to  the  ground  floor  level  and  open  to  a street,  alley,  or  to  a 
court  having  access  to  a street  or  alley. 

In  all  buildings  of  ten  thousand  (10,000)  square  feet  or  over  in  area,  on 
the  main  or  ground  floor,  one  stairway  shall  be  provided,  in  addition  to  the 
two  mentioned  above,  which  shall  be  not  less  than  three  (3)  feet  wide;  a 
reasonable  separation  of  the  three  stairways  shall  be  required. 

Every  building  having  an  area  of  twelve  thousand  five  hundred  (12,500) 
square  feet,  or  greater,  shall  have  at  least  one  continuous  stairway  enclosed 
with  suitable  walls  of  brick,  burnt  clay  blocks,  reinforced  concrete,  or  such 
other  fireproof  materials  and  form  of  construction  as  may  be  approved  by 
the  City  Council;  said  walls  or  construction  shall  be  continuous  and  extend 
at  least  three  (3)  feet  above  the  roof.  All  doors  opening  in  such  stair  hall 
enclosures  shall  be  provided  with  self-closing  fireproof  doors  and  frames 
of  metal,  and  the  sash  and  frames  shall  be  of  metal  and  glazed  with  wire 
glass.  All  such  fireproof  stairways  must  have  direct  communication  with 


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a street  or  alley,  through  a passageway  fireproofed  as  indicated  for  stair 
enclosures. 

In  every  building  a fire  escape  may  take  the  place  of  one  otherwise 
required  stairway,  provided  said  fire  escape  is  connected  directly  to  a public 
hallway  or  public  space.  The  fire  escape  may  take  the  place  of  a stairway 
beginning  at  the  second  floor  level,  not  of  a stairway  required  to  ground 
level. 

Stairways  in  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B”  buildings  shall  be  built  of  metal 
or  reinforced  concrete;  stairways  in  Class  “C”  or  frame  buildings  may  be 
of  metal  or  timber. 

Marble  treads,  if  used,  shall  have  metal  supports  on  all  sides. 

Section  204.  Obstruction  On  Stairs. — Stairs  or  stairways  passing  from 
one  floor  to  another  in  any  building  shall  not  be  covered  with  a permanent 
flooring,  but  may  be  closed  with  a board  partition  extending  from  the  floor 
to  the  ceiling,  and  provided  with  a door,  which  must  be  kept  free  from  all 
obstruction  at  all  times;  provided,  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  buildings 
used  for  public  assemblages. 

Goods  or  obstructions  of  any  kind  shall  not  be  placed  on  the  stairs  of 
any  building. 

Explosive  or  inflammable  compounds,  or  combustible  materials,  shall 
not  be  stored  or  placed  under  any  stairway  of  any  building,  or  used  in  any 
such  place  or  manner  as  to  obstruct  or  render  egress  hazardous  in  case 
of  fire. 

Section  205.  Skylights  In  Buildings  of  Class  “A,”  Class  “B”  and  Class 
“C”  Construction. — All  skylights  in  buildings  of  Class  “A,”  Class  “B”  and 
Class  “C”  construction  shall  be  self-supporting,  and  the  frames  and  sashes 
thereof  shall  be  constructed  of  metal  and  glazed  only  with  wire  glass  not 
less  than  one-quarter  (*4)  of  an  inch  thick. 

Skylights  in  theaters  shall  be  constructed  according  to  the  require- 
ments of  this  section. 

Section  206.  Skylights  In  Frame  Buildings. — All  skylights  in  frame 

buildings  on  roofs  projecting  at  an  angle  less  than  twenty-two  and  one- 
half  (22 ]/2)  degrees,  not  enclosed  by  a substantial  railing  at  least  three  (3) 
feet  high,  shall  be  protected  by  screens  of  No.  10  wire,  with  meshes  not 
more  than  one  and  one-half  ( 1*4 ) inches  square,  which  screens  shall  be 
secured  to  the  sash  and  must  be  kept  at  least  four  (4)  inches  above  the 
glass. 

If  skylights  are  glazed  with  wire  glass  not  less  than  one-quarter  (%) 
of  an  inch  thick,  wire  screens  may  be  omitted. 

Section  207.  Roof  Covering. — (a.)  Shingles  may  be  used  for  roof  cov- 
ering on  frame  buildings  and  brick  dwellings  outside  the  fire  limits. 

(b.)  The  roofs  of  all  other  buildings  shall  be  covered  with  either 
metal,  slate,  tile,  terra  cotta,  asbestos  shingles,  two  layers  of  prepared 
roofing,  each  layer  weighing  not  less  than  thirty-five  (35)  pounds  per  one 
hundred  (100)  square  feet,  or  at  least  four  (4)  layers  of  saturated  roofing 
felt,  each  layer  weighing  not  less  than  fourteen  (14)  pounds  per  one 
one  hundred  (100)  square  feet;  provided,  that  said  two  layers  of  prepared 
roofing  and  said  four  layers  of  saturated  roofing  felt  shall  be  cemented 
together  with  asphaltum  and  then  covered  with  a flowing  coat  of  asphaltum 
in  which  shall  be  imbedded  clean,  screened  gravel  of  sufficient  quantity  to 
thoroughly  cover  the  surface;  said  gravel  shall  pass  through  a screen  whose 
meshes  do  not  exceed  five-eighths  (^ 8 ) of  an  inch  square  and  be  rejected 
by  a number  6 screen. 

Provided,  further,  that  said  four  piles  of  saturated  felt  shall  be  laid  over 
a dry  sheet  of  unsaturated  felt  on  all  roofs  inside  the  fire  limits,  where 


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wood  sheathing  is  used.  Or  by  three  (3)  layers  of  pure  asbestos  roofing, 
composed  of  two  (2)  saturated  layers  and  one  (1)  unsaturated  layer,  all 
cemented  together  with  asphaltum  when  laid,  each  sheet  separately  on  the 
/iUAJSmg’  and  ™eighinS  not  !ess  than  sixty  (60)  pounds  to  the  one  hundred 
(1UU)  square  feet;  said  three  layers  of  asbestos  roofing  to  be  laid  on  top 
of  a sheet  of  unsaturated  asbestos  weighing  not  less  than  twenty-two  (22) 
pounds  to  each  one  hundred  (100)  square  feet  of  surface. 

(c.)  Single  roofs  on  buildings  within  the  fire  limits,  when  damaged  by 
fire  or  decay  to  the  extent  of  forty  (40)  per  centum,  shall  be  replaced  only 
with  the  roof  coverings  named  in  subdivision  (b.)  hereof. 

(d.)  Providing,  however,  that  asphaltum  may  be  omitted  when  the 
pitch  of  the  roof  is  at  such  an  angle  to  make  it  impracticable  to  use  asphal- 
tum for  a flooring  coat  or  to  use  asphaltum  when  engaged  in  laying  the 
roof.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  274.) 

Section  208.  Scuttle  and  Ladders. — All  buildings,  except  private  dwell- 
ings,  over  twenty-five  (25)  feet  high,  shall  have  permanent  means  of  access 
to  the  roof  from  the  inside,  with  ladders  or  stairs  leading  thereto  and 
accessible  to  all  occupants.  The  openings  in  the  roof  shall  not  be  less  than 
u36  LnCii  eS’  and  when  ladders  are  placed  on  the  exterior  of  any  building 
they  shail  be  constructed  of  metal  and  bolted  through  the  walls  of  said 
buildings  at  each  story  with  not  less  than  54-inch  bolts,  with  the  nuts  and 
washers  to  show  on  the  outside  of  the  building.  Said  ladders  shall  be  placed 
not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  from  the  walls  of  buildings,  and  shall  extend 
at  least  two  (2)  feet  above  the  firewalls  or  roofs  of  buildings,  and  shall  be 
securely  fastened  at  top. 

Size  of  metal  for  ladders,  2 inches  x Y>  inches,  eighteen  (18)  or  more 
inches  apart. 

Size  of  rungs  for  ladders,  54-inch  in  diameter. 

The  braces  carrying  ladders  shall  be  1 y2  inches  by  J4  inch,  bolted 
through  the  building. 

Vvhere  the  ladders  join  they  shall  be  connected  and  bolted  with  not 
less  than  four  (4)  bolts  on  each  side. 

i i Screws  or  screws  shall  not  be  used  in  the  construction  of  said 
ladders. 

In  frame  buildings,  where  the  studding  does  not  correspond  with  the 
measurements  for  ladders,  extra  headers  shall  be  inserted  between  the  stud- 
ding, of  the  same  thickness  as  the  studding,  and  securely  spiked. 

Section  209.  Chimneys  and  Flues. — All  chimneys  and  flues  hereafter 
constructed,  except  as  herein  provided  referring  to  patent  chimneys,  shall 
be  of  brick  or  stone,  or  may  be  of  concrete  when  in  concrete  walls;  their 
enclosing  walls  shall  be  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  thick,  and  shall,  if 
less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick,  be  lined  on  the  inside  with  well-burnt  clay 
or  terra  cottta  pipe  not  less  than  three-quarters  of  an  inch  thick  for  flue 
linings  of  the  following  inside  dimensions:  3x7  inches,  3x11 14  inches,  7x7 
inches,  and  7xlli4  inches;  and  one  inch  thick  for  flue  linings  of  the  fol- 
lowing inside  dimensions:  2}4xl5  inches,  6}4xl5  inches,  11x11  inches,  11x15 
inches,  and  15x15  inches.  Said  lining  shall  start  from  the  bottom  of  a flue 
or  the  throat  of  a fireplace,  be  continuous  to  the  top  of  the  flue,  and  shall 
be  built  in  first,  and  bricked  around  as  carried  up.  Flues,  where  lining  is 
not  required  by  this  ordinance  shall  have  the  joints  struck  smooth  on  the 
inside,  and,  if  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick,  shall  be  smooth  plastered  for 
the  entire  height  on  the  outside. 

n Nl°  n11!0^6  due  t>e  less  than  7x7  inches  in  the  clear,  and  such  sized 
flue  slmll  have  but  one  inlet;  for  two  inlets  the  flue  shall  be  not  less  than 
7xlli4  inches  in  the  clear;  for  three  inlets  not  less  than  6^4x15  inches  in 
the  clear,  and  for  a larger  number  of  inlets  the  size  shall  be  increased  in 
the  same  proportion.  Flues  larger  than  two  hundred  (200)  square  inches 


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and  less  than  five  hundred  (500)  square  inches  in  area  shall  be  surrounded 
by  walls  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick;  flues  larger  than  five  hundred 
(500)  square  inches  and  less  than  one  thousand  (1000)  square  inches  in 
area  shall  be  surrounded  by  walls  not  less  than  twelve  12  inches  thick  to 
a height  of  fifteen  (15)  feet  above  the  inlet,  and  eight  (8)  inches  thick  the 
remaining  height;  flues  larger  than  one  thousand  (1000)  square  inches  shall 
be  proportionately  increased  in  size  and  shall  be  lined  with  fire  brick  for 
at  least  twenty  (20)  feet  above  the  inlet. 

Bakery  oven  flues  shall  not  be  less  than  12x12  inches  in  the  clear,  and 
shall  be  surrounded  by  brickwork  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick. 

The  inside  four  inches  of  all  boiler  flues  for  boilers  of  over  twenty-five 
horsepower  shall  be  of  firebrick,  laid  in  fire  mortar,  for  a distance  of  twenty- 
five  (25)  feet  in  any  direction  from  the  source  of  heat. 

Chimneys  and  stacks  connected  with  steam  boilers  shall  extend  not 
less  than  ten  (10)  feet  abcve  the  woodwork  of  the  roof,  or  any  adjacent 
roof,  and  if  sawdust,  shavings,  or  wood  are  burned,  shall  extend  twenty  (20) 
feet  above  such  roofs,  and  be  provided  with  a spark  arrester.  Spark  ar- 
resters shall  be  placed  upon  all  chimneys  and  stacks  whenever  deemed  nec- 
essary for  the  safety  of  property  by  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

Chimneys  and  flues  from  boilers,  restaurants  and  hotel  ranges,  bakers' 
ovens,  and  similar  unusually  hot  flues,  shall  have  the  outside  ’exposed 
throughout  the  height  of  the  room  in  which  connection  therewith  is  made 
and  if  plastered,  shall  be  plastered  directly  upon  the  bricks. 

All  chimneys  having  a greater  flue  area  than  two  hundred  and  sixty 
(260)  square  inches  shall  be  carried  up  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above  the 
highest  point  of  the  roof  of  the  building  of  which  they  form  a part,  and 
ten  (10)  feet  above  the  highest  point  of  any  roof  within  fifty  (50)  feet  of 
such  chimney. 

Where  a smoke  pipe  is  to  enter  a chimney  or  flue,  a tile  thimble  not 
less  than  five-eighths  ( 5/8 ) of  an  inch  thick  shall  be  placed  as  construction 
progresses.  Thimbles  shall  be  surrounded  by  four  (4)  inches  of  brickwork 
brought  out  flush  with  furring,  and  shall  extend  to  the  face  of  the  plaster- 
mg,  and  not  be  nearer  than  six  (6)  inches  to  any  wood,  lath  and  plaster. 
No  tile  pipe  shall  be  used  as  a smoke  pipe  in  connection  with  such  thimbles. 

Chimneys  not  part  of  a wall  shall  not  be  built  upon  any  floor  or  beam 
of  wood,  but  shall  be  built  from  the  ground  up,  and  shall  not  increase  in 
size  from  the  foundation.  No  chimney  shall  be  corbelled  out  more  than 
eight  (8)  inches  from  a wall,  and  corbelling  shall  consist  of  at  least  five  (5) 
courses  of  brick,  but  no  corbelling  shall  be  more  than  four  (4)  inches  in 
twelve-inch  walls.  Offsets  for  reducing  the  size  of  chimneys  shall  not  be 
greater  than  one  inch  to  each  course. 

Flues  in  party  walls  shall  not  extend  within  four  (4)  inches  of  the 
center  of  the  wall,  and  joint  flues  in  party  walls  shall  be  separated  across 
the  wall  by  an  eight-inch  width  of  brickwork  for  the  entire  length. 

No  joist  or  girder  shall  be  supported  on  the  walls  of  any  chimney  or 
flue,  and  no  woodwork  shall  be  placed  nearer  than  two  (2)  inches  to  the 
outside  face  of,  or  within  seven  (7)  inches  of  the  inside  of  any  smoke,  air 
or  other  flue. 

All  wood  joists  shall  be  trimmed  away  at  least  two  (2)  inches  from  any 
smoke,  air,  or  other  flue;  the  trimmer  beam  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  (8) 
inches  from  the  inside  of  the  flue,  and  four  (4)  inches  from  the  outside  of  a 
chimney  breast;  except  that  for  smoke  flues,  the  brickwork  of  which  is  by 
this  ordinance  required  to  be  eight  (8)  inches  thick  or  more,  the  trimmer 
beam  shall  not  be  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches  from  the  inside  of  the  flue. 

Chimneys  built  outside  of  frame  structures,  or  in  light  wells  thereof, 
shall  be  well  anchored,  at  intervals  of  not  less  than  ten  (10)  feet,  to  the 
stud  walls. 

All  chimneys  and  flues  shall  be  properly  cleaned  and  all  rubbish  re- 


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moved,  and  same  left  smooth  on  the  inside,  on  completion  of  the  building. 

Section  210.  Fireplaces. — All  fireplaces  and  chimney  breasts  where 
mantels  are  placed,  except  as  hereinafter  provided  for  patent  chimney  fire- 
places, whether  intended  for  ordinary  fireplaces  or  not,  shall  have  trimmer 
arches  to  support  the  hearth;  arches  shall  be  of  brick,  stone,  burnt  clay,  or 
concrete,  at  least  twenty  (20)  inches  wide,  measured  from  face  to  face  of 
the  chimney  breast,  and  their  length  shall  not  be  less  than  the  width  of  the 
chimney  breast.  Wood  centers  shall  be  removed  from  under  trimmer  arches, 
and  no  timber  shall  be  placed  under  any  fireplace  or  hearths.  Hearths  shall 
be  of  brick,  tile,  or  stone. 

Fireplaces  shall  have  arched  heads  with  an  iron  arch  bar  over  the  top 
of  the  opening,  and  not  less  than  54x2*4  inches,  turned  up  at  the  ends  two 
(2)  inches  in  each  side  of  a chimney  breast,  so  as  to  make  a perfect  bond 
for  arch. 

All  fireplace  openings,  where  furred  with  wood  on  face,  shall  be  sur- 
rounded by  a brick  rim  eight  (8)  inches  wide,  projecting  four  ^4)  inches, 
bonded  into  brickwork.  The  firebacks  and  jambs  of  all  fireplaces  shall  not 
be  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick  of  solid  masonry. 

When  a grate  is  set  in  a fireplace,  a lining  of  firebrick  at  least  two  (2) 
inches  thick  shall  be  added  to  the  fireback,  unless  soapstone,  tile,  or  cast 
iron  is  used,  and  filled  solidly  behind  with  fireproof  material.  No  mantel 
or  other  woodwork  shall  be  exposed  back  of  a summer  piece;  the  ironwork 
of  the  summer  piece  shall  be  placed  against  the  brick  or  stonework  of  the 
fireplace.  No  fireplace  shall  be  closed  with  a wooden  fireboard. 

Open  fireplaces  shall  have  arched  heads,  which  shall,  whenever  pos- 
sible, extend  to  the  back  of  the  tile  or  marble  facing. 

Section  211.  Patent  Chimneys. — In  lieu  of  a brick  or  stone  chimney, 
as  hereinbefore  provided,  there  may  be  erected  a chimney  known  as  a 
“Patent  Chimney.”  A permit  from  the  inspector  of  buildings  to  erect  patent 
chimneys  must  be  secured  and  may  be  revoked  for  failure  to  erect  the 
chimney  as  required  by  the  patent  and  in  a workmanlike  manner. 

All  patent  chimneys  shall  be  built  up  from  the  floor  on  which  they  are 
used,  and  in  no  case  shall  a stovepipe  enter  the  bottom  of  a patent  chimney. 

If  a patent  chimney  be  erected  on  the  outside  of  a building,  it  shall  rest 
on  a substantial  iron  bracket.  If  supported  by  brackets,  the  brackets  must 
be  of  metal  and  fastened  to  studding  with  bolts  and  nuts;  screws  or  lag 
screws  shall  not  be  allowed. 

When  erected  on  the  inside  of  a building,  it  shall  rest  on  an  iron  plate, 
not  less  than  one-quarter  of  an  inch  in  thickness  and  not  less  than  eight 
(8)  inches  of  brickwork  on  top  of  said  iron  plate,  and  shall  have  a smoke- 
proof  opening  near  the  bottom  for  cleaning  it.  All  patent  chimneys  shall 
be  braced  every  four  (4)  feet  of  their  height.  All  joints  must  be  cemented, 
and  the. bands  covering  the  joints  shall  be  made  of  the  best  No.  24  iron  and 
filled  with  cement  to  make  them  smoke  and  spark  proof. 

All  galvanized  iron  used  for  the  outside  covering  of  patent  chimneys 
shall  be  of  the  best  No.  24  iron,  rivited  together  with  rivets  not  more  than 
three  (3)  inches  apart,  and  may  be  seamed,  and  top  and  bottom  of  seams 
secured  by  rivets,  and  shall  be  ventilated  by  eight  (8)  holes  not  less  than 
one  inch  in  diameter,  said  holes  to  be  made  close  to  the  top  of  chimney 
above  the  roof,  so  as  to  permit  the  escape  of  hot  air;  there  shall  be  a 
space  of  not  less  than  one  inch  between  the  clay  pipe  and  the  iron  covering. 
No  patent  chimney  shall  be  less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  from  all 
woodwork,  and  the  opening  in  the  roof  and  in  each  floor  and  ceiling  through 
which  it  passes  be  closed  with  an  iron  plate  or  other  fireproof  material  so  as 
to  prevent  the  passage  of  fire  and  smoke. 

Patent  chimneys  shall  not  be  fastened  to  the  laths  or  siding  of  the 
building,  but  shall  be  securely  fastened  to  the  studding  or  crosspieces  with 


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good  iron  straps,  and  in  no  case  shall  any  patent  chimney  be  suspended 
from  any  roof  timber  or  floor  beam. 

No  patent  chimney  shall  have  more  than  one  inlet.  All  pipe  used  for 
patent  chimneys  shall  be  composed  of  pure  calcined  clay,  not  less  than  one 
inch  in  thickness.  Patent  chimneys  built  on  the  inside  of  a house  shall  have 
an  opening  in  the  partition  enclosing  the  chimney  to  permit  the  cleaning 
of  the  same. 

Section  212. — Inside  Dimensions  of  Patent  Chimneys. — The  inside  di- 
mensions of  patent  chimneys  shall  be  as  follows: 


For  fireplace  of  eighteen-inch  opening 6 inches 

For  fireplace  of  twenty-one-inch  opening 7 inches 

For  fireplace  of  twenty-four-inch  opening 8 inches 

For  ordinary  stove  flues 6 inches 

For  French  range  flues " 8 inches 

For  steel  range  flues 8 inches 

For  furnace  flues - ... 8 or  10  inches 


Section  213.  Patent  Fireplaces. — All  fireplaces  connected  with  patent 
chimneys,  and  all  gas  logs  must  be  set  on  iron  plates,  and  less  than  one- 
quarter  of  an  inch  in  thickness  and  not  less  than  three  (3)  feet  nine  (9) 
inches  in  length  by  three  (3)  feet  in  width,  which  shall  be  free  from  all 
holes.  Boards  shall  not  be  placed  under  the  iron  plates,  which  must  rest 
on  the  floor  joists.  On  the  top  of  the  iron  plates  there  shall  be  one  (1) 
inch  of  concrete  or  cement,  then  a course  of  brick,  followed  by  the  tiling 
or  marble.  The  strength  of  the  floor  must  not  be  impaired  by  the  cutting 
out  for  the  fireplace.  In  lieu  of  resting  on  the  floor  joists,  said  iron  plates 
may  be  suspended  by  wrought  iron  stirrups  of  sufficient  length  to  sustain 
the  fireplace  and  patent  chimney. 

The  brick  jambs  of  every  fireplace  or  grate  opening  shall  be  at  least 
eight  (8)  inches  wide,  and  the  backs  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  (8)  inches 
thick,  and  where  fireplaces  come  over  one  another  on  separate  floors,  the 
jambs  of  the  lower  fireplace  shall  be  wide  enough  to  carry  the  patent 
chimney  far  enough  to  one  side  of  the  jamb  above  so  that  the  patent 
chimney  will  pass  the  upper  fireplace  in  as  straight  a line  as  possible.  Where 
bends  are  necessary  in  patent  chimneys,  offsets  shall  be  used.  Said  offsets 
shall  be  made  solid  and  without  joints. 

Sect:on  241.  Smoke  Pipes— Not  Permitted. — No  smoke  pipe,  stove 
pipe,  terra  cotta  pipe,  earthen  pipe,  or  other  smoke  flue,  including  vents 
from  forges,  except  as  provided  in  this  ordinance,  shall  project  through 
any  external  wall  or  window,  or  through  the  roof  or  any  skylight  of  any 
building;  and  none  of  the  above  named  pipes  and  smoke  flues,  which  pro- 
ject through  the  roof  for  which  the  United  States  patent  has  not  been 
issued,  shall  be  repaired  or  modified,  but  shall  be  replaced  in  accordance  with 
the  terms  of  this  ordinance  when  repairing  on-modification  becomes  nec- 
essary. 

Section  215.  Smoke  Flues  In  Partitions. — No  smoke  flue  shall  pass 
through  any  wooden  partition  of  any  building  unless  there  is  a ventilated 
air  space  at  least  four  (4)  inches  around  the  pipe.  Any  smoke  pipe  passing 
through  the  floor,  or  floors,  of  any  building  shall  be  protected  by  a metal 
casing,  extending  from  the  ceiling  to  at  least  one  (1)  foot  above  the  floor, 
and  there  shall  be  a ventilated  air  space  of  at  least  four  (4)  inches  around 
the  said  pipe. 

Section  216.  Smokestacks. — Smokestacks  shall  be  constructed  of  steel, 
brick  or  reinforced  concrete.  If  of  steel,  the  metal  shall  be  not  less  than— 

^-mch  thick  for  diameter  up  to  36  inches; 

3-16-inch  thick  for  diameter  36  inches  up  to  54  inches; 

f4-inch  thick  for  diameter  over  54  inches; 


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increasing  toward  the  bottom  as  determined  by  the  weight  and  lateral  wind 
pressure.  If  of  brick,  they  shall  be  laid  in  cement  mortar,  and  shall  be 
thirteen  (13)  inches  thick  for  the  upper  sixty  (60)  feet  and  increasing  by 
four  (4)  inches  in  thickness  for  each  subsequent  sixty  (60)  feet  in  height, 
and  have  an  external  batter  of  one  in  thirty  (30).  If  of  reinforced  concrete, 
built  as  outlined  under  Class  “C”  buildings,  the  thickness  shall  be  one-half 
that  required  for  brick.  All  breeching  shall  be  of  at  least  3-16-inch  metal, 
lined  with  fire  brick  or  covered  with  eighty-five  (85)  per  cent,  carbonate  of 
magnesia  one-and-one-half-inch  sectional  block  covering. 

. buildings  of  Class  “C”  and  frame  or  wooden  buildings,  smokestacks 
of  iron  or  steel  may  be  used  in  connection  with  boilers  and  coffee  roasters, 
provided  the  same  are  not  nearer  than  twenty  (20)  inches  to  any  woodwork 
w'here  passing  through  floors,  ceilings,  roofs,  or  partitions,  and  are  pro- 
tected with  a metal  jacket  twelve  (12)  inches  from  the  stack,  extending 
above  and  not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches  below  the  joists,  and  have  metal 
umbrella  to  cover  the  roof  opening  high  enough  above  the  same  to  permit 
a free  vent.  Any  woodwork  or  enclosure  of  such  stack,  within  four  (4) 
feet  thereof,  other  than  masonry  or  tile,  shall  be  metal  lathed  and  plastered, 
or  have  equivalent  protection.  Such  stacks  on  the  outside  of  a building 
shall  not  be  nearer  than  eighteen  (18)  inches  to  any  unprotected  woodwork 
or  wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  nearer  than  twelve  (12)  inches  to  any  wood- 
work or  wood  lath  and  plaster,  protected  with  metal  extending  two  (2)  feet 
on  each  side  of  such  stack. 

Section  217.  Chimneys  of  Cupolas. — Steel  cupola  chimneys  of  found- 
ries shall  extend  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above  the  highest  point  of  any  roof 
within  a radius  of  fifty  (50)  feet  thereof,  unless  such  cupolas  be  placed 
within  an  enclosure  composed  of  fireproof  materials  extending  at  least  ten 
(10)  feet  above  the  top  of  the  cupola,  and  all  exterior  openings  of  such 
structure  covered  by  a suitable  screen  to  prevent  the  egress  of  sparks.  No 
woodwork  shall  be  placed  within  two  (2)  feet  of  the  cupola. 

Section  218.  Height  of  Chimneys  and  Flues — Cleaning. — All  chimneys 

and  flues  shall  extend  at  least  four  (4)  feet  above  a flat  roof,  and  at  least 
two  (2)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  above  the  ridge  of  a peaked  roof,  and  if 
rising  above  the  roof  to  a height  equal  to  more  than  six  (6)  times  their 
thickness,  shall  be  properly  anchored. 

If  the  inspector  of  buildings  deems  any  chimney  unsafe  to  any  adjoin- 
ing or  adjacent  building,  said  chimney  shall  be  carried  up  four  (4)  feet 
above  the  extreme  height  of  said  building;  and  if  an  extension  of  iron  pipe 
is  deemed  unsafe  by  said  inspector  of  buildings,  such  extension  shall  be  of 
brick  or  terra  cotta  pipe. 

The  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building  shall  cause  the  chimneys  thereof 
to  be  swept  as  often  as  may  be  required  to  keep  same  clean. 

Section  219.  Gas  Grates,  Gas  Logs,  and  Other  Gas  Or  Electrically 
Heated  Appliances,  (a.)  No  gas  grate,  gas  log,  or  other  appliances  using 
gas  or  electricity  for  producing  heat,  except  as  otherwise  ordained,  shall  be 
placed  in  a fireplace  or  recess  unless  such  fireplace  or  recess  be  constructed 
as  required  in  this  ordinance  for  fireplaces,  the  sides,  back,  and  top  of  which 
shall  be  a brickwork  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick;  all  pipes  supply- 
thereto  shall  be  of  iron  and  enter  only  at  the  sides  of  fireplaces  or 
recesses,  through  brickwork.  Gas  grates,  gas  logs,  or  other  appliances 
using  gas  or  electricity  for  producing  heat,  not  placed  in  a fireplace  or 
recess,  shall  have  a clear  and  unenclosed  space  of  not  less  than  ten  (10) 
inches  between  and  any  unprotected  woodwork,  wood  lath  and  plaster  or 
other  combustible  material,  or  a similar  space  of  four  (4)  inches  between 
them  and  any  woodwork,  wood  lath  and  plaster  or  other  combustible  ma- 
terial protected  with  terra  cotta  or  tiles  one  inch  thick,  or  with  metal  with 


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one  inch  clear  air  space  between  the  metal  and  woodwork,  wood  lath  and 
plaster,  or  other  combustible  material. 

No  vent  shall  be  permitted  other  than  a brick  or  patent  chimney  con- 
structed as  required  by  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance. 

(b.)  No  gas  range  or  gas  water  heater  shall  be  nearer  than  twelve 
(12)  inches  to  any  unprotected  woodwork,  wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  other 
combustible  material,  or  nearer  than  six  (6)  inches  thereto  if  such  wood- 
work, wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  other  combustible  material  is  protected 
with  metal,  one  (1)  inch  clear  air  space  between  the  metal  and  the  wood- 
work, wood  lath  and  plaster  or  other  combustible  material.  No  gas  range 
or  gas  water  heater  shall  be  placed  in  any  recess  unless  the  front  of  the 
recess  is  either  open  or  freely  vented  at  top  and  bottom. 

(c.)  Every  instantaneous  gas  water  heater  shall  be  connected  to  a 
properly  constructed  flue,  or  shall  be  provided  with  a vent  pipe  not  less 
than  three  (3)  inches  in  diameter,  extending  clear  through  and  at  least 
twelve  (12)  inches  above  the  roof,  with  a “T”  connection  at  the  top;  and 
around  every  such  vent  at  all  places  not  exposed  there  shall  be  a galvanized 
iron  sleeve  extending  the  full  length  of  the  concealed  portion,  with  a clear 
air  space  of  not  less  than  one  (1)  inch  surrounding  the  vent. 

# (d.)  All  low,  portable  gas  stoves,  gas  plates,  or  heaters,  shall  be  placed 
on  iron  stands  or  other  incombustible  bases,  or  the  burners  shall  be  at  least 
six  (6)  inches  above  the  base  of  the  stove,  and  metal  guard  plates  placed 
four  (4)  inches  below  the  burners;  all  woodwork  under  them  shall  be 
covered  with  metal  or  other  incombustible  material.  All  portable  gas  heated 
stoves,  ranges,  kettles,  gas  plates  or  other  gas  heated  devices,  shall  be  con- 
nected direct  to  their  gas  supply  main  only  by  iron  pipe  or  flexible  metal 
tubing. 

Section  220.  Portable  Steam  Or  Hot-Water  Radiators  Wherein  Gas 
Or  Electricity  Is  Used  for  Producing  Heat. — (a.)  Portable  steam  or  hot- 
water  radiators  wherein  gas  or  electricity  is  used  for  producing  heat,  when 
installed  in  a fireplace  or  recess  in  any  building,  shall  be  installed  as  re- 
quired for  gas  grates  or  gas  logs  in  this  ordinance. 

(b.)  Portable  steam  or  hot-water  radiators  wherein  gas  or  electricity 
is  used  for  producing  heat,  when  not  installed  in  a fireplace  or  recess,  shall 
have  a brick  wall  of  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick  behind  and  extend- 
ing at  least  eight  (8)  inches  above  and  on  each  side  of  them,  and  between 
them  and  any  woodwork,  wood  lath  and  plaster  or  other  combustible  ma- 
terial, and  shall  have  under  them  a hearth  of  tile  and  cement  not  less  than 
two  (2)  inches  thick;  or  shall  have  a clear  and  unenclosed  air  space  of  not 
less  than  four  (4)  inches  between  them  and  any  woodwork,  wood  lath  and 
plaster  or  other  combustible  material,  protected  by  metal,  with  one  (1)  inch 
clear  air  space  between  the  metal  and  the  woodwork,  wood  lath  and  plaster 
or  other  combustible  material;  or  shall  have  a clear  and  unenclosed  air 
space  of  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  between  them  and  any  woodwork, 
wood  lath  and  plaster  or  other  combustible  material  not  so  protected,  and 
shall  have  under  them  a hearth  of  tile  and  cement  not  less  than  two  (2) 
inches  thick. 

(c.)  All  steam  or  hot-water  radiators  shall  be  of  cast  metal  and  shall 
stand  a hydraulic  pressure  of  at  least  one  hundred  (100)  pounds  to  the 
square  inch. 

(d.)  Gas  grates,  gas  logs,  hot-air  furnaces  or  heaters,  or  other  appli- 
ances wherein  gas  or  electricity  is  used  for  producing  heat,  when  provided 
Wlt\aird°/Vble  back  or  meta*  with  air  space  between  of  at  least  one  and 
one-half  (1}4)  inches  and  connected  with  conduit  of  at  least  three  (3) 
inches  in  diameter  from  external  atmosphere,  whereby  air  may  have  a free 
and  uninterrupted  passage  from  the  outside  of  house  to  burner,  to  support 
combustion,  and  through  said  air  space  and  into  room,  may  be  installed 
without  a flue,  chimney,  or  other  vent  as  follows: 


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Each  said  grate,  log,  furnace,  heater,  or  other  appliance  shall  have  a 
brick  wall  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick  behind  and  extending  at  least 
eight  (8)  inches  above  and  on  each  side  and  between  it  and  any  woodwork, 
wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  other  combustible  material;  or  shall  have  a clear 
and  unenclosed  space  of  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  between  it  and  any 
woodwork,  wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  other  combustible  material,  protected 
by  metal,  with  one  (1)  inch  clear  space  between  the  metal  and  the  wood- 
work, wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  other  combustible  material;  or  shall  have 
a clear  and  unenclosed  space  of  not  less  than  six  (6)  inches  between  it  and 
any  woodwork,  wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  other  combustible  material  not 
so  protected,  and  shall  have  under  it  a hearth  of  tile,  cement,  or  other  non- 
combustible material;  or  shall  be  supported  on  legs  of  a non-combustible 
material,  provided  that  there  shall  be  a clear  space  between  it  and  the  floor 
or  ground  of  five  (5)  inches. 

Section  221. — -Fireproof  Room  for  Steam  Boilers  Or  Furnaces. — All 

steam  boilers,  heating  furnaces,  or  water  heating  apparatus,  using  any  fuel 
other  than  coal  gas,  installed  in  the  basement  or  first  floor  of  any  building 
not  used  as  a private  residence,  shall  be  enclosed  in  a room  with  walls  of 
masonry,  not  less  than  six  (6)  inches  thick,  from  the  basement  floor  to  the 
bottom  of  the  first  joists.  The  ceiling  shall  be  of  the  same  construction,  or 
of  not  less  than  one  (1)  inch  plaster  on  metal  lath. 

Basement  boiler  room  floors  shall  be  of  concrete,  and  first  floors,  if  of 
wood,  shall  be  covered  with  at  leastt  hree  (3)  inches  of  concrete. 

All  doors  leading  from  said  room  shall  be  constructed  as  required  in 
this  ordinance,  referring  to  fire  doors,  and  arranged  to  swing  out  and  to 
close  automatically.  All  windows  shall  be  of  wire  glass  not  less  than  one- 
quarter  of  an  inch  thick,  in  metal  frames  and  sashes. 

Where  oil  is  burned,  every  doorway  shall  have  a masonry  sill  rising 
not  less  than  seven  (7)  inches  from  the  floor. 

Section  222.  Erection  of  Steam  Boilers,  Furnaces,  Etc. — Boilers  ex- 
ceeding 10  H.  P.,  used  for  generating  steam  for  heating  or  motive  power 
and  large  furnaces  shall  not  be  placed  on  any  floor  above  the  cellar  of  any 
building,  unless  the  same  are  set  on  metal  beams  and  arches,  and  such 
beams  shall  be  built  into  the  walls.  Every  steam  boiler  shall  be  provided 
with  a tank  or  other  receptacle  of  sufficient  capacity  to  hold  at  least  a suffi- 
cient supply  of  water  to  last  six  (6)  hours. 

Whenever  steam  boilers,  water  heaters,  bakers’  ovens,  large  cooking 
ranges,  furnaces,  candy  kettles,  laundry  stoves  set  in  brick,  or  other  struc- 
tures in  which  fire  is  maintained,  are  set  on  any  wooden  floor,  such  floor 
shall  be  protected  by  continuous  sheet  metal  bearing  plate  not  less  than 
3-16  of  an  inch  thick,  all  joints  of  which  shall  be  securely  rivited,  and  the 
top  of  such  plate  shall  be  covered  with  not  less  than  seven  (7)  inches  of 
brick  or  concrete. 

Section  223.  Heating  Furnaces.— The  top  of  all  heating  furnaces  set 
in  brick  shall  be  covered  with  brick  supported  by  iron  bars,  so  constructed 
as  to  be  perfectly  tight;  said  covering  shall  be  in  addition  to  and  not  less 
than  six  (6)  inches  from  the  ordinary  covering  of  the  hot  air  chamber 
bmoke  pipes  and  furnaces  not  set  in  brick  shall  be  at  least  two  (2)  feet 

any  unprotected  woodwork.  If  said  smoke  pipes  and  furnaces  are  less 
than  two  feet  from  any  woodwork,  said  woodwork  must  be  protected  by 
sheets  of  tin  plate  in  such  manner  that  an  air  space  of  at  least  two  inches 
will  be  formed  between  the  woodwork  and  the  tin  plate,  which  shall  extend 
one  (1)  foot  beyond  the  furnace  on  all  sides. 

Section  224.  Ranges  and  Stoves. — The  backs  of  all  ranges,  candy  fur- 
naces and  kettles,  if  set  in  brick  and  built  against  any  frame  partitions  or 
frame  wall,  shall  be  not  less  than  eight  (8)  inches  thick,  and  shall  be  ex- 


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tended  with  brick  or  hollow  tile  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches  thick  to  a 
height  of  two  (2)  feet  above  the  top  of  furnaces  or  kettles.  In  no  case  shall 
any  range,  candy  furnace  or  kettle  set  in  brick  against  a brick  wall  with 
any  combustible  material  between  it  and  the  wall,  or  upon  said  wall  for  a 
height  of  two  (2)  feet  above  the  top  of  such  range,  candy  furnace  or  kettle. 

All  wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  wooden  ceilings  over  all  ranges  in  hotels, 
restaurants,  and  boarding  houses  shall  be  guarded  by  metal  hoods,  placed 
at  least  nine  (9)  inches  below  the  ceiling,  or  shall  be  metal  lined  on  walls 
and  ceiling  back  of  and  above  the  range.  All  ventilating  pipes  connected 
with  the  hood  over  a range  shall  be  at  least  nine  (9)  inches  from  any  wood 
lath  and  plaster,  or  combustible  material,  or  such  pipes  shall  be  covered 
with  one  (1)  inch  of  asbestos  or  wire  mesh,  and  shall  not  pass  through 
any  floor.  Stoves  shall  be  kept  twenty  (20)  inches  and  smoke  pipes  twelve 
(12)  inches  from  any  wood  lath  and  plaster,  or  woodwork,  and  shall  be 
protected  with  a metal  shield  arranged  with  at  least  one  (1)  inch  air  space 
behind  such  shield. 

Section  225.  Hot  Air  Boxes. — All  hot  air  boxes  hereafter  placed  in  the 
floors  or  partitions  of  buildings,  except  when  such  are  entirely  of  incom- 
bustible material,  shall  be  made  of  double  pipes  of  tin  plate,  which  shall  be 
not  less  than  one-half  an  inch  apart  and  set  in  soapstone  or  equally  fire- 
proof borders,  not  less  than  two  (2)  inches  in  width,  to  which  the  pipes 
shall  be  tightly  joined  by  inserting  the  same  into  a groove,  or  the  pipes 
and  boxes  shall  be  covered  with  asbestos  one-sixteenth  (1-16)  of  an  inch 
in  thickness  cemented  thereon. 

Hot  air  boxes  of  pipes  less  than  ten  (10)  inches  by  twelve  (12)  inches 
in  size  shall  be  kept  at  least  one-half  of  an  inch  from  any  woodwork;  those 
of  greater  size  shall  be  kept  at  least  one  (1)  inch  from  any  woodwork.  No 
woodwork  shall  be  placed  within  one  (1)  inch  of  any  metal  pipe  intended 
to  convey  steam  or  heated  air,  unless  such  pipe  is  protected  by  a facing  of 
metal,  soapstone,  or  earthen  ring;  provided,  that  no  covering,  except  it  be 
of  incombustible  material,  shall  be  placed  within  one  (1)  inch  of  the  outer 
surface  of  any  steam  pipe. 

Ventilating  ducts  of  cold  air  may  be  made  of  galvanized  iron,  provided 
they  are  entirely  enclosed  with  partitions  constructed  as  required  in  dif- 
ferent classes  of  buildings.  When  said  ducts  pass  through  roof,  they  shall 
have  protecting  hoods  to  keep  our  rain. 

Section  226.  Registers.— Registers  located  over  a brick  furnace  shall 
be  supported  by  a brick  shaft,  built  up  from  the  cover  of  the  hot  air  cham- 
ber; said  shaft  shall  be  lined  with  metal  pipe,  and  all  wood  beams  shall  be 
trimmed  away  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  from  it.  Where  a register  is 
placed  on  any  woodwork  in  connection  with  a metal  pipe  or  duct,  the  end 
of  said  pipe  or  duct  shall  be  flanged  over  on  the  woodwork  only. 

All  register  boxes  shall  be  made  of  tin  plate  or  galvanized  iron,  with  a 
flange  on  top  to  fit  the  groove  in  the  frame,  and  the  register  must  rest  upon 
the  same.  There  shall  be  an  open  space  of  two  (2)  inches  on  all  sides  of  the 
register  box,  extending  from  the  under  side  of  the  border  through  the 
ceiling  below.  The  said  opening  shall  be  fitted  with  a tight  tin,  or  galva- 
nized iron  casing  the  upper  end  of  which  shall  be  turned  under  the  frame 
When  a register  box  is  placed  in  the  floor,  over  a portable  furnace,  the  open 
space  on  all  sides  of  the  register  box  shall  not  be  less  than  three  (3)  inches. 
When  only  one  register  is  connected  with  a furnace,  said  register  shall  have 
no  valve. 

Section  227.  Steam  and  Hot  Water  Heating  Pipes.— Steam  or  hot 
water  heating  pipes  shall  not  be  placed  within  two  (2)  inches  of  any  timber 
or  woodwork,  unless  the  timber  is  protected  by  a metal  shield,  when  the 
distance  shall  not  be  less  than  one  inch.  All  steam  or  hot  water  heating 


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pipes,  passing  through  floors  and  ceilings  or  lath  and  plaster  partitions, 
shall  be  protected  by  a metal  tube  one  inch  larger  in  diameter  than  the  pipe, 
having  a metal  cap  at  the  floor;  and  where  they  run  in  a horizontal  direc- 
tion between  the  floor  and  ceiling,  a metal  shield  shall  be  placed  on  the 
under  side  of  the  floor  over  them,  and  on  the  sides  of  beams  running  par- 
allel with  said  pipe. 

All  wood  boxes  or  casings  enclosing  steam  or  hot  water  heating  pipes, 
and  all  wood  covers  to  recesses  in  walls,  in  which  steam  or  hot  water 
heating  pipes  are  placed,  shall  be  lined  with  metal.  All  pipes  or  ducts  used 
to  convey  air  warmed  by  steam  or  hot  water  shall  be  made  of  metal  or 
other  fireproof  material.  All  steam  and  hot  water  pipe  coverings  shall  con- 
sist of  fireproof  materials  only. 

Section  228.  Drying  Rooms. — Dry  rooms,  dry  boxes,  and  all  enclosures 
used  for  drying  by  artificial  heat,  must  be  plastered  upon  metal  lathing  and 
have  the  floor  of  botton  covered  with  incombustible  material,  or  in  lieu 
thereof  may  be  lined  throughout  with  tin  and  asbestos  not  less  than  one- 
eighth  of  an  inch  in  thickness,  or  other  approved  incombustible  material.  If 
such  dry  rooms,  dry  boxes,  or  enclosures  used  for  drying  contain  steam  or 
other  heated  pipes,  stoves,  or  heaters,  so  arranged  as  to  permit  in- 
flammable material  to  come  in  contact  therewith,  a metal  netting  of  suffi- 
cient fineness  must  be  so  placed  as  to  prevent  such  contact. 

Section  229. — Notice  As  To  Heating  Apparatus. — In  cases  where  hot 
water,  steam,  hot  air,  or  other  heating  plants  are  to  be  hereafter  placed  in 
any  building,  or  flues  or  fireplaces  are  to  be  changed  or  enlarged,  due  notice 
shall  first  be  given  to  the  inspector  of  buildings  by  the  person  or  persons 
placing  the  said  plants  in  said  building  or  by  the  contractor  or  superin- 
tendent of  said  work. 

Section  230.  Fire  Escapes. — For  the  proper  and  necessary  protection 
of  life  and  property,  all  buildings  hereinafter  designated  in  this  section  and 
ordinance,  that  are  already  erected  and  built,  or  that  may  be  hereafter 
erected  and  built  in  this  city,  shall  be  provided  and  equipped  with  fire 
escapes  and  standpipes,  as  follows: 

Every  building  that  is  occupied  or  so  constructed  as  to  be  occupied  by 
two  or  more  families  on  the  third  story,  not  having  proper  and  sufficient 
exits  or  facilities  for  escape  in  case  of  fire,  and  every  building  of  three  or 
more  stories  in  height,  and  every  building  used  or  occupied  or  so  constructed 
as  to  be  occupied  as  a theater,  hospital,  tenement  house,  apartment  house, 
lodging  house,  or  for  a factory,  mill  or  manufactory,  or  for  offices,  work- 
shop, or  public  entertainments  or  assemblages,  above  the  second  story,  and 
every  school  building  of  more  than  two  (2)  stories  in  height,  shall  be 
provided  and  equipped  with  metallic  fire  escapes  combined  with  suitable 
metallic  balconies,  platforms,  and  railings,  firmly  secured  to  the  outer  walls 
and  erected  and  arranged  in  such  a way  and  in  such  proximity  to  one  or 
more  windows  or  to  as  many  windows  of  each  story  above  the  first  as  may 
be  necessary  to  make  and  render  said  fire  escapes  readily  accessible,  safe, 
and  adequate  for  the  escape  of  the  inmates  in  case  of  fire,  and  when  placed 
on  the  rear  or  sides  of  buildings  not  adjoining  a street,  they  shall  extend 
down  to  within  eight  (8)  feet  of  the  ground. 

Said  fire  escapes  shall  extend  from  the  level  of  the  ceiling  of  the  first 
story  to  and  over  the  roof,  and  shall  be  either  vertical  metallic  ladder  fire 
escapes,  metallic  stair  fire  escapes,  or  other  approved  fire  escapes.  The  in- 
spector of  buildings,  and  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  shall  determine 
the  kind,  construction,  location,  and  number  of  fire  escapes,  necessary  and 
adequate  on  all  such  buildings  to  make  the  means  of  escape  therefrom  easy 
and  safe  to  the  inmates  in  case  of  fire. 

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of  this  ordinance,  and  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  in  good  order  and  repair, 
and  free  from  any  and  all  obstructions. 

Every  building  used  as  a hotel,  lodging  house,  hospital,  tenement  house, 
apartment  house,  factory,  mill  or  manufactory,  shall  be  provided  with  a 
portable,  metallic  ladder  of  sufficient  length  to  extend  from  second  story 
balcony  to  sidewalk;  said  ladder  to  be  hung  from  third  story  balcony  when 
not  in  use.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  entitled  to  the  beneficial  use, 
rental  or  control  of  such  building  to  keep  the  hallways  and  stairways  in  every 
such  building  as  is  used  and  occupied  at  night  properly  lighted  from  sunset 
to  sunrise  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  City  Council. 


Section  231.  Specifications  for  the  Erection  and  Construction  of  Fire 
Escapes. — Where  a vertical  metallic  ladder  is  required,  it  shall  be  con- 
structed according  to  the  following  requirements: 

Size  of  metal  for  ladder,  2x^  inches. 

Size  of  rungs  for  ladder,  % inch  diameter. 

Size  of  grating  bars  for  balconies,  Ij4x5-16  inches. 

Size  of  cross-bearing  bars,  carrying  grating,  iy2x^  inches. 

The  outside  frames  of  all  fire  escapes  carrying  the  gratings  shall  be 
two-inch  angle-iron,  shall  extend  all  around  the  platform,  and  they  must 
be  bolted  through  the  building. 

The  size  of  the  bearing  metal  carrying  the  platforms  shall  not  be  less 
than  two-inch  channel  iron,  and  the  braces  carrying  the  same  shall  be 
inches,  and  must  be  bolted  through  the  building. 
i / T/h^  *?p  rail  i°f  t-he  balcon.ies  eight.  feet  or  less  in  length  shall  be 
1 y2xy%  inches;  balconies  over  eight  feet  in  length  shall  have  in  center  one 
extra  rail  of  the  same  size  as  the  top  rail. 

The  trimmings  for  finishing  outside  rails  shall  be  Mx.14  inches. 

The  height  of  railings  of  balconies  shall  not  be  less  than  two  feet  six 
inches,  and  the  width  of  balconies  not  less  than  three  feet. 

All  rails  and  bearing  beams  shall  extend  through  the  wall,  or  studding 
and  have  washers  and  nuts  on  the  same. 

Where  the  vertical  ladders  join,  they  shall  be  connected  and  bolted 
with  not  less  than  four  bolts  on  each  side. 

Screws  or  lag  screws  shall  not  be  used  in  the  construction  of  fire 
escapes. 

All  nuts  shall  show  on  the  outside  of  building. 

Openings  in  balconies  shall  not  be  less  than  two  (2)  feet  square 

Brackets  carrying  platforms  shall  not  be  more  than  five  (5)  feet  apart 

Perpendicular  ladders  shall  be  at  least  eight  (8)  inches  from  the 
building. 

Finishing  on  balconies  shall  not  extend  outside  the  rail. 

Gratings  on  platforms  shall  be  placed  flat,  and  the  grating  bars  of  all 
platforms  shall  not  be  more  than  one  inch  apart,  and  in  all  cases  be  made 
of  iron  or  steel. 

All  brackets  carrying  balconies  shall  be  bolted  through  the  entire  walls 
or  studding;  the  bolts  shall  not  be  less  than  seven-eighths  of  an  inch  and 
they  shall  have  nuts  and  washers. 

In  frame  buildings  where  the  studding  does  not  correspond  with  the 
measurements  for  balconies  and  ladders,  extra  headers  shall  be  inserted 
between  the  studding  and  shall  be  of  the  same  thickness  as  the  studding 
and  securely  spiked. 

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according  to  the  following  requirements: 

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Where  the  brackets  support  the  stairs  or  stair  fire  escape,  the  brackets 
shall  be  constructed  of  three-inch  channel  iron. 


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The  platform  of  balconies  shall  be  the  same  as  required  for  vertical 
ladders,  and  shall  be  placed  on  the  line  of  the  top  of  the  flooring  of  each 
story. 

Said  platforms  shall  be  supported  upon  iron  brackets,  not  more  than 
live  (5)  feet  apart,  and  shall  in  all  cases  be  built  into  and  anchored  to  the 
walls  of  masonry,  during  the  construction  of  the  walls,  and  shall  be 
through  the  entire  thickness  of  said  walls,  and  must  be  securely  fastened 
on  the  inside  of  the  building. 

The  width  of  all  balconies,  from  the  face  of  the  wall  out,  shall  not  be 
less  than  three  (3)  feet  six  (6)  inches,  and  the  length  of  all  balconies  shall 
be  regulated  by  the  inspector  of  buildings. 

In  the  floor  or  platform  of  all  balconies  there  shall  be  an  opening,  not 
less  than  two  (2)  feet  wide  and  three  (3)  feet  six  (6)  inches  long,  enclosed 
and  protected  on  three  sides. 

The  railings  and  balconies  shall  be  constructed  as  required  for  ladder 
fire  escapes.  There  shall  be  a communication  from  balcony  to  balcony  by 
means  of  inclined  stairs,  and  no  ladder  shall  be  allowed  below  the  line  of 
the  flooring  of  the  uppermost  story  of  any  building. 

Said  stairs  shall  have  an  inclination  from  the  perpendicular  of  not  less 
than  four  inches  to  every  twelve  inches  of  rise,  and  shall  be  made  of  side 
stringers  of  not  less  than  4x54-inch  steel;  treads  must  be  turned  down  on 
ends  and  rivited  well  into  each  stringer,  at  a distance  apart  of  sixteen  (16) 
inches  for  said  inclination. 

All  such  stairs  must  be  provided  with  substantial  railings  of  1 54-inch 
pipe;  the  sides  shall  be  well  supported  by  suitable  standard  of  1 54-inch  pipe, 
at  proper  distance,  viz.,  four  (4)  standards  to  each  run  of  steps,  and  thor- 
oughly bolted  to  the  stringers. 

The  ladders  extending  from  the  upper  balconies  to  the  roof  may  be 
perpendicular,  but  must  be  well  braced  with  iron  brackets. 

Section  232.  Passage  To  Exits  Required  In  Certain  Buildings. — All 
buildings  used  or  occupied,  or  constructed  to  be  used  or  occupied,  as  hos- 
pitals, asylums,  seminaries,  hotels,  apartment  houses,  tenement  houses, 
lodging  houses,  schools,  or  workshops  shall  have  on  each  floor  a passage, 
free  and  unobstructed,  leading  direct  to  each  fire  escape. 

The  following  are  exempt  from  the  above  requirements: 

1.  All  buildings  of  Class  “A”  and  Class  “B”  construction. 

2.  Apartment  houses  where  every  apartment  has  direct  access  to  a 
fire  escape,  which  either  faces  on  a street,  or  from  which  there  is  a direct 
passage  to  the  street. 

3.  All  buildings  not  exceeding  in  width  thirty  (30)  feet,  outside  meas- 
urement, and  not  situated  on  a street  corner. 

The  inspector  of  buildings  shall  determine  the  location  of  passages 
and  exits  thereto  necessary  and  adequate  on  all  such  buildings  hereinbefore 
specified,  so  as  to  make  the  means  of  escape  therefrom  easy  and  safe  in 
case  of  fire  or  panic. 

The  minimum  width  of  passages  to  exits  shall  be  as  follows: 

To  an  exit  on  a building  with  a frontage  of  from  thirty  (30)  feet  to 
forty  (40)  feet,  two  (2)  feet  and  six  (6)  inches  wide. 

To  an  exit  on  all  buildings  over  forty  (40)  feet  frontage,  three  (3)  feet 
wide;  provided,  however,  that  the  width  of  passage  to  exits  shall  be  in- 
creased to  from  three  (3)  feet  to  four  (4)  feet  six  (6)  inches,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  inspector  of  buildings,  in  case  of  hospitals,  asylums,  large  hotels, 
and  other  buildings  where  more  than  the  usual  number  of  people  congre- 
gate or  are  housed. 

All  buildings,  if  containing  more  than  four  (4)  apartments  or  suits  on 
/iny  one  floor,  shall  be  provided  with  at  least  two  (2)  staircases,  which  shall 
be  placed  as  far  apart  as  circumstances  will  allow,  but  in  no  case  shall  said 
staircases  be  placed  within  thirty  (30)  feet  of  one  another. 


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Section  233.  Exits  for  Frame  Lodging,  Apartment  and  Tenement 
Houses,  Hotels,  Hospitals  and  Asylums.— Frame  buildings  used  as  lodg- 
ing, apartment  and  tenement  houses,  hotels,  hospitals,  or  asylums  shall 
have  on  each  floor  open  halls  at  least  three  feet  six  inches  wide,  which 
shall  lead  to  all  fire  escapes. 

Section  234.  Fire  Department  Or  Dry  Standpipes.— Every  building 
of  three  (3)  or  more  stories  in  height  not  used  for  a private  dwelling  shall 
have,  inside  or  outside  of  its  exterior  walls  (if  over  sixteen  (16)  stories, 
standpipes  must  be  inside),  one  or  more  metal  standpipes,  which  shall  ex- 
tend from  four  (4)  feet  above  the  sidewalk  to  and  over  the  roof  and  rest 
on  the  firewalls.  Every  standpipe  shall  have  a Siamese  inlet  attached,  four 
(4)  feet  above  the  sidewalk,  branches  at  each  story,  and  a Siamese  outlet 
on  the  roof.  All  inlets,  branches,  and  outlets  must  be  of  not  less  than  two 
and  one-half  inches  interior  diameter,  and  must  have  caps  and  chains;  and 
all  branches  and  outlets  must  have  two-and-one-half-inch  gate  valves. 
Standpipes  shall  conform  to  the  following  table: 


Interior  Sidewalk 

Diameter.  Inlets. 

3- story  building . 4 inches  2 way  Siamese 

4- story  building 4 inches  3 way  Siamese 

5 to  15-story  buildings 5 inches  4 way  Siamese 

16  or  more  story  buildings 6 inches  6 way  Siamese 


Roof 

Outlets. 

2 way  Siamese 

3 way  Siamese 

3 way  Siamese 

4 way  Siamese 


All  iron  or  steel  material  used  in  the  construction  and  erection  of  stand- 
pipes shall  be  kept  in  good  order  and  repair  and  free  from  obstruction. 
Standpipes  shall  be  of  such  strength  as  will  withstand  a pressure  of  three 
hundred  (300)  pounds  per  square  inch. 


Section  235.  Standpipes  and  Fire  Escapes — Location  and  Inspection 
of.— The  Inspector  of  Buildings  and  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  are 
hereby  given  the  power  to  locate  and  inspect  said  standpipes  and  fire 

escapes,  to  see  that  the  same  are  properly  constructed  and  located  as  in  this 
ordinance  prescribed 


Section  236.  Inside  Or  Wet  Standpipes  for  Hose  Reels.— In  every 
building  exceeding  fifty-eight  (58)  feet  in  height,  and  not  over  one  hundred 
?”,d  .foVr  ^°4)  feet,  there  shall  be  a vertical  standpipe  not  less  than  three 
(3)  inches  interior  diameter.  In  every  building  exceeding  one  hundred  and 
four  (104)  feet  in  height,  there  shall  be  a vertical  standpipe  not  less  than 
tour  (4)  inches  interior  diameter.  Such  standpipes  shall  be  located  in  halls 
near  stairways,  or  near  stairways  if  building  has  no  halls,  and  shall  be  of 
wrought  iron  or  steel  and,  together  with  fittings  and  connection,  shall  be 
galvanized,  and  shall  be  of  such  strength  as  to  safely  withstand  at  least 
serv^ce”1111^6^  pounds  square  inch  water  pressure,  when  ready  for 

In  buildings  exceeding  one  hundred  (100)  feet  frontage  on  two  or  more 
S k °J  w&se  a[ea.  e*?e?ds  ten  thousand  (10,000)  square  feet,  there 
snail  be  two  (2)  such  standpipes,  near  separate  stairways  if  possible. 

..  ?ald  , lnslde  or  wet  standpipes  for  hose  reels”  shall  be  additional  to 
the  fire  department  standpipes  required  by  this  ordinance.  They  shall  be 
connected  to  water  mains,  tanks,  or  pumps  as  hereinafter  provided,  with 

thonsanH Awn  tlmeS;  lf  co"nected  to  a tank  capable  of  holding  five 
°r  more. gallons  of  water,  shall  have  an  extension  of  equal 

bv  the  Ch?efdlofgth°  VP01n  out!lde  of  th,e  building  or  premises  designated 
5alye  wUh  afcapandchrain^ Department  and  provided  with  a three-inch  gate 

Standpipes  shall  extend  from  the  cellar  to  and  through  the  roof  with 
a hose  connection  located  from  five  feet  six  inches  to  six  feet  above  the 


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floor  level,  fitted  with  approved  straightway  composition  gate  valve  in  each 
story,  including  cellar,  and  a hose  connection  provided  above  the  roof,  with 
the  valve  controlling  latter,  located  in  the  standpipe  under  roof  and  ar- 
ranged to  be  operated  both  from  above  and  below  roof.  A suitable  three- 
quarter-inch  drain  pipe  and  valve  shall  be  provided  under  the  roof  for  each 
roof  connection. 

When  more  than  one  such  standpipe  is  required  in  a building,  they 
shall  be  connected  at  their  bases  by  pipes  of  size  equal  to  that  of  largest 
standpipe,  so  that  water  from  any  source  will  supply  all  standpipes. 

Closets  containing  hose  shall  have  a glass  panel  in  door,  and  be  plainly 
marked. 

Section  237.  Water  Supplies. — In  buildings  not  exceeding  one  hundred 

and  four  (104)  feet  in  height  the  water  supply  to  wet  standpipes  shall  be 
from  city  water,  where  pressure  is  sufficient,  from  an  elevated  tank  or  a 
steel  pressure  tank  conforming  to  the  following  table: 


Ground  floor  area  of  building.  Capacity  of  Tank. 

Over  4000  square  feet 5000  gallons 

3000  to  4000  square  feet 3000  gallons 

2000  to  3000  square  feet 2500  gallons 

Less  than  2000  square  feet 2000  gallons 


In  buildings  exceeding  one  hundred  and  four  (104)  feet  in  height,  the 
water  supply  to  wet  standpipes  shall  be  from  an  automatic  fire  pump  of 
five  hundred  (500)  gallons  or  more  capacity  per  minute,  drafting  from  a 
supply  approved  by  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department.  When  a wet  stand- 
pipe is  connected  to  a tank,  there  shall  be  a straightway  check  valve  in  a 
horizontal  section  of  pipe  between  the  first  hose  outlet  in  connecting  pipe 
and  tank,  and  said  tank  must  be  filled  by  a separate  pipe  and  not  through 
the  standpipe. 

Section  238.  Tanks. — Tanks  containing  more  than  five  hundred  (500) 
gallons  of  water  or  other  fluid,  placed  on  the  roof  or  above  the  roof  of 
any  Class  “A,”  Class  “B,”  or  Class  “C”  building,  shall  be  supported  on 
iron  or  steel  beams  of  sufficient  strength  to  safely  carry  the  same,  and  the 
.beams  shall  rest  at  both  their  ends  on  brick  walls  or  on  iron  steel  girders, 
or  iron  or  steel  columns,  fireproofed  as  in  Class  “A”  buildings,  or  piers  of 
masonry.  Underneath  such  tanks,  or  on  the  side  near  the  bottom  thereof, 
shall  be  a short  pipe  or  outlet,  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches  in  diameter, 
fitted  with  a suitable  valve  having  a lever  or  wheel  handle  to  same,  so  that 
firemen  or  others  can  readily  discharge  the  weight  of  the  fluid  contents 
from  the  tank  in  case  of  necessity. 

Covers  on  top  of  water  tanks  placed  on  roof,  if  of  wood,  shall  be  cov- 
ered with  metal. 

Tank  towers  erected  within  the  fire  limits  shall  be  constructed  entirely 
of  non-combustible  materials. 

Section  239.  Location  of  Pumps  and  Boilers. — Where  pumps  consti- 
tuting a supply  to  wet  standpipes  are  located  in  the  lowest  story  of  a build- 
ing, they  shall  be  placed  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet  above  the  floor  level, 
and  boilers  upon  which  pumps  depend  for  steam  shall  be  arranged  so  as 
that  flooding  of  fires  under  same  will  be  impossible. 

Hose  sufficient  to  reach  all  parts  of  the  floor  shall  be  attached  to  each 
wet  standpipe  outlet  in  the  building,  and  hose  for  roof-hydrant  may  be 
placed  on  rack  on  top  floor  near  the  scuttle  leading  to  the  roof.  Hose  shall 
be  one  and  one-half  inches  inside  diameter,  in  fifty-foot  lengths,  and  pro- 
vided with  standard  couplings,  with  lugs,  at  each  end,  all  couplings  to  be 
of  same  hose-thread  as  that  in  use  by  the  fire  department. 

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Each  line  of  hose  shall  be  provided  with  washers  at  both-ends  and  be 
fitted  with  play  pipe  or  nozzle,  having  handles  at  the  base,  and  with  dis- 
charge outlets  not  less  than  five-eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  One 
spanner  shall  be  located  at  each  hose  connection  throughout  the  building. 

Section  240.  Elevator  Service. — In  every  building  exceeding  one  hun- 
dred (100)  feet  in  height,  at  least  one  passenger  elevator  shall  be  kept  in 
readiness  for  immediate  use  by  the  fire  department  during  all  hours  of  the 
day  and  night,  including  holidays  and  Sundays. 

Section  241.  Auxiliary  Fire  Appliances. — All  existing  buildings,  and 
those  hereafter  erected,  exceeding  one  hundred  (100)  feet  in  height  shall 
be  provided  with  such  auxiliary  fire  apparatus  and  appliances  as  wrenches, 
spanners,  fire  extinguishers,  hooks,  axes,  and  pails  as  may  be  required  by 
the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department;  all  of  said  apparatus  to  conform  in  de- 
sign to  those  in  use  by  the  fire  department. 

Section  242.  Bay  Windows. — Windows  of  horizontal,  circular,  or 
angular  shape  may  be  constructed  in  Class  “A,”  Class  “B”  and  Class  “C" 
buildings,  which  shall  form  bays  in  the  thickness  of  the  wall;  provided, 
that  no  portion  of  the  outside  face  of  such  windows  shall  project  beyond  or 
below  the  belt  course  or  cornice  over  the  first  story  of  such  building,  nor  in 
any  case  project  more  than  sixteen  (16)  inches  from  the  face  of  the  wall 
of  the  building  to  the  vertical  face  of  such  projection. 

Such  bay  window  in  Class  “A”  and  Class  “C”  buildings  shall  have 
structural  frames  of  steel  channel  or  I-beam  uprights  not  less  than  four 
(4)  inches  in  vertical  section,  all  joints  and  bearings  with  standard  con- 
nections riveted;  the  uprights  shall  be  properly  connected  together  hori- 
zontally with  steel  channels,  angles,  or  tees  below  the  sill  and  above  the 
head  of  each  window  in  each  story,  and  the  whole  steel  frame  thoroughly 
anchored  to  the  brick  walls  in  each  opening.  The  outside  finish  of  all  such 
bay  windows  shall  be  of  galvanized  iron  or  other  fireproof  material. 

In  Class  B”  buildings,  bay  windows  and  lintels  over  same  shall  be 
constructed  entirely  of  reinforced  concrete. 

Piers  between  bay,  oriel,  or  swell  windows  in  brick,  stone,  or  concrete 
buildings  shall  not  be  less  than  four  (4)  feet  in  width  for  buildings  not 
more  than  three  (3)  stories  in  height;  five  (5)  feet  in  width  for  buildings 
not  more  than  five  (5)  stories  in  height;  six  (6)  feet  in  width  for  buildings 
not  more  than  six  (6)  stories  in  height;  and  seven  (7)  feet  in  width  for 
buildings  not  more  than  eight  (8)  stories  in  height. 

The  openings  for  bay,  oriel,  or  swell  windows  in  brick,  stone  or  con- 
crete walls  shall  have  steel  beams  of  proper  length  to  support  the  floors 
and  loads;  these  beams  must  extend  at  least  eight  (8)  inches  into  the  wall 
at  both  sides  of  the  openings. 

Section  243.  Cornices,  Belts,  Gutters  and  Other  Appendages.— All  ex- 
terior cornices,  belts,  gutters,  and  other  appendages  on  Class  “A,”  Class 
B and  Class  “C”  buildings  shall  be  constructed  of  metal,  stone,  reinforced 
concrete  or  terra  cotta. 

All  metal  cornices  shall  be  rivited  and  well  secured  to  iron  brackets  not 
more  than  two  (2)  feet  apart  and  properly  built  into  the  walls.  Cornices  of 
frame  buildings  may  be  of  wood. 

Gutters  of  metal  may  be  formed  in  cornices.  Proper  leaders  shall  be 
provided  for  discharge  of  rain  water  from  roof,  but  no  leader  shall  dis- 
charge upon  the  sidewalk. 

Stone  and  terra  cotta  cornices  shall  have  every  piece  anchored  to  back- 
ing with  heavy  anchors,  and,  where  necessary,  supported  on  steel  supports. 

Appendages  of  Class  “C”  buildings  withi  n the  fire  limits,  such  as 
dormer  windows,  mouldings,  eaves,  parapets,  balconies,  bay  windows, 
towers,  spires,  ventilators,  erection  on  roofs,  turrets,  lantern  lights,  if  not 


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wholly  fireproof,  shall  be  enveloped  with  fireproof  material;  provided, 
however,  that  any  of  the  said  appendages  which  exceed  the  allowed  limit 
of  height  of  its  class  shall  have  its  exterior  wholly  fireproof. 

Section  244.  Porches  of  Wood. — Porches  of  wood  may  be  attached  to 
buildings  of  Class  “C”  construction,  but  not  to  buildings  of  Class  “A”  nor 
Class  “B”  construction,  and  shall  be  constructed  without  concealed  spaces 
in  any  part,  and  without  enclosures  other  than  open  rail  or  wire  guard  not 
over  four  (4)  feet  above  floor,  except  as  hereinafter  specified.  Said  porches 
must  not  be  placed  higher  than  the  fourth  story  of  any  building,  nor  pro- 
ject over  the  line  of  any  street,  lane,  alley,  or  place. 

Enclosures  on  such  porches  shall  not  exceed  seven  (7)  feet  from  floor 
to  ceiling,  and  shall  not,  for  a hotel  or  lodging  house,  exceed  fifty  (50) 
superficial  feet  of  floor  room,  or  for  any  other  building  exceed  twenty-five 
(25)  superficial  feet  of  floor  room,  and  shall  be  used  only  as  water  closets 
or  privies. 

Roofs  of  both  porches  and  enclosures,  situate  within  the  fire  limits, 
shall  be  covered  with  tin  in  the  manner  specified  in  this  ordinance  for  cov- 
ering fireproof  shutters  and  doors,  or  with  corrugated  iron  nailed  to  stud 
frame  without  boarding. 

Section  245.  Awnings,  Shades  and  Balconies. — All  awnings,  shades 
and  balconies  shall  be  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above  the  line  of  the  curb  level 
and  securely  supported  on  wrought  iron  brackets  built  into  the  walls,  and 
no  part  shall  be  less  than  ten  (10)  feet  above  the  line  of  the  curb  level  of 
the  sidewalk;  and  a gutter  shall  thereon  be  formed  to  carry  off  the  water 
to  the  line  of  the  building  and  thence  to  the  street  gutter. 

No  gutters  shall  be  required  on  cloth  or  canvas  awnings  or  shades. 

The  height  of  all  movable  canvas  or  cloth  awnings  or  shades  shall  not 
be  less  than  seven  and  one-half  (jy2)  feet  above  said  curb  level. 

Awnings,  shades,  and  balconies  shall  not  extend  beyond  the  line  of 
the  curb;  provided,  however,  that  no  awning,  shade,  or  balcony  shall  be 
erected  on  any  building  facing  on  any  street,  lane,  alley,  or  place  which  is 
twenty  (20)  feet  or  less  in  width;  and  no  permanent  awning,  shade,  or 
balcony  shall  be  constructed  on  any  building  without  a permit  from  the 
City  Council  and  the  execution  and  delivery  of  a bond  as  required  by  law; 
and  the  same  shall  be  constructed  of  metal  only,  or  of  metal  and  wire  glass, 
to  be  approved  by  the  inspector  of  buildings;  and  all  cloth  or  canvas 
awnings  shall  be  kept  raised  except  where  the  sun  shines  on  the  spot  to 
be  protected  by  the  same. 

Section  246.  Floor  Lights. — Floor  lights  used  for  transmission  of  light 
to  stores  below  shall  be  constructed  of  metal  frames  and  bars,  or  plates, 
and  if  any  glass  therein  measures  more  than  sixteen  (16)  square  inches,  the 
glass  shall  be  provided  with  a mesh  of  wire,  either  in  the  glass  or  under 
the  same;  and  the  floor  lights  shall  be  of  the  same  proportional  strength  as 
the  floors  in  which  they  are  placed. 

Section  247.  Access  At  Sidewalk  To  Water,  Gas  and  Electric  Services. 

— Every  building,  except  dwellings,  shall  be  provided  with  an  enclosure  or 
enclosures  constructed  of  incombustible  material,  located  immediately 
within  the  curb  of  and  beneath  the  sidewalk  in  front  of  said  building. 
Access  into  such  enclosure  shall  be  afforded  through  an  opening  in  its  top, 
which  opening  shall  have  a suitable  locked  iron  cover,  set  in  the  sidewalk. 
Fastenings  to  all  such  covers . shall  be  identical  and  shall  conform  to 
samples  in  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department.  Such  enclosures 
shall  contain  valves  or  other  means  of  controlling  all  water,  and  gas  services 
for  said  building  clearly  tagged  or  marked. 

Section  248.  Areas. — All  areas  set  back  from  the  street  line  shall  be 


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properly  protected  with  suitable  railings,  or  covered  over;  those  on  the 
sidewalk  shall  have  iron  doors,  which  shall  be  so  made  that  when  opened 
they  will  form  guards. 

When  areas  are  covered  over,  iron  or  iron  and  glass  combined,  stone, 
or  other  incombustible  materials  supported  on  brick,  concrete,  or  stone 
walls,  or  on  iron  or  steel  beams,  shall  be  used.  Areas  on  sidewalks  shall 
not  exceed  four  feet  in  width,  measured  from  the  street  line. 

Section  249.  Floors  In  Yards,  Etc. — All  floors  of  yards,  courts,  and 
passageways  shall  be  of  earth,  sand,  gravel,  cinders,  or  other  similar  ma- 
terial, or  of  concrete.  No  such  floors  shall  be  constructed  of  wood. 

Section  250.  Openings  In  Sidewalks.— Openings  in  sidewalks  for  the 
admission  of  coal  or  light  ,or  for  manholes,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  if 
placed  outside  the  property  line  shall  be  covered  with  lens  lights  set  in 
iron  or  cement  frames,  or  with  iron  covers  having  a rough  surface  and 
rabbeted  flush  with  the  sidewalk. 

No  plain  surface  of  glass  or  iron  more  than  four  (4)  inches  in  diameter 
shall  be  placed  in  any  sidewalk.  When  a cover  is  placed  in  any  sidewalk, 
it  shall  be  placed  as  near  as  practicable  to  the  line  of  the  curb,  except  for 
steps  and  area  ways.  All  spaces  under  sidewalks  shall  be  thorouerhlv  ven- 
tilated. 

All  works  supporting  the  sidewalk  shall  rest  upon  and  be  of  incom- 
bustible material. 

Section  251.  Meter  Rooms. — All  buildings  except  private  dwellings, 
hereafter  erected  shall  be  provided,  for  the  accommodation  of  gas  and 
electric  service  and  meters,  with  recesses  or  openings  not  less  than  four 
(4)  feet  by  four  (4)  feet  in  dimensions,  and  if  a door  leads  thereto,  said 
door  shall  be  of  dimensions  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet  by  four  (4)  feet, 
and  shall  have  a ventilating  screen  at  its  top  and  bottom. 

Suitable  brackets  or  shelves  shall  be  provided  to  support  gas  meters 
securely. 

The  electric  service  switches  shall  not  be  installed  in  the  same  recess, 
enclosure,  or  opening  with  a gas  service  and  meter. 

Section  252.  Engineers’  Stationary  Ladders. — Every  building  in  which 
boilers  are  placed  in  the  cellar  or  lower  story  shall  have  stationary  iron 
ladders  or  stairs  from  such  story,  leading  directly  to  a manhole  in  the  side- 
walk or  to  inside  exits. 

Section  253.  Barricades  To  Be  Erected  During  Construction. — During 
the  construction  or  repair  of  buildings,  as  soon  as  the  rough  or  temporary 
flood  is  laid,  all  shafts,  or  openings,  or  wells,  shall  be  provided  with  a rail- 
in£  ,ur  (^)  feet  high  around  such  openings,  and  in  shafts  where  elevators 
or  hoists  are  running,  a barricade  at  least  six  (6)  feet  high  shall  be  erected 
and  maintained  around  such  shafts. 

Section  254.  Temporary  Floors.— Any  building,  more  than  three  (3) 
stories  high,  in  course  of  construction  shall  have  the  joists,  beams,  or 
girders  of  each  and  every  floor  below  the  floor  or  level  where  any  work 
is  being  done,  or  about  to  be  done,  covered  with  scaffold  boards  laid  close 
together,  or  with  other  suitable  materials,  to  protect  the  workmen  from 
falling  between  joists  or  girders,  and  from  falling  bricks,  rivets,  tools,  or 
other  substances  whereby  life  or  limb  might  be  endangered. 

Section  255.  The  Construction  of  Scaffolds— Permit.— It  shall  be  un- 
lawful for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  to  erect,  build,  or 
maintain  over  or  upon  any  building,  any  scaffolding,  without  first  obtain- 
mg  the  written  permission  of  the  inspector  of  buildings,  which  permit  shall 


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state  fully  for  what  purpose  said  scaffolding  is  to  be  erected  and  used;  and 
such  scaffolding  shall  not  be  used  for  any  purpose  other  than  that  desig- 
nated in  such  permit.  A general  permit  for  the  construction  of  a building 
shall  carry  with  it  the  right  to  construct  scaffolds. 

Section  256.  Safety  of  Scaffolds. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person, 
firm,  association,  or  corporation  to  erect,  maintain,  suspend,  swing,  or  use, 
or  cause  to  be  erected,  maintained,  suspended,  swung,  or  used,  any  scaffold 
or  staging,  unless  the  same  be  of  sufficient  strength  to  support  the  weight 
placed  thereon,  and  of  sufficient  width  to  prevent  any  person  working 
thereon,  or  any  materials  placed  thereon,  from  falling. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
to  swing  or  suspend,  or  cause  to  be  swung  or  suspended,  from  any  over- 
head support  or  supports,  any  staging  or  scaffolding  more  than  twenty  (20) 
feet  above  the  ground  or  floor,  unless  the  same  shall  have  when  in  use  a 
safety  rail  rising  at  least  thirty-four  (34)  inches  above  the  level,  and  ex- 
tending along  the  outer  edge  and  across  the  ends  of  such  staging  or  scaf- 
folding, and  unless  the  same  shall  be  provided  with  braces  sufficient  to 
sustain  the  weight  of  a man’s  body  and  to  prevent  said  staging  or  scaffold- 
ing from  swaying  from  the  building  or  structure  from  which  it  is  suspended. 

Section  257.  Fences. — Fences  of  wood  shall  not  be  erected  over  seven 
(7)  feet  high  above  the  surface  of  the  ground  and  shall  be  properly  sup- 
ported and  braced. 

Section  258.  Bill  Boards,  Sign  Boards,  Roof  Signs. — It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful to  erect,  construct,  or  maintain,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  any  sign  board,  bill  board,  roof  sign,  or  other  structure,  of  the 
height  of  seven  feet  or  more,  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  advertising 
purposes  without  first  obtaining  a permit  therefor  from  the  building  in- 
spector of  said  city.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  erect,  construct,  or  hereafter 
maintain,  within  fifteen  (15)  feet  of  the  property  line  of  any  street  or  side- 
walk, any  bill  board  or  other  structure  over  seven  feet  high  used  or  in- 
tended to  be  used  for  advertising  purposes.  Bill  boards  erected  within 
fifteen  (15)  feet  of  any  sidewalk  or  street,  and  of  the  height  of  over  seven 
feet,  shall  be  set  upon  and  fastened  to  posts  of  not  less  than  4x4  inches 
in  dimension,  not  more  than  seven  (7)  feet  apart,  and  set  at  least  three 
(3)  feet  in  the  ground;  and  said  bill  boards  or  sign  boards  shall  be  braced 
by  2x6-inch  braces,  one  brace  to  each  post,  said  brace  to  be  securely 
fastened  to  or  above  the  middle  of  said  posts,  the  other  end  securely 
fastened  to  a post  well  anchored  in  the  ground;  said  braces  shall  be  placed 
at  an  angle  of  not  less  than  forty-five  (45)  degrees  from  the  horizontal. 
Bill  boards  or  sign  boards  within  fifteen  (15)  feet  of  any  sidewalk  or  street 
shall  not  be  over  fifteen  (15)  feet  high,  and  shall  be  fastened  to  and  sup- 
ported by  posts  not  less  than  4x6  inches  in  dimension,  set  at  least  three 
(3)  feet  in  the  ground,  and  not  further  apart  than  seven  (7)  feet,  and  shall 
be  securely  braced  by  timbers  not  less  than  2x6  inches  in  dimension,  one 
brace  to  each  post  inclined  at  an  angle  of  forty-five  (45)  degrees  to  said 
post,  and  securely  fastened  to  or  above  the  middle  of  said  post,  the  other 
end  securely  fastened.  And  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  erect  or  maintain  any 
such  sign  board,  bill  board  or  other  structure  herein  mentioned,  without 
leaving  an  open  space  of  not  less  than  two  (2)  feet,  measured  from  the 
surface  of  the  ground  vertically  to  the  lowest  point  of  said  sign  board, 
bill  board,  or  other  structure.  All  posts  and  braces  used  in  the  construc- 
tion of  said  bill  boards  or  sign  boards  shall  be  of  sound  Oregon  fir,  or  of 
equally  strong  and  durable  materials;  provided,  however,  that  nothing  in 
this  ordinance  shall  be  construed  to  require  a permit  for  the  erection  of  or 
advertising  on  fences,  sides  of  buildings  or  temporary  structures  less  than 
seven  (7)  feet  high  used  for  advertising  purposes.  Roof  signs,  or  sign 


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boards  attached  to  or  placed  upon  the  roofs  of  buildings,  shall  be  made 
of  iron,  attached  to  metal  frames  with  iron  upright,  thoroughly  secured  to 
the  building  by  iron  or  metal  anchors,  bolts,  staple  supports,  chains,  guys 
or  braces.  And  the  footings  of  the  same  shall  be  angle  iron  with  flanges 
not  less  than  two  (2)  inches  wide,  and  there  shall  be  a walk  all  around 
said  sign  or  board  not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  in  the  clear,  and  such  walk 
must  be  six  (6)  feet  in  the  clear  from  roof  to  under  side  of  such  sign  or 
board. 

For  issuing  permits  for  the  construction  of  bill  boards  or  sign  boards, 
said  building  inspector  shall  charge  a fee  of  twenty-five  (25)  cents  for  each 
and  every  permit  so  issued.  No  permit  shall  be  issued  to  any  person,  firm, 
association,  or  corporation  to  construct  or  erect  any  bill  board  or  sign 
board,  or  other  structure  used,  or  intended  to  be  used,  for  advertising 
purposes,  within  fifteen  (15)  feet  of  any  sidewalk,  street,  alley,  or  way  of 
said  city,  or  to  construct  or  erect  any  roof  sign,  unless  such  person,  firm, 
association,  or  corporation  applying  for  such  permit  shall  first  make, 
execute,  and  deliver  to  said  City  of  Reno  a bond  in  the  sum  of  five 
thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars,  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  City 
Council  of  said  city,  conditioned  to  the  effect  that  said  person,  firm,  associ- 
ation, or  corporation  shall  save  the  city  harmless  from  any  and  all  damages 
it  may  sustain  by  reason  of  the  existence  of,  or  collapse  or  fall  of  any 
bill  board  or  sign  board  constructed  by  or  owned  or  controlled  by  said 
person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation,  or  by  reason  of  the  lack  of  repair 
of  the  same;  provided,  however,  that  this  ordinance  shall  not  be  construed 
to  require  a separate  bond  for  each  permit;  but  any  person,  firm,  associ- 
ation or  corporation  engaged  in  the  business  of  erecting  and  maintaining 
bill  boards  or  sign  boards  for  advertising  thereon  shall  be  required 
to  give  only  one  bond  in  said  sum  of  five  thousand  ($5000.00)  dollars  to 
cover  all  permits. 

Section  259.  Signs. — All  signs  now  erected,  or  that  may  be  hereafter 
erected,  on  the  top  of  any  building,  or  attached  to  the  wall  of  any  building, 
and  that  may  become  unsafe,  shall  be  removed  upon  notice  so  to  do  from 
the  inspector  of  buildings.  No  sign  exceeding  twenty  (20)  square  feet  in 
size  shall  hereafter  be  erected  on  any  building  without  a permit  from  the 
inspector  of  buildings  and  full  compliance  with  the  law.  No  sign  exceed- 
ing three  and  one-half  (3j4)  feet  in  width,  or  ten  (10)  feet  in  height,  shall 
hereafter  be  attached  to  any  building,  unless  such  sign  is  constructed 
wholly  of  metal  or  non-combustible  material.  When  two  or  more  signs 
are  placed  on  any  building  one  above  another,  the  width  or  height  of  the 
sign  shall  be  measured  as  if  there  were  but  one  sign,  and  the  spaces  be- 
tween the  signs  shall  be  included  in  the  width  of  the  signs,  unless  there  be 
a clear  space  of  at  least  six  (6)  feet  between  the  signs.  No  sign  shall  here- 
after project  more  than  thirteen  feet  over  the  building  line  of  any  street 
or  alley;  nor  shall  any  projecting  sign  be  placed  nearer  than  eight  (8)  feet 
to  the  ground  or  pavement  of  any  street  or  alley,  nor  be  so  placed  as  to 
obstruct  any  fire  escape,  or  interfere  with  the  operations  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment. Every  sign  hereafter  erected  upon  any  building  shall  be  supported 
upon  heavy  iron  braces  bolted  to  the  walls  or  roofs  of  the  buildings  in  a 
firm  and  secure  manner.  All  signs  hereafter  erected,  extending  over  any 
street,  sidewalk,  alley  or  way  more  than  three  (3)  feet  from  the  property 
line,  shall  be  constructed  of  metal  or  other  non-combustible  material  and 
illuminated  with  electric  lights  placed  within  each  square  foot  of  said  sign, 
said  lights  to  be  of  sufficient  candle  power  within  each  square  foot  of  said 
sign  to  give  not  less  than  five  (5)  candle  power  to  each  square  foot  of 
surface  of  said  sign.  (As  amended  by  Ordinance  No.  274.) 

Section  260.  Temporary  Staging  On  Roofs. — No  temporary  staging 
of  any  kind,  nor  stand  for  observation  purposes,  shall  be  constructed  of 
wood  upon  the  roof  of  any  building. 


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Miscellaneous  Provisions. 

Section  261.  Removal  of  Paint  From  Buildings. — It  shall  be  unlawful 

for  any  person  to  undertake  the  removal  of  paint  from  any  wooden  build-* 
ing,  or  other  structure,  by  the  process  of  burning  without  first  having 
given  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  at  least  three  (3)  days*  written 
notice  of  intention  to  perform  said  work. 

Section  262.  Inspector  of  Buildings  To  Stop  Construction  of  Certain 
Buildings. — The  inspector  of  buildings  shall  have  the  power  to  stop  the 
construction  of  any  building,  or  the  making  of  any  alteration  or  repairs  to 
any  building,  when  the  same  is  done  in  a reckless  or  careless  manner,  or 
in  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  to  order  in 
writing,  any  and  all  persons  in  any  way  or  manner  whatever  engaged  in 
so  constructing,  altering,  or  repairing  any  such  building  to  stop  and  desist 
therefrom,  and  the  person  or  persons  so  ordered  shall  immediately  comply 
therewith. 

Section  263.  Inspector’s  Right  To  Enter  Buildings. — The  inspector 
of  buildings,  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  performance  of  his  duties, 
shall  have  the  right  to  enter  any  new  or  unoccupied  building,  or  any  build- 
ing under  construction,  repair,  alteration,  or  removal,  or  any  building 
alleged  to  be  unsafe  or  a menace  to  life  or  limb,  upon  showing  his  badge 
of  office. 

Section  264.  Tenement  Houses — Height. — The  height  of  any  tenement 
house  hereafter  erected,  exclusive  of  any  roof  or  appendage,  shall  not  ex- 
ceed one  hundred  (100)  feet,  nor  one  and  one-half  times,  the  width  of  the 
street,  alley,  or  court  on  which  it  abuts,  except  that  any  distance  the  build- 
ing set  back  from  the  lot  line  shall  be  added  to  the  width  of  the  street, 
alley  or  court  in  making  this  computation,  and  provided  that  no  such  tene- 
ment house  shall  be  over  three  (3)  stories  high,  unless  it  is  a building  of 
Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  construction.  No  existing  tenement  house  shall  be 
increased  beyond  the  height  specified  in  this  section. 

Section  265.  Area  of  Lot  Occupied. — No  tenement  house  hereafter 
erected,  alone  or  with  other  buildings,  shall  occupy  more  than  ninety 
(90)  per  cent,  of  a corner  lot,  or  more  than  sixty-five  (65)  per  cent,  of  any 
other  lot;  provided,  that  the  space  occupied  outside  fire  escapes,  porches, 
landings  and  stairs  shall  not  be  included  in  computing  the  space  occupied 
by  the  building.  For  the  purpose  of  this  section,  the  measurements  shall 
be  taken  at  the  ground  level,  except  that  where  the  first  story  of  any  build- 
ing is,  or  is  intended  to  be  occupied  for  business  purposes  only,  the  meas- 
urements as  to  percentage  of  lot  occupied  may  be  taken  at  the  level  of  the 
second  floor. 

Section  266.  Rear  Yards. — In  the  rear  of  every  tenement  house  on  an 
interior  lot,  there  shall  be  a yard  not  less  than  ten  (10)  feet  in  depth,  ex- 
tending across  the  entire  width  of  the  lot,  unless  the  rear  of  such  lot  abuts 
upon  a public  alley  at  least  fifteen  (15)  feet  wide,  and  at  every  point  open 
from  the  ground  to  the  sky  unobstructed,  except  that  fire  escapes  may 
project  not  over  four  (4)  feet  from  the  rear  line  of  the  house.  Every  such 
yard  shall  be  increased  one  per  centum  of  the  superficial  area  for  every 
story  above  three  in  height  of  the  building.  The  depth  of  the  yard  behind 
euCry/:tenement  hc?use  hereafter  erected  upon  a corner  lot  shall  not  be  less 
than  five  (5)  feet  in  every  part  for  the  full  width  of  the  lot,  unless  the  rear 
of  such  lot  abuts  upon  a public  alley  at  least  fifteen  (15)  feet  wide.  Where 
a corner  lot  is  more  than  fifty  (50)  feet  in  width,  the  yard  for  that  portion 
in  excess  of  fifty  (50)  feet  shall  conform  to  the  provisions  for  interior  lots. 
If  any  building  is  hereafter  placed  on  the  same  lot  with  a tenement  house, 


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the  space  between  the  said  buildings  shall  always  be  of  such  size  and 
arranged  in  such  a manner  as  is  prescribed  for  yards  in  the  rear  of  tene- 
ment houses;  and  no  building  of  any  kind  shall  be  hereafter  placed  upon 
the  same  lot  with  a tenement  house  so  as  to  decrease  the  minimum  size 
of  yards  or  courts  as  herein  prescribed.  If  any  tenement  house  is  hereafter 
erected  upon  any  lot  upon  which  there  is  already  another  building,  it  shall 
comply  with  all  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  and  in  addition,  the 
space  between  the  said  buildings  and  the  said  tenement  house  shall  be 
of  such  size  and  arranged  in  such  manner  as  is  herein  prescribed;  provided, 
that  the  height  of  the  highest  building  on  the  lot  shall  regulate  the  di- 
mensions. 


Section  267.  All  Courts  In  Connection  With  Tenement  House. — Un- 
less otherwise  hereinafter  prescribed,  all  courts  in  connection  with  tene- 
ment houses  shall  be  at  every  point  open  to  the  sky  unobstructed;  provided, 
that  fire  escapes  projecting  not  more  than  four  (4)  feet  shall  not  be  deemed 
obstructions.  The  “Enclosed  Courts”  of  all  tenement  houses  hereafter 
erected  shall  have  areas  and  minimum  widths  in  all  parts  not  less  than 
the  widths  and  areas  as  follows: 


Buildings 

2 stories 

3 stories 

4 stories 

5 stories 

6 stories 


Square  feet  of  area. 

100 

120 

.....160 

: 250...... 

......400 


Least  width. 

6 feet 

7 feet 

8 feet 

12  feet 

16  feet 


For  every  story  of  increase  above  six,  the  least  width  of  enclosed  courts 
shall  be  increased  four  (4)  feet,  and  the  areas  shall  be  increased  not  less 
than  one  hundred  (100)  square  feet. 

“Side  Courts”  shall  have  areas  and  minimum  widths  as  follows: 


Building. 

2 stories 

3 stories 

4 stories 

5 stories 

6 stories 


Square  feet  of  area. 

60 

80 

120.. 

160.... 

300 


Least  width. 

5 feet 

5 feet  6 inches 

6 feet 

7 feet 

8 feet 


Outer  Courts”  shall  have  not  less  than  the  following  widths  for  their 
minimum  in  all  parts: 


Building-  Least  width. 

2 stories  4 feet 

3 stories  4 feet  6 inches 

4 stories  c r t 

5 stories  '5  feet 

6 stories  feet 


their  minimum,  in  all  parts: 

BuildinS-  Least  width. 

? s}or.its  3 feet 

1 st°n.es  - 4 feet 

2 s or!es  feet 

5,  sJor!es  6 feet 

6 stones  7 feet 


For  every  story  of  increase  above  six,  the  least  width  of  “Outer  Courts” 


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shall  be  increased  by  one  foot.  If  an  “Enclosed,”  “Outer,”  “Side,”  or 
“Through”  court,  or  shaft,  has  windows  on  the  opposite  side  of  same,  the 
least  widths  and  areas  given  in  the  above  table  shall  be  doubled  for  the 
minimum  width  and  areas;  and  where  the  depth  of  the  court  shall  exceed 
twenty  (20)  feet,  the  court  shall  be  made  at  least  one  foot  wider  for  each 
additional  ten  (10)  feet  over  twenty  (20)  feet  from  the  outer  end  of  the 
court;  but  where  the  depth  of  a “Through  Court”  shall  exceed  twenty  (20) 
feet  from  any  window  to  the  nearest  end  of  said  court,  the  width  of  such 
court  shall  be  increased  at  least  six  (6)  inches  for  every  additional  twenty 
(20)  feet,  or  major  fraction  thereof.  At  the  bottom  of  every  enclosed  court 
there  shall  be  provided  sufficient  means  of  access  to  such  court  to  enable 
it  to  be  properly  cleaned. 

Section  268.  Stairways  and  Hallways — (a.)  Every  tenement  house 
having  more  than  five  rooms  above  the  second  story,  when  not  a building 
of  Class  “A”  or  Class  “B”  construction,  shall  have  at  least  two  (2)  stair- 
ways leading  from  the  ground  to  the  upper  story,  and  every  such  stairway 
shall  have  the  soffits  plastered  or  covered  with  approved  non-inflammable 
materials;  and  such  building  shall  further  have  such  a number  of  stairways 
and  so  located  that  the  entrance  to  every  room  in  such  building  shall  not  be 
more  than  one  hundred  (100)  feet  from  a stairway.  When  such  buildings 
shall  have  more  than  ten  (10)  rooms  above  the  second  story,  then  all  stair 
partitions  shall  be  of  approved  fireproof  material,  and  the  stair  soffits  shall 
be  covered  with  metallic  lathings  and  plastered  or  covered  with  other  ap- 
proved fireproof  materials.  Every  tenement  house  not  of  Class  “A”  or 
Class  “B”  construction,  where  the  lower  story  is  occupied  for  any  business 
except  offices  shall  have  the  stairways  leading  to  the  basement  and  to  the 
second  story  enclosed  with  approved  fireproof  partitions,  and  the  stair 
soffits  with  metallic  lathing  and  plastered  or  covered  with  other  approved 
fireproof  materials.  The  stairs  and  the  public  halls  in  every  tenement  house 
shall.  each  be  at  least  three  feet  wide  in  the  clear,  and  every  apartment  shall 
be  directly  accessible  to  both  such  flights  of  stairs.  All  stairways  shall  be 
provided  with  proper  hand  rails,  balusters,  and  newels,  and  shall  be  kept  in 
good  repair. 

(b.)  Every  non-fireproof  tenement  house  containing  over  twenty-six 
(26)  apartments  or  suites  of  rooms  above  the  entrance  story  shall  have,  in 
addition  to  the  stairways  required  in  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section,  a stair- 
way .for.  every  additional  twenty-six  (26)  apartments,  or  fraction  thereof, 
and  in  lieu  of  an  additional  stairway,  the  stairs,  stair  halls,  and  entrance 
halls  throughout  the  entire  building  shall  be  at  least  one-half  wider  than  is 
specified  in  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section.  Every  fireproof  tenement  house 
hereafter  erected,  containing  over  thirty-six  (36)  apartments  or  suites  of 
rooms  above  the  entrance  story,  shall  have,  in  addition  to  the  stairways 
required  in  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section,  an  additional  staircase  for  every 
additional  thirty-six  (36)  apartments,  or  fraction  thereof;  but  if  said  house 
contains  not  more  than  forty-eight  (48)  apartments  above  the  entrance 
floor,  in  lieu  of  an  additional  stairway,  the  stairs,  stair  halls,  and  entrance 
halls  throughout  the  entire  building  shall  each  be  at  least  one-half  wider 
than  specified  in  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section. 

(c.)  In  all  tenement  houses  three  or  more  stories  in  height,  the  stairs 
leading  to  the  cellar  may  be  located  inside  of  the  building,  provided  they 
are  entirely  enclosed  with  brick  walls  or  other  fireproof  partitions,  ceilings, 
and  self-closing  doors.  Any  new  stairs  that  may  hereafter  be  constructed, 
leading  from  the  first  story  to  the  cellar,  shall  be  enclosed  with  brick  walls 
or  other  fireproof  partitions,  and  the  openings  at  top  and  bottom  shall  be 
provided  with  self-closing  fireproof  doors.  In  non-fireproof  tenement 
houses,  no  closet  of  any  kind  shall  be  constructed  or  allowed  under  any 
staircase  in  a public  hall.  The  stairs  and  stair  halls  in  all  tenement  houses 
three  or  more  stories  in  height  shall  be  constructed  of  incombustible  ma- 


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terial  throughout,  except  the  treads  of  stairs  and  handrails.  If  any  existing 
tenement  house  be  so  altered  as  to  increase  the  number  of  apartments 
therein,  or  if  such  building  be  increased  in  height,  or  if  the  halls  and  stairs 
therein  be  damaged  by  fire  or  otherwise  to  an  extent  greater  than  one-half 
the  original  cost  thereof,  the  stair  halls  and  stairways  of  the  said  building 
shall  be  made  to  conform  to  the  requirements  of  new  tenement  houses. 

Section  269.  Windows  in  Hallways — In  all  tenement  houses,  three  or 
more  stories  in  height,  every  public  hallway  shall  have  at  least  one  window, 
not  less  than  twelve  (12)  square  feet  in  area,  opening  directly  upon  the 
street  or  upon  a yard  or  court;  provided,  that  in  existing  tenement  houses 
not  already  equipped  with  such  windows,  in  lieu  of  such  windows  there 
may  be,  in  the  roof  directly  over  each  stairway,  a ventilating  skylight, 
having  a minimum  opening  of  one  hundred  (100)  square  inches.  The 
glazed  roof  of  such  skylight  shall  not  be  less  than  twenty-five  (25)  square 
feet  in  area.  All  existing  obstructions  to  skylight  ventilation  shall  be  re- 
moved. Any  part  of  a public  hallway  shut  off  from  any  other  part  of  said 
hallway  by  a door  or  doors  shall  be  deemed  a separate  hallway  in  the  mean- 
ing of  this  section. 

Section  270.  Height  and  Size  of  Rooms — Every  room  in  every  tene- 
ment hereafter  built,  and  in  every  building  hereafter  altered  to  be  used  as 
such,  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  (8)  feet  in  height  in  the  clear,  in  every 
story,  except  that  in  the  attic  it  may  be  less  than  eight  feet  high  for  not 
more  than  one-half  the  area  of  the  room.  In  every  tenement  house  all 
rooms,  except  water  closet  compartments  and  bath  rooms,  shall  be  of  the 
following  minimum  sizes:  In  each  apartment  there  shall  be  at  least  one 

room  containing  not  less  than  one  hundred  and  twenty  (120)  square  feet 
of  floor  area,  and  every  room,  except  water  closet  compartments  and  bath 
rooms,  shall  contain  at  least  seventy  (70)  square  feet  of  floor  area  and  not 
less  than  six  hundred  (600)  cubic  feet  of  contents.  Alcove  rooms  shall  con- 
form to  all  the  requirements  of  other  rooms. 

Section  271.  Windows — Every  room  in  every  tenement  house  shall 
have  at  least  one  window  opening  directly  upon  the  street  or  upon  a yard 
or  court,  and  the  total  window  area  in  each  room  shall  be  at  least  one- 
eighth  the  superficial  area  of  the  room,  but  never  less  than  twelve  square 
feet  in  area  between  the  stop  beads.  It  shall  be  unlawful,  after  the  passage 
of  this  ordinance,  to  construct  any  room  in  any  apartment  house,  hotel, 
tenement,  or  lodging  house,  which  is  not  provided  with  outside  windows  as 
above  required. 

Section  272.  Fire  Escapes — Every  existing  and  new  tenement  house, 
three  or  more  stories  in  height,  shall,  in  respect  to  fire  escapes,  conform  in 
every  particular  to  the  requirements  relating  to  fire  escapes. 

Section  273.  Water  Closets — In  every  tenement  house  hereafter 
erected,  or  building  converted  to  tenement  house  purposes,  there  shall  be, 
except  as  hereafter  provided,  a separate  water  closet  for  each  compartment, 
placed  within  the  apartment  in  a separate  compartment,  with  a minimum 
width  not  less  than  two  feet  six  inches  in  the  clear.  Said  compartment  shall 
be  enclosed  with  plastered  partitions  extending  from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling. 
But  nothing  in  this  section  shall  prevent  a water  closet  from  being  placed 
in  a bathroom,  or  in  a compartment  adjoining  a bathroom;  provided,  the 
said  compartment  has  a window  opening  on  a street,  alley,  yard,  or  court, 
or  is  connected  with  the  bathroom  by  a window  containing  not  less  than 
fifteen  (15)  square  feet  of  surface,  both  sashes  of  which  shall  readily  open. 
When,  however,  apartments  consist  of  one  or  two  rooms  each,  there  may 
be  one  water  closet  for  each  two  apartments;  provided,  the  aggregate  num- 
ber of  rooms  in  the  two  apartments  does  not  exceed  three  (3),  and  provided 


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further,  that  the  water  closet  is  between  or  adjacent  to  the  apartments  and 
is  not  separated  from  either  of  them  by  a public  hallway,  and  is  accessible 
to  each  of  them  without  passing  through  a room  of  another  apartment. 
Each  bathroom  and  each  water  closet  compartment  shall  have  a window 
opening  upon  a street,  alley,  yard,  or  court.  Such  a window  shall  have  an 
area  of  at  least  three  (3)  square  feet  for  each  compartment  between  the 
stop  beads,  and  the  entire  window  shall  be  constructed  so  as  to  readily 
open.  When,  however,  a bathroom  or  a water  closet  compartment  on  the 
top  floor  is  lighted  and  ventilated  by  a skylight  over  it,  no  window  shall  be 
necessary;  provided,  the  roof  of  such  skylight  contains  at  least  three  square 
feet  of  glazed  surface  and  is  arranged  so  as  to  readily  open.  Every  water 
closet  compartment  shall  be  provided  with  the  proper  means  of  lighting 
the  same  at  night. 

Section  274.  Cellar  Ceilings  to  Be  Plastered — The  ceilings  over  every 
cellar  or  basement  of  all  tenement  houses  shall  be  plastered,  when  more 
than  three  (3)  stories  in  height;  they  shall  be  lathed  with  wire  or  metal  lath 
and  plastered  thereon,  with  two  coats  of  brown  mortar  of  good  materials. 

Section  275.  Ceilings,  Stud  Partitions  and  Furred  Walls — All  ceilings 
and  stud  partitions  of  tenement  houses,  and  furred  walls  of  the  same,  when 
plastered  with  lime  mortar  on  wood  lath,  must  have  not  less  than  one-half- 
inch key,  leaving  space  between  ends  of  lath. 

Section  276.  Penalty— Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  in  any 
sum  not  'exceeding  five  hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in 
the  city  jail  for  a period  not  longer  than  six  (6)  months.  The  court  may, 
in  imposing  fine,  enter  as  part  of  the  judgment  that,  in  default  of  the  pay- 
ment of  the  fine,  the  defendant  may  be  imprisoned  in  the  city  jail  for  a 
period  not  exceeding  six  (6)  months. 

Every  day’s  continuation  of  a violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a separate  and  distinct  offense. 

Section  3.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption,  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution 
of  November  22,  1915. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council)  of  the  City  of 
Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  Num- 
ber 211  published  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno,  as 
authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  resolution  of  No- 
vember 22,  1915. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  27th  day  of  March,  1916,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Frank. 

Approved  this  27th  day  of  March,  1916. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Attest: 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


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BILL  NO.  258. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  226. 

An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Operation  of  Carpet  or  Mattress  Cleaning 

Establishments  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association,  or 
corporation  to  conduct  or  carry  on  the  business  of  carpet  cleaning,  or 
operate  any  carpet  or  mattress  cleaning  works  or  establishment  in  the  City 
of  Reno  at  any  time  between  the  hours  of  eight  o’clock  P.  M.  and  six 
o’clock  A.  M.  of  each  and  every  day. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  carry  on  or  operate  the  business  of 
carpet  or  mattress  cleaning  in  any  building  in  the  City  of  Reno  unless  such 
business  is  conducted  and  carried  on  in  such  a manner  that  the  dust,  dirt, 
or  other  matter  removed  from  the  carpets  or  mattresses  is  collected  and 
retained  in  a closed  receptacle  and  no  such  dust,  dirt,  or  other  matter  shall 
be  allowed  to  escape  therefrom  to  the  open  air  through  any  stack,  window, 
or  other  aperture  in  such  building.  All  dust,  dirt,  or  other  matter  so  re- 
moved from  said  carpets  or  mattresses  shall  be  hauled  away  and  disposed 
of  in  the  same  manner  as  garbage  may  be  disposed  of,  and  shall  not  be  de- 
posited or  dumped  on  private  property. 

Section  3.  The  purpose  of  this  ordinance  is  declared  to  be  to  provide 
regulations  for  the  protection  of  the  public  health  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  4.  Any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation  violating  any 
of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  a fine  in  any  sum  not 
exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  and  each  and  every  day’s  violation  shall  be 
deemed  a separate  and  distinct  offense. 

Section  5.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
approval,  and  publication  for  the  period  of  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening 
Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  6.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno 
is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  Number  226 
published  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  26th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1917,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes  Councilmen  Frank,  S'teffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved  this  26th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1917. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Attest: 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  261. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  228. 

An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Use  of  Certain  Public  Streets.  Alleys,  Side- 


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walks,  and  Public  Places  Within  the  City  of  Reno  for  Assemblages, 

Meetings,  or  Gatherings;  to  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof; 

and  to  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict 

Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  hold,  conduct,  or  ad- 
dress any  assemblage,  meeting,  or  gathering  of  persons,  or  to  make  or  de- 
liver any  public  speech,  sermon,  lecture,  or  discussion,  or  to  conduct  or 
take  part  in  any  public  debate  or  discussion  in  or  upon  any  of  the  public 
streets,  alleys,  sidewalks,  or  public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno  within  the 
limits  bounded  upon  the  west  by  the  west  side-line  of  Sierra  street  from 
the  north  bank  of  the  Truckee  River  to  the  north  side-line  of  Commercial 
Row;  on  the  north  by  the  north  side-line  of  Commercial  Row  from  the 
west  side-line  of  Sierra  street  to  the  east  side-line  of  Center  street;  on  the 
east  by  the  east  side-line  of  Center  street  from  the  north  side-line  of  Com- 
mercial Row  to  the  north  bank  of  the  Truckee  River;  and  on  the  south  by 
the  north  bank  of  the  Truckee  River  from  the  east  side-line  of  Center 
street  to  the  west  side-line  of  Sierra  street,  except  such  persons  shall  have 
first  obtained  a permit  so  to  do  from  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  2.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance 
shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  in  any  amount  not  ex- 
ceeding the  sum  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  ($250.00)  dollars. 

Each  and  every  day's  violation  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  deemed  to 
constitute  a separate  and  distinct  offense. 

Section  3.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
approval,  and  publication  for  the  period  of  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening 
Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  Num- 
ber 228  published  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed 
and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  23rd  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1917,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Twaddle,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Steffes. 

Approved,  this  23rd  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1917. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

(Seal) 


BILL  NO.  266. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  233. 

An  Ordinance  to  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  Section  1 of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  170,  Entitled,  “An  Ordinance  Providing  for  the  Use  of 
Time  Checks'  by  the  City  of  Reno,  Prescribing  the  Duties  of  Certain 


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Officers  in  Relation  Thereto,  and  Providing  for  the  Payment  Thereof,” 
Passed  and  Adopted  July  15,  A.  D.  1914;  and  to  Repeal  All  Ordinances 
and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 


The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Section  I of  said  ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1 It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  City  of  Reno  to  issue  time 
checks  to  its  employees  of  the  engineering  departments  on  Saturday  of 
each  and  every  week,  or  at  any  other  time,  to  its  employees  of  the  en- 
gineering departments  whose  employment  by  the  City  of  Reno  shall  be 
terminated  in  any  manner  whatsoever  at  any  time  in  the  week  prior  to  Sat- 
urday. The  said  time  checks  shall  be  issued  by  the  City  Engineer  and  shall 
not  be  valid  unless  countersigned  by  the  City  Clerk.  They  shall  be  num- 
bered, and  a true  and  correct  copy  of  each  and  every  one  of  said  time 
checks  shall  be  retained  by  the  City  Engineer  and  the  City  Clerk.  The 
same  shall  be  payable  at  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  on  any  day,  during 
office  hours,  after  the  second  Monday  in  each  and  every  month  after  issu- 
ance. Upon  the  issuance  of  any  of  said  time  checks,  the  City  Clerk  shall 
immediately  charge  the  same  to  the  account  of  the  person  to  whom  issued, 
and  the  full  amount  thereof  shall  at  once  be  set  aside  by  the  City  of  Reno 
for  the  payment  thereof. 


Section  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage 
adoption,  and  publication  for  the  period  of  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening 
Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  City  Ordinance  Number  233,  published 
in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  11th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1917,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes  Councilmen  Steffes,  Frisch,  Nelson,  Humphreys,  Burrows. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilman  Frank. 

Approved  this  11th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1917. 

FRANK  J.  BYINGTON, 

. Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno 
(Seal) 


BILL  NO.  285. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  250. 

An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Sale  of  Milk,  Cream,  and  Certain  Other  Dairy 
Thpr^fS  mihn>  Clty,.of  Keno;  Providing  a Penalty  for  the  Violation 
Thereof;  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in 

Enf-itlpH  ^Are'ot^’  and  M?>re  P5rticularly  City  Ordinance  Number  134, 
Entitled  An  Ordinance  Providing  for  the  Inspection  of  Milk  and 

Cream  in  the  city  of  Reno,  Under  the  Direction  and  Control  of  the 


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Board  of  Health  of  the  City;  Proyiding  for  the  Appointment  of  an  In- 
spector Thereof,  and  Defining  His  Powers  and  Duties;  Limiting  the 
Amount  That  May  Be  Expended  by  the  Board  of  Health  for  the  Ex- 
penses of  Inspection;  Providing  for  the  Issuance  of  Permits  for  the 
Sale  of  Milk  and  Cream  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  the  Revocation  of 
Such  Permits;  Prohibiting  the  Sale,  Keeping  or  Exposing  for  Sale  Im- 
pure, Adulterated  or  Unwholesome  Milk  or  Cream;  Fixing  a Penalty 
for  the  Violation  Hereof;  and  Authorizing  the  Board  of  Health  to 
Adopt  and  Promulgate  Rules  and  Regulations  for  the  Enforcement  of 
This  Ordinance,”  Passed  and  Adopted  June  27,  1910. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Definition  of  Terms — That  for  the  purpose  and  within  the 
meaning  of  this  ordinance  (a)  milk  is  the  lacteal  secretion  obtained  from 
the  complete  milking  of  one  or  more  milk-producing  animals;  (b)  skimmed 
milk,  or  skim  milk,  is  milk  from  which  substantially  all  the  milk  fat  has 
been  removed;  (c)  certified  milk  is  milk  produced  and  handled  in  conform- 
ity with  the  methods  and  standards  for  the  production  and  distribution  of 
certified  milk,  adopted  by  the  American  Association  of  Medical  Milk  Com- 
missions, May  1,  1912,  and  amendments  thereto,  in  effect  at  the  time  of  pro- 
duction, certified  to  by  the  Milk  Commission  of  the  Washoe  County  Med- 
ical Society,  and  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
copies  of  which  shall  be  kept  in  the  office  of  said  City  Clerk  and  furnished, 
upon  request,  to  any  person;  (d)  Grade  “A”  milk  is  milk  produced  and 
handled  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Section  2 of  this  ordinance;  (e)  Grade 
“B”  milk  is  milk  produced  and  handled  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Section 
3 of  this  ordinance;  (f)  pasteurized  milk  is  milk  which  has  been  heated  to 
and  for  at  least  thirty  (30)  minutes  held  at  a temperature  of  approximately 
145,  never  less  than  142,  degrees  Fahrenheit;  (g)  cream  is  that  portion  of 
milk  rich  in  milk  fat,  which  rises  to  the  surface  on  standing,  or  is  separated 
from  it  by  centrifugal  force;  (h)  Grade  “A”  cream  is  cream  produced  and 
handled  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Section  2 of  this  ordinance;  (i)  Grade 
“B”  cream  is  cream  produced  and  handled  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  Sec- 
tion 3 of  this  ordinance;  (j)  pasteurized  cream  is  cream  which  has  been 
heated  to,  and  for  at  least  thirty  (30)  minutes  held  at,  a temperature  of  ap- 
proximately 145,  never  less  than  142,  degrees  Fahrenheit;  (k)  homogenized 
or  emulsified  milk  or  cream  is  milk  or  cream  which  has  been  subjected  to 
the  mechanical  process  of  homogenization  or  of  emulsification,  as  the  case 
may  be;  (1)  buttermilk  is  the  product  that  remains  when  butter  is  removed 
from  milk  or  cream  in  the  process  of  churning;  (m)  unsterilized  containers 
are  containers  which  either  have  not  been  subjected  to  sterilization  by 
means  of  steam  or  by  some  approved  alternative  method  which  effects  com- 
plete sterilization;  (n)  person  imports  both  the  singular  and  the  plural,  as 
the  case  demands,  and  includes  individuals,  partnerships,  corporations,  com- 
panies, societies,  and  associations. 

When,  construing  and  enforcing  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  the 
act,  omission,  or  failure  of  any  employee,  officer,  agent,  or  other  person 
acting  for  or  employed  by  any  individual  or  by  any  partnership,  corpora- 
tion, company,  society,  or  association,  within  the  scope  of  his  employment 
or  office,  shall  in  every  case  be  also  deemed  to  be  the  act,  omission,  or  fail- 
ure of  such  individual,  partnership,  corporation,  company,  society,  or  asso- 
ciation, as  well  as  that  of  such  employee,  officer,  agent,  or  other  person. 

Section  2.  Grade  “A”  Milk  and  Cream — If  sold  raw,  Grade  “A”  milk 
or  cream  must  be  produced  from  healthy  animals,  as  determined  by  the 
tuberculin  test  within  not  exceeding  one  year  previously,  and  by  physical 
examination  within  three  months  previously  by  a qualified  veterinarian  ap- 
pointed by  and  responsible  to  the  State  Veterinary  Control  Service  of  the 


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University  of  Nevada.  If  any  animal  in  a herd  re-acts  to  the  tuberculin 
test,  it  must  be  immediately  removed  from  such  herd  and  premises,  and  the 
test  applied  to  the  herd  within  six  months  thereafter.  If  any  animal  in  a 
dairy  herd  is  found  otherwise  diseased,  it  shall  be  subject  to  such  regula- 
tions with  respect  to  isolation,  treatment,  or  removal  from  the  herd  or 
premises  as  the  State  Veterinary  Control  Service  of  the  University  of  Ne- 
vada shall  prescribe.  Grade  “A”  milk  or  cream  must  not  be  handled  by 
any  person  suffering  from  any  infectious,  contagious,  or  communicable  dis- 
ease, or  by  any  person  who  has  recently  been  exposed  to,  or  who  is  a con- 
tact or  a carrier  of,  any  of  said  diseases.  Absence  of  such  infections  shall 
be  determined  by  cultures  and  physical  examination  by  the  Board  of  Health 
of  the  City  of  Reno.  It  must  be  produced  from  dairies  that  score  not  less 
than  eighty  (80)  on  the  dairy  farm  score  card  in  current  use  at  the  time  by 
the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  and  in  the  case  of  milk  shall 
contain  not  more  than  30,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter  at  the  time  of 
delivery  to  the  ultimate  consumer,  and  in  the  case  of  cream  shall  contain 
not  more  than  60,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter  at  the  time  of  delivery 
to  the  ultimate  consumer. 

If  pasteurized,  Grade  “A”  milk  or  cream  must  be  produced  from  ani- 
mals free  from  disease,  as  determined  by  the  tuberculin  test  and  physical 
examination,  as  aforesaid.  It  must  be  produced  from  dairies  that  score  not 
less  than  sixty-five  (65)  on  the  dairy  farm  score  card  in  current  use  at  the 
time  by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  and  in  the  case  of 
milk  must,  contain  before  pasteurization  not  more  than  200,000  bacteria  per 
cubic  centimeter,  and  at  the  time  of  delivery  to  the  ultimate  consumer  not 
more  than  25,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter.  In  the  case  of  cream  it 
must  contain  before  pasteurization  not  more  than  400,000  bacteria  per  cubic 
centimeter,  and  at  the  time  of  delivery  to  the  ultimate  consumer  not  more 
than  50,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter;  provided,  that  any  person  whose 
dairy  is  scored  below  eighty  (80)  for  Grade  “A”  milk  or  cream  raw,  or  be- 
low sixty-five  (65)  for  Grade  “A”  milk  or  cream  pasteurized,  may  demand 
an  umpire  score  by  three  persons  appointed  for  such  purpose,  one  each 
by  the  City  Board  of  Health,  the  Department  of  Food  and  Drug  Control 
and  the  Agricultural  Extension  Division,  both  of  the  University  of  Nevada, 
and  the  score,  or  average  score  if  disagreeing,  of  such  three  umpires  shall 
be  final. 


Section  3.  Grade  B Milk  and  Cream. — If  sold  raw,  Grade  “B”  milk 
or  crearF  be  produced  from  healthy  animals,  as  determined  by  the 

tuberculin  test  within  not  exceeding  one  year  previously,  and  by  physical 
examination  within  three  months  previously,  by  a qualified  veterinarian  ap- 
pointed by  and  responsible  to  the  State  Veterinary  Control  Service  of  the 
University  of  Nevada.  If  any  animal  in  a herd  re-acts  to  the  tuberculin 
test,  it  must  be  immediately  removed  from  such  herd  and  premises,  and  the 
test  applied  to  the  herd  within  six  months  thereafter.  If  any  animal  in  a 
dairy  herd  is  found  otherwise  diseased,  it  shall  be  subject  to  such  regula- 
tions with  respect  to  isolation,  treatment,  or  removal  from  the  herd  or 
premises  as  the  State  Veterinary  Control  Service  of  the  University  of  Ne- 
vada shall  prescribe.  Grade  “B”  milk  or  cream  must  not  be  handled  by  any 
person  suffering  from  any  infectious,  contagious,  or  communicable  disease, 
or  by  any  person  who  has  recently  been  exposed  to,  or  who  is  a contact  or 
a carrier  of,  any  of  said  diseases.  Absence  of  such  infections  shall  be  de- 
termined  by  cultures  and  physical  examination  by  the  Board  of  Health  of 
the  City  of  Reno  It  must  be  produced  from  dairies  that  score  not  less 
than  sixty-fwe  (65)  on  the  dairy  farm  score  card  in  current  use  at  the  time 
by  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  and  in  the  case  of  milk 
shall  contain  not  more  than  75,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter  at  the  time 

SntmnrFth?  tetc°-nsumer’  and  in  the  case  of  cream  shall  contain 

not  more  than  150,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter  at  the  time  of  delivery 


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to  the  ultimate  consumer;  provided,  that  any  person  whose  dairy  is  scored 
below  sixty-five  (65)  may  demand  an  umpire  score  as  provided  in  Section  2 
of  this  ordinance,  which  shall  be  final. 

If  pasteurized,  Grade  “B”  milk  or  cream  must  be  produced  from  ani- 
mals free  from  disease,  as  determined  by  physical  examination,  within  not 
exceeding  one  year  previously,  by  a qualified  veterinarian  approved  by  and 
responsible  to  the  State  Veterinary  Control  Service  of  the  University  of 
Nevada,  and  in  the  case  of  milk,  must  contain  before  pasteurization  not 
more  than  500,000  and  at  the  time  of  delivery  to  the  ultimate  consumer  not 
more  than  50,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter.  In  the  case  of  cream,  it 
must  contain  before  pasteurization  not  more  than  1,000,000  bacteria  per 
cubic  centimeter,  and  at  the  time  of  delivery  to  the  ultimate  consumer  not 
more  than  100,000  bacteria  per  cubic  centimeter. 

Section  4.  What  May  Not  Be  Sold  or  Delivered — That  no  person  shall 
sell  or  deliver,  or  offer  or  expose  for  sale  or  delivery,  or  have  in  his  or  her 
possession  with  intent  to  sell  or  deliver — 

(a)  Any  substance  or  product  defined  in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance 
as  and  for  such  substance  or  product  unless  it  conforms  with  said  definition. 

(b)  Milk  or  cream  to  which  any  water,  preservative,  thickener,  or 
other  foreign  substance  has  been  added. 

(c)  Milk  containing  less  than  three  and  five-tenths  (3.5%)  per  cent,  of 
milk  fat,  or  less  than  eight  and  five-tenths  (8.5%)  per  cent,  of  solids  not  fat. 

(d)  Cream  containing  less  than  twenty-two  (22%)  per  cent,  of  milk 
fat,  or  more  than  ten  (10%)  per  cent  of  soliids  not  fat. 

(e)  Skimmed  milk,  or  skim  milk,  containing  less  than  eight  and  eight- 
tenths  (8.8%)  per  cent,  solids  not  fat,  or  the  container  of  which  is  not 
labeled  conspicuously  and  in  large  letters  “Skimmed  milk,”  or  “Skim  milk.” 

(f)  Buttermilk  containing  less  than  eight  (8%)  per  cent,  of  milk  solids, 
or  which  contains  or  has  been  exposed  to  any  disease  producing  bacteria, 
or  which  has  been  made  as  a by-product  of  the  manufacture  of  impure  but- 
ter as  defined  in  Chapter  151,  Nevada  Statutes,  1917. 

(g)  Milk  or  cream  containing,  or  which  has  been  exposed  to,  any  dis- 
ease producing  bacteria. 

(h)  Milk  or  cream  handled  by  any  person  suffering  from  any  infec- 
tious or  contagious  or  communicable  disease  or  by  any  person  who  has 
recently  been  exposed  to  or  who  is  a contact  or  a carrier  of  any  infectious 
or  contagious  or  communicable  disease,  the  absence  of  such  infection  being 
determined  by  cultures  and  physical  examination  by  the  Board  of  Health  of 
the  City  of  Reno. 

(i)  Milk  or  cream  produced  from  diseased  animals,  or  from  animals 
during  the  period  of  fifteen  (15)  days  preceding,  or  within  five  (5)  days 
after,  parturition,  or  such  time  thereafter  as  the  milk  is  abnormal,  or  from 
animals  which  have  been  fed  unwholesome  food  or  have  had  access  to  con- 
taminated water. 

(j)  Milk  or  cream  which  falls  below  the  requirements  of  Grade  “B,” 
as  defined  herein,  or  milk  or  cream  which  has  been  produced  on  an  insani- 
tary dairy,  as  defined  in  Section  5 of  this  ordinance,  or  which  has  been  pro- 
duced, stored,  handled,  or  transported  in  any  unclean  or  insanitary  manner. 

(k)  Milk  or  cream  the  retail,  or  the  final,  container  of  which  does  not 
bear  a plain  and  conspicuous  statement  showing  the  kind  and  grade,  as 
herein  defined,  and  the  name  of  the  person  producing  it,  or  which  is  labeled 
or  branded  so  as  to  mislead  or  deceive  the  purchaser. 

(l)  Milk  or  cream  in  less  quantities  than  one  gallon  except,  in  tightly 
closed  bottles  which  have  been  filled  at  the  dairy  or  in  a plant  used  ex- 
clusively for  the  purpose  of  handling  or  nreparing  it  for  sale. 

(m)  Milk  or  cream  in  a bottle  bearing  any  other  name  than  that  of  the 
person  who  bottled  it. 

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or  receptacle  to  another  on  any  street;  alley,  or  thoroughfare,  or  upon  a 
delivery  wagon,  or  other  vehicle,  or  in  any  place  in  the  City  of  Reno  other 
than  at  a dairy  or  in  a plant  used  exclusively  for  the  purpose  of  handling  or 
preparing  it  for  sale. 

(o)  Milk,  cream,  skimmed  or  skim  milk,  buttermilk,  or  artificial  butter- 
milk in  unsterilized  containers,  or  which  has  been  kept  at  a temperature 
higher  than  fifty  (50)  degrees  Fahrenheit. 

(p)  Homogenized  milk  or  cream  or  emulsified  milk  or  cream,  unless 
plainly  and  conspicuously  labeled  homogenized  or  emulsified,  as  the  case 
may  be. 

(q)  Pasteurized  milk  or  pasteurized  cream  unless  a record  of  the  tem- 
perature and  time  of  pasteurization  has  been  made  by  means  of  an  auto- 
matic recording  thermometer  device  approved  by,  and  at  all  times  held 
subject  to  the  approval  of,  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and 
said  record  immediately  delivered  to  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  City  of 
Reno  or  held  for  its  inspection  for  a period  of  at  least  two  months. 

Section  5.  Dairy  Sanitary  Regulations — That  a dairy  shall  be  deemed 
insanitary,  within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance. 

(a)  If  the  drinking  water  is  stagnant,  polluted  with  manure,  urine, 
drainage,  decaying  vegetable  or  animal  matter. 

(b)  If  the  yards  or  enclosures  are  filthy  or  insanitary,  or  if  any  part 
of  such  yards  or  enclosures,  other  than  pastures,  are  made  the  depositories 
of  manure  in  heaps  or  otherwise  where  it  is  allowed  to  ferment  and  decay. 

(c)  If  manure  is  stored  in  piles  for  a period  of  more  than  two  weeks 
within  five  hundred  (500)  feet  thereof,  unless  such  manure  is  treated  for  the 
destruction  of  the  eggs  and  maggots  of  flies  with  a solution  of  powdered 
hellebore  or  powdered  borax,  in  accordance  with  the  formula  prescribed  by 
the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

(d)  If  a suitable  milk  house  or  room  is  not  provided  and  maintained, 
properly  screened  to  exclude  flies  and  insects,  for  the  purpose  of  cooling, 
mixing,  canning,  and  keeping  the  milk.  Said  milk  house  or  room  shall  not 
be  located  in  or  be  a part  of  any  residence,  or  dwelling  house,  or  any  barn 
or  poultry  house,  and  shall  not  be  used  for  any  other  purpose  whatsoever. 

(e)  If  any  milk  or  cream  shall  be  cooled,'  stored,  mixed,  canned,  or 
kept  in  any  room  or  place  which  is  occupied  by  any  person  as  a sleeping  or 
living  apartment,  or  occupied  by  horses,  cows,  hogs,  or  other  animals,  or 
fowls  of  any  kind,  and  if  the  milk  or  cream  shall  not  be  cooled  to  at  least 
fifty  (50)  degrees  Fahrenheit  within  one  hour  after  it  is  drawn  from  the 
animals. 

(f)  If  any  urinal,  privy  vault,  open  cesspool,  horse  stable,  pig  pen, 
stagnant  water,  accumulation  of  manure  or  other  filth  shall  be  permitted 
within  one  hundred  (100)  feet  of  any  such  milk  house  or  room  or  within 
fifty  feet  of  any  stalls  or  stanchions  or  other  places  where  milking  is  done, 
or  if  any  urinal,  privy  vault,  or  open  cesspool  which  is  unscreened  from  flies 
is  within  one  thousand  (1,000)  feet  thereof. 

(g)  If  the  walls  become  soiled  with  manure,  urine,  or  other  filth. 

(h)  If  to  the  interior  of  stable,  barn,  milking-shed,  milk  house,  or 
room,  an  application  of  lime  white-wash,  or  paint,  is  not  made  at  least  once 
in  a year,  or  oftener  if  in  the  judgment  of  the  agent  of  the  Board  of  Health 
of  the  City  of  Reno  it  is  needed,  or  if  in  the  mangers,  or  other  receptacles 
from  which  animals  are  fed,  decaying  food  or  other  material  is  allowed  to 
accumulate. 

(i)  If  a small-top,  or  covered-top,  milking  bucket  or  pail  is  not  used. 

(j)  If  the  pails,  cans,  bottles,  or  other  containers  of  milk  or  its  prod- 
ucts, or  the  strainers,  coolers,  or  other  utensils  coming  in  contact  with  the 
milk  or  its  products  are  not  sterilized  each  and  every  time  the  same  are 
used. 

(k)  If  the  person  or  wearing  apparel  of  the  dairyman,  his  employees. 


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or  other  persons  who  come  in  contact  with  milk  and  its  products,  are  soiled 
or  not  washed  with  reasonable  frequency. 

Section  6.  Quarantined  Houses— That  no  person  shall  deliver  milk  or 
cream  to  a house  placarded  for  any  infectious,  contagious,  or  communicable 
disease,  or  remove  milk  or  cream  bottles  or  containers  from  such  house, 
except  upon  written  permission  from  the  Board  of  Health  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  said  permission  to  include  reasonable  regulations  to  prevent  the 
spreading  of  the  infection. 

Section  7.  Notification  of  Diseases  to  Board  of  Health— That  it  is 
hereby  made  the  duty  of  every  person  holding  a permit  to  sell  milk  or 
cream  in  the  City  of  Reno  to  notify  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Health  of 
said  city,  in  writing,  of  the  occurrence  of  any  case  of  infectious  or  com- 
municable disease  in  himself  or  his  employees,  or  in  his  own  or  in  the  fam- 
ilies of  his  employees,  or  in  any  persons  dwelling  on  the  premises  where 
such  business  is  conducted  or  associated  in  any  manner  whatever  with  it; 
and  of  the  occurrence  of  any  infectious  or  communicable  disease  among  the 
cattle  on  the  premises  where  such  milk  or  cream  is  produced,  such  notice  to 
be  given  immediately  after  he  shall  become  aware  of  the  occurrence  or  ex- 
istence of  the  disease  aforesaid;  and  no  milk  or  cream  shall  be  sold  from 
such  dairy  until,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  of  Health,  all  danger  to  the 
health  of  the  consumers  of  such  milk  or  cream  shall  have  been  eliminated. 

Section  8.  Use  of  Milk  Bottles  for  Other  Purposes — That  no  person 
shall  use  any  milk  can  or  cream  can  or  any  milk  bottle  or  cream  bottle  for 
any  other  purpose  whatsoever  than  as  a container  or  a receptacle  of  milk  or 
cream,  or  place  such  cans  upon  a stove,  or  heat  milk  or  cream  in  them,  or 
subject  such  cans  or  bottle  to  any  treatment  whatsoever  which  might  injure 
them  or  cause  them  to  deteriorate  in  value. 

Section  9.  Board  of  Health  Empowered  to  Take  Samples— That  the 

Board  of  Health  or  any  of  its  members,  officers,  inspectors,  or  agents  shall 
have  the  right  at  any  time  to  take  samples  of  milk  and  cream  from  any  per- 
son selling,  exposing  for  sale,  offering  for  sale,  exchanging,  or  delivering  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  or  shipping  into  said  city,  milk  or  cream;  provided  that 
such  samples  shall  not  exceed  in  quantity  one  quart  of  milk  and  one  pint  of 
cream  at  any  one  time,  or  in  case  a larger  sample  is  required,  the  person 
from  whom  it  is  taken  may  demand  payments  at  the  current  rate  for  said 
milk  and  cream.  Such  samples  shall  be  examined  by  laboratories  approved 
by  the  Board  of  Health,  and  reports  made  to  the  person  from  whom  the 
sample  was  taken.  Any  person  interfering  with  or  preventing  the  taking 
of  said  samples  shall  be  guilty  of  a violation  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  10.  Signs  on  Wagons — That  every  holder  of  a permit  under 
this  ordinance  who  shall  deliver  milk  or  cream  from  a wagon  or  other 
vehicle  shall  have  placed  one  on  each  side  of  his  wagon  or  wagons,  or  other 
vehicle,  a sign  to  be  furnished  him  by  the  City  Clerk,  or  one  in  conformity 
therewith,  which  shall  bear  the  number  of  his  permit  and  other  matter  in 
accordance  with  the  contents  of  Section  13  hereof;  if  he  sells  milk  or  cream 
from  an  open  market  or  store,  he  shall  display  his  permit  in  a conspicuous 
place  in  the  room  where  such  business  is  conducted.  The  use  of  false  and 
misleading  statements  or  legends,  tending  to  mislead  and  deceive  the  public, 
on  milk  wagons  or  other  vehicles  is  hereby  forbidden. 

Section  11.— Board  of  Health  to  Have  Access— That  the  Board  of 
Health  of  the  City  of  Reno,  its  members,  officers,  and  agents  shall  at  all 
times  have  access  to  any  dairy  or  any  other  place  where  milk  or  cream  is 
produced  for  sale;  to  any  wagon,  truck,  train,  car,  warehouse,  or  station  in 
which  milk  or  cream  for  sale  is  being  transported  or  is  being  held  for  trans- 


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portation  or  delivery;  and  to  all  establishments,  plants,  depots,  restaurants, 
or  hotels  where  milk  or  cream  is  kept  or  stored  for  sale.  Any  person  who 
hinders  or  prevents  such  access  shall  be  guilty  of  a violation  of  this  ordi- 
nance. 

Section  12.  Permit  Required — That  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  sell  or  offer 
to  sell  milk  or  cream  within  the  City  of  Reno  without  first  having  obtained 
a permit  so  to  do,  in  the  manner  and  subject  to  the  regulations  and  rules 
herein  provided. 

Section  13.  Application  for  Permit — That  any  person  desiring  a per- 
mit to  sell  milk  or  cream  in  the  said  City  of  Reno  shall  make  application  for 
such  permit  by  filing  with  the  City  Clerk  an  application  in  writing,  which 
application  shall  state  fully  and  explicitly  the  name  and  place  of  business  of 
said  applicant,  the  exact  location  of  the  premises  where  the  milk  or  cream 
is  produced,  whether  the  applicant  is  the  owner,  lessee,  or  agent  of  the 
dairy,  and  the  number  of  cows  in  the  herd;  if  the  applicant  shall  obtain  milk 
or  cream  from  any  source  other  than  the  herd  specified,  he  shall  make  the 
same  statement  for  each  dairy  or  herd  from  which  he  procures  such  milk 
or  cream;  if  after  a permit  has  been  issued  the  holder  thereof  shall  find  it 
necessary  to  add  cattle  to  his  herd,  or  to  procure  milk  or  cream  from  an- 
other herd,  he  shall,  upon  doing  so,  file  an  additional  application,  stating 
therein  the  same  facts  as  in  his  original  application.  Each  original  applica- 
tion for  a permit  to  be  issued  under  this  ordinance  shall  be  accompanied  by 
a fee  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars,  which  fee  shall  be  returned  to  the  applicant  in 
case  his  application  is  denied  and  the  permit  applied  for  is  refused,  but  all 
subsequent  applications  to  acquire  additional  cattle  or  to  purchase  milk  or 
cream  from  other  persons  may  be  filed  without  fee.  If  the  permit  as  herein 
provided  shall  be  granted,  the  City  Clerk  shall  deliver  to  the  applicant,  in 
addition  to  the  said  permit  and  without  extra  charge,  not  more  than  two 
signs  reading  “City  of  Reno  Milk  Permit  No.  (whatever  number  the  permit 
be)”,  which  shall  be  of  uniform  size,  and  shall  be  posted  one  on  each  side 
of  all  milk  wagons  operated  by  the  said  applicant  in  the  City  of  Reno;  and 
in  the  event  that  the  said  applicant  shall  operate  more  than  one  milk  wagon 
in  the  said  city,  he  shall  procure  from  the  City  Clerk  additional  signs  to  be 
posted  one  on  each  side  of  each  and  every  wagon  so  operated,  for  which 
signs  he  shall  be  charged  the  sum  of  fifty  (.50c)  cents  per  sign,  and  no  signs 
shall  be  used  except  those  obtained  from  the  City  Clerk,  or  one  which  con- 
forms to  the  same  in  every  particular.  All  applications  for  a permit  under 
this  ordinance  shall  be  promptly  referred  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of 
Health  of  the  City  of  Reno  for  approval  or  rejection,  but  no  permit  shall  be 
issued  by  the  City  Clerk  until  the  application  for  such  permit  shall  have 
been  approved  in  writing  by  at  least  two  members  of  the  said  Board  of 
Health  and  the  City  Clerk  directed  by  them  to  issue  the  permit  applied  for. 
All  permits  issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect 
for  the  calendar  year  in  which  issued,  unless  sooner  revoked,  and  shall  ex- 
pire on  the  31st  day  of  December  in  each  year,  and  shall  be  renewed  only 
on  a new  application  therefor,  and  under  the  conditions  aforesaid. 

Section  14.  Business  Continued  Pending  Action — That  the  filing  of  an 
application  for  a permit  under  the  terms  of  this  ordinance  shall  authorize 
the  applicant  to  continue  his  business  until  his  application  shall  have  been 
acted  upon  officially  by  the  Board  of  Health. 

Section  15.  Examination  Before  Permit  Issues — That  upon  receipt  of 
an  application  for  a permit  under  this  ordinance,  the  Board  of  Health  shall 
themselves  examine,  or  cause  to  be  examined  by  a competent  person  in  their 
employ,  the  dairy  premises  of  the  applicant,  and  all  yards,  corrals,  stables, 
and  other  buildings  used  in  the  production,  storage,  or  handling  of  such 
milk  or  cream,  the  wagons  and  other  vehicles,  utensils  and  vessels  in  use 


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about  the  dairy,  the  source  of  water  supply  for  the  dairy,  and  shall  examine 
all  cattle  in  the  herd,  in  order  to  ascertain  whether  the  milk  and  cream  from 
that  dairy  is  being  produced  from  healthy  animals  and  in  a cleanly  and 
sanitary  manner.  After  such  examination,  the  Board  of  Health  shall  decide 
whether  the  permit  applied  for  shall  be  issued,  and  shall  approve  or  disap- 
prove, in  writing,  said  application  and  return  it  to  the  City  Clerk,  together 
with  their  recommendations  in  regard  to  the  issuance  of  the  permit  applied 
for. 

Any  applicant  for  a permit  under  this  ordinance  shall  allow  the  Board 
of  Health  or  any  authorized  representative  or  employee  of  said  Board  to 
enter  and  inspect  their  premises  at  any  time,  to  examine  any  or  all  animals 
in  their  herd,  or  to  take  samples  of  milk  or  cream  for  analysis  from  their 
premises  or  wagons  at  any  time. 

Section  16.  Suspension  or  Revocation  of  Permit — That  any  permit 
granted  under  this  ordinance  may  be  suspended  or  revoked  at  any  time  by 
the  Board  of  Health,  without  previous  notice,  whenever  in  its  judgment  the 
milk  or  cream  authorized  by  such  permit  to  be  sold  is  adulterated,  or  un- 
wholesome, or  is  exposed  to  infection,  so  as  to  render  its  distribution  dan- 
gerous to  the  public  health,  or  for  any  willful  or  continued  violation  of  this 
ordinance  or  of  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Board  of  Health  made  by 
authority  thereof. 

Section  17.  Milk  Inspector— That  the  Board  of  Health  is  hereby  em- 
powered to  employ  a competent  person  or  persons  as  dairy  and  milk  in- 
spectors, who  shall  make  such  inspections  as  are  designated  in  this  ordi- 
nance and  as  the  said  Board  of  Health  may  consider  essential  in  securing  a 
satisfactory  and  sanitary  milk  supply  for  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  18.  Limitation  of  Expense — That  the  expenses  for  the  admin- 
istration of  this  ordinance  shall  be  paid  upon  order  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Health,  upon  filing  and  presenting  to  the  City  Council  proper 
verified  bills  and  vouchers  therefor,  and  shall  not  exceed  one  thousand 
($1,000.00)  dollars  in  any  calendar  year. 

Section  19.  Exceptions — That  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  con- 
strued to  require  a person  selling  milk  solely  by  the  glass,  or  to  be  con- 
sumed with  meals,  to  obtain  a permit  so  to  do,  unless  he  also  produces  said 
milk;  and  nothing  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  sale, 
when  labeled  so  as  to  show  its  true  character,  of  either  (a)  sour  milk  or 
sour  cream;  or  (b)  modified  milk,  cultured  milk,  or  artificial  buttermilk,  if 
made  from  milk  or  cream  equal  at  least  to  Grade  “B”;  or  (c)  milk  or  cream, 
when  plainly  and  conspicuously  labeled  so  as  to  show  its  true  character,  for 
making  butter  or  cheese,  or  for  purposes  other  than  for  consumption  as 
milk  or  cream. 

Section  20.  Standards  Other  Than  Herein  Specified — That  it  is  under- 
stood that  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  quality  or  composition  of  milk 
or  cream  not  specified  in  this  ordinance  or  in  the  rules  and  regulations  of 
the  Board  of  Health,  the  standards  established  by  that  certain  Act  of  the 
State  of  Nevada,  entitled  “An  Act  for  preventing  the  manufacture,  sale,  or 
transportation  of  adulterated,  mislabeled  or  misbranded,  or  poisonous  or 
deleterious  food,  drugs,  medicines  and  liquors,  and  for  regulating  the  traffic 
therein,  providing  penalties,  and  making  an  appropriation  for  the  carrying 
out  of  this  act/'  being  Chapter  CL  of  the  Statutes  of  Nevada  for  1909,  and 
all  acts  amendatory  thereof,  are  to  be  understood. 

Section  21.  Penalty — That  any  person  who  shall  violate  any  of  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by 
a fine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  ($25.00)  dollars,  and  not  more  than  five 


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hundred  ($500.00)  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  for  not  more 
than  one  hundred  (100)  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  court. 

Section  22.  Repealing  Clause — That  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance 
Number  134,  entitled  “An  ordinance  providing  for  the  inspection  of  milk 
and  cream  in  the  City  of  Reno,  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  Board 
of  Health  of  the  City;  providing  for  the  appointment  of  an  Inspector  there- 
of, and  defining  his  powers  and  duties;  limiting  the  amount  that  may  be  ex- 
pended by  the  Board  of  Health  for  the  expenses  of  inspection;  providing  for 
the  issuance  of  permits  for  the  sale  of  milk  and  cream  in  the  City  of  Reno, 
and  the  revocation  of  such  permits;  prohibiting  the  sale,  keeping  or  expos- 
ing for  sale  impure,  adulterated  or  unwholesome  milk  or  cream;  fixing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  hereof;  and  authorizing  the  Board  of  Health  to 
adopt  and  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  for  the  enforcement  of  this  or- 
dinance,” passed  and  adopted  June  27,  1910,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  23.  When  in  Effect — That  this  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from 
and  after  its  passage,  adoption  and  approval,  and  publication  for  the  period 
of  one  week  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and 
published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  24.  Publication — That  the  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this 
City  Ordinance  No.  250  published  in  the  Nevada  State  Journal,  a daily 
newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  for  the  period 
of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  27th  day  of  May,  1918,  by  the  following  vote 
of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Councilmen  Frank,  Steffes,  Nelson,  Humphreys. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Mayor  Byington,  Councilmen  Frisch,  Burrows. 

Approved,  this  27th  day  of  May,  1918. 

ROBERT  NELSON, 

Mayor  pro-tem  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Attest: 

J.  R.  PARRY, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  292. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  257. 

An  Ordinance  to  Prohibit  Gaming  in  the  City  of  Reno  Without  First  Ob- 
taining a License  Therefor,  Regulating  the  Same,  Fixing  the  Amount 
of  Such  License,  Providing  a Penalty  Therefor  and  Repealing  All  Or- 
dinances and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association  or 
corporation  to  deal,  play,  carry  on,  or  cause  to  be  operated,  or  to  conduct 
either  as  the  owner  or  employee  whether  for  hire,  or  not,  within  the  City 
of  Reno,  except  under  a license  first  obtained  from  the  City  of  Reno  as 
hereinafter  provided  and  by  paying  therefor,  the  amount  hereinafter  pro- 
vided, any  game  of  poker,  stud-poker,  five  hundred,  solo,  or  whist. 

Section  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  firm,  association  or  cor- 


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poraticm  to  deal,  play,  carry  on,  or  cause  to  be  operated,  or  to  conduct  any 
oi  the  games  mentioned  in  Section  1,  of  this  ordinance  where  a percentage 
is  taken  out,  and  the  deal  does  not  alternate. 

.3;  All  applications  for  licenses  or  renewals  thereof,  shall  be 
made  by  petition  to  the  City  Council,  at  a regular  meeting  thereof,  and  shall 
be  immediately  referred  to  the  Chief  of  Police  or  Acting  Chief,  for  his  ap- 
proval, and  in  no  case  shall  a license  be  issued  or  renewed  when  his  disap- 
proval is  endorsed  upon  the  petition,  except  by  a five-sixths  vote  of  the 
Council  The  Chief  or  Acting  Chief  shall  return  all  such  petitions  with  his 
approval  or  objection  endorsed  thereon,  to  the  City  Council  at  the  next 
regular  meeting  thereof  after  receipt  of  such  petitions  by  him. 

Section  4.  The  amount  of  all  licenses  for  the  carrying  on,  or  the  con- 
ducting  of  any  of  the  games  mentioned  in  Section  1,  of  this  ordinance, 
whether  the  same  be  a new  license  or  the  renewal  of  one  heretofore  existing 
shall  be  One  Hundred  and  Fifty  ($150.00)  Dollars  per  quarter  so  long  as  the 
licensee  plays,  conducts  or  carries  on  or  operates  said  games,  for  each  and 
every  game  dealt,  played,  carried  on,  operated  or  conducted  by  such 
licensee,  and  that  said  license  shall  not  be  transferable. 

Section  5.  All  applications  for  licenses  as  in  this  ordinance  provided 
shall  state  the  business  and  place  of  business  of  the  applicant,  and  the  name 
m.  *ull°f  the  aPP.llc^n)t»  and  m case  of  a co-partnership  or  association,  shall 
state  the  names  in  full  of  each  and  all  the  co-partners  or  associates,  and  in 
case  of  a corporation,  the  names  of  the  officers  and  manager  thereof. 

Section  6.  Any  person,  or  any  officer  of  any  corporation  or  any  mem- 
ber  ot  any  co-partnership  or  association,  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
is  ordinance,  shall  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  a fine  in  the 
sum  of  not  less  than  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  ($250.00)  Dollars,  or  not  more 
than  Five  Hundred  ($500.00)  Dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the  city  jail  for 
a period  of  not  less  than  Thirty  (30)  Days,  or  not  more  than  Six  (6) 
Months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment,  and  that  the  license  of 
such  person  shall  be  forfeited,  canceled  and  revoked  by  the  City  Council 
Fach  and  every  day  upon  which  a violation  of  this  ordinance  shall  occur 
shall  be  deemed  a separate  and  distinct  violation  thereof. 

Section  7.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed.  ’ 

Section  8— This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  after  its  pas- 
sage  and  publication  daily  for  a period  of  one  (1)  week. 

Section  9.  The  City  Clerk,  and  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
Vcv7  ° Je ,noi  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No 

257  published  daily  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  pub- 
lished in  the  City  of  Reno  for  a period  of  one  (1)  week 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  28th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1919,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  Councilmen:  * 

Ayes  (Signed)—  Pickerell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross,  Duborg,  Bridgeman 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

Approved,  this  28th  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1919. 


Attest: 


H.  E.  STEWART, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


JAMES  J.  BURKE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


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BILL  NO.  293. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  258. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Time  of  the  Payments  of  the  Salaries  and  Wages 
of  Certain  Officers  and  Employers  of  the  City  of  Reno;  Repealing  All 
Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith,  and  Other 
Matters  Relating  Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  salaries  and  wages  of  all  the  officers,  officials  and  em- 
ployees, of  the  City  of  Reno  except  the  elective  officers  provided  for  by  the 
Charter  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  paid  in  semi-monthly  installments  on, 
to-wit:  the  second  and  fourth  Tuesdays  of  each  and  every  month. 

Section  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  ordinance  is  effective  from  and  after  its  passage,  adop- 
tion and  publication  daily,  for  a period  of  one  week  in  the  Reno  Evening 
Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  258 
published  daily  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and 
published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  for  a period  of  one  week 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  11th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1919,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickerell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Bridgeman. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Ross,  Duborg. 

Approved,  this  12th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1919. 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Attest: 

JAMES  J.  BURKE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  294. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  259. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Salaries  and  Compensation  of  Officers  and  Certain 
Employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  Prescribing  the  Manner  of  Payment 
thereof;  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict 
Therewith  and  More  Particularly  Repealing  Ordinance  No.  36,  Ap- 
proved June  26,  1905,  and  All  Ordinances  Amendatory  Thereto. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  salary  of  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  nine 
hundred  ($900.00)  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments. 

The  salary  of  the  City  Councilmen  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  six 
hundred  ($600.00)  dollars  each,  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  in- 
stallments. 

The  salary  of  the  City  Attorney  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  twenty- 
four  hundred  ($2400.00)  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  in- 
stallments. 

The  salary  of  the  City  Auditor  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  three  hun- 
dred ($300.00)  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments. 
The  salary  of  the  City  Treasurer  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  three 


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h Th^  S'00  1 lI%r.®  Per  annum  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments. 

dredT/kl«nte  °H  u 6 Clty  Ckrk  °f  the  9,ty  of  Reno  sha11  be  eighteen  hun- 
dred  ($1800.0°)  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments. 

dredT^ynnanm°i  V?6  Po  hce  Judge  of  the  9ity  of  Reno>  sha11  be  tweNe  hun- 
dred  (?12°0.00)  dollars  per  annum,  payable  in  equal  monthly  installments. 

dred  doeilL?(1l00e00)%rmoJn”htOr’  Sha11  a Salary  °f  °ne  hun' 

There  shall  be  an  Assistant  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  who  shall 

bn/PPt1°int)ediibK  the  Clty  9 erk’  subJect  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council, 
and  who  shall  be  responsible  to  the  City  Clerk,  and  who  shall  receive  a sal- 
ary of  one  hundred  and  .twenty  ($120.00)  dollars  per  month. 

, Section  2-  The  salary  of  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  of  the  City 
of  Reno  shall  be  twenty-one  hundred  ($2100.00)  dollars  per  annum. 
h_  t 6 t^u  e?gm,eers  of  said  fire  department,  one  of  whom  shall 

dollars  “<‘  ,h'y  Shi"  hu"dr"1 

There  shall  be  one  Assistant  Engineer  of  said  fire  department  who  shall 
receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($125.00)  dollars  per  month. 

1 here  shall  be  three  Captains  of  said  fire  department  and  they  shall 
montheCeiVe  a Sa  ary  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  ($125.00)  per 

Tbift  tbe  pblef  °*  tbe  Flre  Department  shall  employ  such  drivers,  truck- 
men, chemical  men,  hose  men,  firemen  and  such  employees  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  for  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  the  Fire  Department  of  the 
chin  °f  R?no>  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council,  each  of  whom 
shall  receive  the  salary  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars  oer 
month  except  as  hereinafter  provided.  P 

Provided,  however,  that  all  men  employed  in  the  Fire  Department  shall 
£iet‘he-a  Ialf y-  °f  not1m?re  th,an  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars  per  month 
SLivnf  tnnnn  months  employment;  that  they  shall  receive  thereafter  a 
fhilyt°fii  11000  Plr  m°nth  f?r  the  next  S1X  months  of  employment;  that 
dolffirs  per^onth  tbereaRer  tbe  sum  °f  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00) 

lav  ^Vnfyfift?pl°Jee  °f  ‘a6  uFir.e  DePartment  shall  be  entitled  to  an  annual 
lay-off  of  fifteen  days  and  shall  receive  during  such  lay-off  full  pay,  and  his 
place  shall  be  taken  by  an  extra  man  capable  of  performing  the  duties  of 
such  position;  and  said  extra  man  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  Reno  General 

fUtf°APruPer  cerftlficatjon  °,f  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  to  the 
effect  that  he  has  performed  such  services  and  that  he  is  entitled  to  com- 
pensation therefor. 

«;t^ftecCtl??u3A  ?:'heJ:Si?Iary  9 ,tbe  City  Engineer  and  Superintendent  of 
streets  of  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  twenty-four  hundred  ($2400.00)  dollars 
per  annum.  ' 

There  shall  be  an  Assistant  City  Engineer  and  Clerk  of  the  City  En- 
gineer s office,  to  be  appointed  by  the  City  Engineer  subject  to  the  con- 
firmation of  the  City  Council,  who  shall  hold  office  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
doUa^°per  month  S"a  reCC1Ve  a saIary  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00) 

..  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  may  in  its  discretion  authorize 

the  Uty  Engineer,  to  appoint,  subject  to  its  approval  such  foremen  street 
sweepers,  teamsters,  truck  drivers,  and  laborers,  as  he  may  deem  necessary 
tor  the  proper  maintenance  and  operation  of  his  department;  the  compen- 
sation of  said  employees  when  so  authorized  and  certified  to  by  the  Citv 
ru°  ^7  paid  as  otherwise  provided  by  law  upon  proper  certification 
of  the  City  Engineer  that  said  employees  have  performed  the  services  re- 
quired and  are  entitled  to  compensation  therefor. 

Section  4.  The  Chief  of  Police  of  the  City  of  Reno  shall  receive  a 
salary  of  twenty-four  hundred  ($2400.00)  dollars  per  annum. 


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There  shall  be  an  Assistant  Chief  of  Police,  who  shall  be  designated  as 
“Captain  of  Police,”  and  he  shall  receive  a salary  of  one  hundred  and  forty 
($140.00)  dollars  per  month. 

There  shall  be  a Clerk  of  the  Bureau  of  Identification,  who  shall  receive 
a salary  of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($125.00)  dollars  per  month. 

There  shall  be  two  Desk  Sergeants,  and  they  shall  each  receive  a salary 
of  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  ($125.00)  dollars  per  month. 

There  shall  be  policemen  appointed  in  the  number  deemed  necessary 
and  required  by  the  City  Council,  each  of  whom  shall  receive  a salary  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty  ($120.00)  dollars  per  month. 

That  all  of  the  above  named  police  officers  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Chief  of  Police  to  the  approval  of  the  City  Council. 

Every  employee  of  the  police  department  shall  be  entitled  to  an  annual 
lay-off  of  fifteen  (15)  days,  and  shall  receive  during  such  lay-off  full  pay; 
and  his  place  shall  be  taken  by  an  extra  man  capable  of  performing  the 
duties  of  such  position,  said  extra  man  to  be  paid  out  of  the  General  Fund, 
upon  the  proper  certification  from  the  Chief  of  the  Police  Department  to 
the  effect  that  he  has  performed  such  services  and  that  he  is  entitled  to 
compensation  therefor. 

Section  5.  The  salaries  and  wages  of  all  of  the  employees  of  the  City 
of  Reno  except  the  elective  officers  provided  for  by  the  Charter  of  the  City 
of  Reno  and  as  otherwise  provided  in  this  ordinance  shall  be  paid  in  semi- 
monthly installments  on,  to-wit:  the  Tuesday  following  the  second  and 
fourth  Mondays  of  each  and  every  month. 

Section  6.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
ordinance  and  especially  Ordinance  No.  36,  approved  June  26,  1905,  and  all 
ordinances  amendatory  thereto,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  7.  This  ordinance  shall  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  and 
after  October  1st,  1919. 


Section  8.  The  City  Clerk  and  the  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No. 
259,  published  in  the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  printed  and 
published  in  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  daily  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  22nd  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1919,  by  the 
following  vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickerill,  Smith,  Frisch,  Duborg. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Ross,  Bridgeman. 

Approved  this  22nd  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1919. 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

Attest: 


JAMES  J.  BURKE, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


4 BILL  NO.  303. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  268. 

An  Ordinance  to  Amend,  Revise  and  Re-Enact  City  Ordinance  Number 
231,  Entitled  “An  Ordinance  to  Regulate  Travel  and  Traffic  Upon  the 
Streets  and  Other  Public  Places  of  the  City  of  Reno;  Providing  a Pen- 
alty for  the  Violation  Thereof;  to  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of 
Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith,  and  More  Particularly  City  Ordi- 


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nance  Number  159,”  Approved  April  23rd,  1917,  and  to  Repeal  All  Ordi- 
nances and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  City  Ordinance  Number  231,  entitled  “An  Ordinance  to 
regulate  travel  and  traffic  upon  the  streets  and  other  public  places  of  the 
City  of  Reno;  providing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  to  repeal  all 
ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  particu- 
larly City  ordinance  Number  159.  Approved  April  23,  1917,”  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  is  hereby 
amended,  revised  and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Definitions. — The  following  terms  whenever  used  in  this 
ordinance  shall  have  the  meaning  indicated. 

Any  such  term  used  in  the  singular  shall  include  the  plural,  and  any 
such  terms  used  in  the  plural  shall  include  the  singular.  Words  used  in 
the  masculine  gender  shall  comprehend  and  include  as  well  as  feminine 
and  neuter: 

Person. — Any  natural  person,  firm,  company,  partnership  or  corpora- 
tion. 

Street. — That  part  of  the  public  highway  intended  for  vehicles. 

Curb. — The  boundaries  of  a street  as  defined  herein. 

Vehicle. — For  the  purpose  of  this  ordinance  the  word  “Vehicle”  shall 
be  held  to  include  saddle  horses  with  their  riders,  horses  hitched  to  vehicles, 
led  horses,  bicycles,  automobiles,  motor  vehicles  of  all  kinds,  and  everything 
on  wheels  except  street  cars  or  interurban  cars  and  except  also  children's 
tricycles,  invalid  chairs,  and  baby  carriages. 

The  word  “Horse”  shall  be  held  to  include  any  animal  used  as  motive 
power  for  any  vehicle. 

The  word  “Sidewalk”  shall  be  held  to  include  the  space  between  the 
property  line  and  the  outer  edge  of  the  curb  as  existing  or  located  by 
ordinance  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

The  word  “Driver”  shall  be  held  to  include  the  rider  or  driver  of  a 
horse,  the  rider  of  a bicycle  or  motorcycle,  and  the  operator  of  a motor 
vehicle  or  automobile. 

The  word  “Motor  Vehicle”  shall  include  all  vehicles  propelled  other- 
wise than  by  muscular  power  except  such  vehicles  as  run  upon  rails  or 
tracks;  “Automobile”  shall  include  all  motor  vehicles  excepting  motor- 
cycles. 

The  word  “Motorcycle”  shall  include  ad  motor  vehicles  designed  to 
travel  on  not  more  than  three  wheels  in  contact  with  the  ground,  and  upon 
which  the  rider  sits  astride. 

Public  Highways. — Shall  include  any  highway,  public  street,  avenue, 
alley,  park,  parkway,  driveway,  or  public  place  in  the  City  of  Reno;  inter- 
secting highways  shall  mean  any  street  which  joins  another  at  an  angle, 
whether  or  not  it  crosses  the  other. 

Chauffeur. — Any  person  operating  a motdr  vehicle  for  hire  or  as  the 
employee  of  the  owner  thereof. 

Park. — A waiting  vehicle,  except  vehicles  stopped  to  load  or  unload. 

Travel  and  Traffic. — For  the  purposes  of  this  ordinance  the  term 
“travel  and  traffic”  is  intended  to  include  vehicles  in  actual  motion  and  also 
those  which  may  be  at  rest  upon  the  street,  and  those  which  are  at  rest  and 
intended  or  expected  to  soon  again  be  put  in  motion. 


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District  No.  1. — All  of  those  streets  and  portions  of  streets  and  alleys 
included  therein,  in  the  City  of  Reno,  described  as  follows:  Front  and  First 
streets,  between  the  east  side  line  of  the  intersection  of  Front  and  Center 
streets,  and  the  west  side  line  of  the  intersection  of  Chestnut  and  First 
streets;  Second  street  between  Lake  and  Sierra  streets;  the  south  side  of 
Commercial  Row  between  Center  and  Sierra  streets;  Virginia  street  between 
the  south  side  of  Commercial  Row  and  the  Truckee  river;  Center  street 
and  the  east  side  of  Sierra  street  between  First  and  Front  streets,  and  the 
south  side  of  Commercial  Row,  shall  be  known  as  District  No.  1. 

Section  2.  Careful  Riding  and  Driving. — Every  person  riding,  driving, 
propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle,  upon  any  of  the  streets,  shall  ride, 
drive,  or  propel  such  vehicle  upon  such  streets  in  a careful  manner  and 
with  due  regard  to  the  safety  and  convenience  of  pedestrians  and  all  other 
vehicles  upon  such  streets. 

Section  3.  Driver  Under  Sixteen  Years. — No  person  owning  any  auto- 
mobile or  motor  vehicle  shall  permit  the  same  to  be  driven  upon  any  street 
by  any  person  under  the  age  of  sixteen  years. 

Section  4.  Zone  of  Quiet. — The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  may, 
by  Resolution,  declare  and  designate  any  street  or  alley  within  two  hundred 
(200)  feet  of  a hospital,  church,  court  house,  or  sick  chamber  a “zone  of 
quiet,”  and  upon  and  in  this  “zone,”  where  so  declared  and  designated,  there 
shall  be  no  ringing  of  bells,  sounding  of  gongs  or  whistles,  or  unnecessary 
noises  or  itinerant  music. 

Section  5.  Police  Orders. — Drivers  of  vehicles  and  street  cars  shall,  at 
all  times,  comply  with  any  direction,  by  voice  or  hand  or  whistle  of  any 
member  of  the  Police  Force,  as  to  stopping,  starting,  approaching  or  depart- 
ing from  any  place,  and  as  to  the  manner  of  taking  on  or  discharging  pas- 
sengers or  loading  or  unloading  goods. 

Section  6.  Traffic  Officers  and  Signals. — The  Chief  of  Police  shall  des- 
ignate such  Police  Officers  as  necessary  to  attend  upon  the  public  highways 
to  control  the  movements,  and  order  the  stoppage  of  vehicles  and  street 
cars  in  or  upon  such  streets,  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the  congestion  of 
traffic  and  the  preventing  of  accidents.  The  movement  and  stoppage  of 
vehicles,  street  cars  and  pedestrians  on  public  highways  shall  be  governed, 
as  follows: 

One  blast  of  a Police  whistle  or  the  raising  of  a hand  by  the  Officer, 
indicates  that  the  traffic  going  or  coming  on  the  street  on  which  he  is  facing, 
shall  stop,  and  the  traffic  going  or  coming  in  the  opposite  direction  shall 
proceed;  and  shall  proceed  when  the  Officer  sounds  two  blasts  of  a Police 
whistle  or  motions  his  arm  in  the  direction  in  which  he  desires  the  traffic 
to  proceed. 

Three  or  more  blasts  of  a Police  whistle  is  a signal  of  alarm  and  indi- 
cates the  approach  of  vehicles  of  the  Fire  Department,  or  some  other  emerg- 
ency, and  all  vehicles,  street  cars  and  interurban  railway  cars,  and  pedes- 
trians, shall  stop  until  permitted  by  the  Police  Officers  to  proceed. 

Section  7.  Right  of  Way  for  Fire  and  Police  Vehicles  and  Ambul- 
ances.— The  Officers  and  Firemen  and  all  vehicles  and  apparatus  of  the  Fire 
Department  when  going  to  or  returning  from  a fire,  and  all  ambulances, 
whether  public  or  private,  and  all  other  vehicles  when  employed  in  carrying 
sick  or  injured  persons  to  a hospital  or  other  place  for  relief  or  treatment, 
and  the  officers,  patrolmen  and  vehicles  of  the  Police  Department,  and 
vehicles  carrying  United  States  Mails,  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over  all 
other  persons  and  vehicles  on  any  street  and  through  any  possession. 

Section  8.  Traffic  To  Stop  On  the  Approach  of  Fire  Apparatus. — Upon 


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the  approach  of  apparatus  of  the  Fire  Department  responding  to  an  alarm, 
the  driver  of  any  vehicle  shall  immediately  draw  up  said  vehicle  as  near 
as  practicable  to  the  right-hand  curb  and  bring  his  vehicle  to  a stop.  At  the 
point  where  fire  alarm  signals  are  located,  when  the  alarm  is  sounded,  the 
drivers  of  all  vehicles  within  hearing  of  the  alarm  shall  follow  the  directions 
given  above,  and  shall  remain  stationary  until1  the  alarm  ceases,  and  then 
proceed  only  in  the  event  that  there  is  no  fire  apparatus  approaching. 

Section  9.  Intoxicated  Persons. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
while  in  an  intoxicated  condition  to  ride  or  drive  any  animal,  or  to  have 
charge  or  control  of  any  animal  or  vehicle  in  any  public  street. 

Section  10.  Catching  On  Moving  Vehicles. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  in  any  manner  catch  on,  hold,  or  otherwise  attach  himself 
or  any  vehicle  or  object  to  any  moving  vehicle  unless  given  permission  so 
to  do  by  the  operator  of  said  moving  vehicle. 

Section  11.  Sports  In  Streets. — No  person  shall  engage  in  any  sport, 
amusement,  or  occupation  likely  to  frighten  horses  or  embarrass  the  passage 
of  vehicles  upon  any  street. 

Section  12.  Stopping  In  Case  of  Accident. — In  case  of  accident  or  in- 
jury to  person  or  property  upon  any  street,  due  to  the  operation  thereon  of 
any  vehicle,  the  person  operating,  driving,  or  otherwise  in  control  of  the 
same  shall  stop,  and  upon  request  of  the  person  injured  or  whose  property 
has  suffered  injury  or  any  other  person  present,  shall  give  such  person  his 
name  and  address,  and  if  such  person  operating,  driving,  or  otherwise  in 
control  of  such  vehicle  is  not  the  owner  thereof,  also  the  name  and  ad- 
dress of  the  owner  of  such  vehicle. 

Section  13.  Speed  In  District  No.  1. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son to  ride,  drive  or  propel  any  vehicle  at  a rate  of  speed  greater  than 
fifteen  (15)  miles  per  hour  upon  or  along  any  portion  of  the  highways  de- 
scribed in  Section  1 of  this  ordinance  as  District  No.  1. 

Section  14.  Speed  Out  of  District  No.  1. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 

person  to  ride,  drive,  or  propel  any  vehicle  outside  of  District  No.  1 at  a 
rate  of  speed  greater  than  twenty  (20)  miles  per  hour  on  or  along  any  high- 
way or  portion  of  any  highway. 

Section  15.  Speed  On  Crossings  and  Intersections. — It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  person  to  ride,  drive,  or  propel  any  vehicle  at  a rate  of  speed 
greater  than  (12)  miles  per  hour  on  turning  a corner  from  one  highway  into 
another  in  any  district,  or  on  going  over,  upon,  or  across  street  crossings 
or  street  intersections  on  any  of  the  streets  designated  in  Section  1 of  this 
ordinance  as  District  No.  1,  anything  in  Sections  13  and  14  of  this  ordi- 
nance to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Section  16.  Exceptions  for  Fire  and  Police  Apparatus,  Etc. — The  pro- 
visions of  Sections  13,  14  and  15  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  the 
driver  or  occupant  of  any  vehicle  mentioned  in  Section  7 of  this  ordinance 
while  such  vehicle  has  the  right  of  way  therein  granted. 

Section  17.  Scorching  Or  Coasting. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son to  ride  any  bicycle,  tricycle,  bicycle  tandem,  or  other  vehicle  or  machine 
of  similar  character  upon  or  along  any  public  streets  unless  the  feet  of  the 
person  riding  or  driving  the  same  shall  be  kept  upon  the  pedals  thereof  at 
all  times  while  such  vehicle  is  in  motion;  the  practice  of  scorching  or  coast- 
ing is  hereby  prohibited. 

Section  18.  Passing  Animals,  Etc. — Every  person-  having  control  or 


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charge  of  any  motor  vehicle  upon  any  public  highway  and  approaching  any 
vehicle  drawn  by  a horse  or  horses,  or  any  horse  upon  which  any  person 
is  riding,  shall  operate,  manage,  and  control  such  motor  vehicle  in  such 
manner  as  to  exercise  every  reasonable  precaution  to  prevent  the  fright- 
ening of  any  such  horse  or  horses,  and  to  insure  the  safety  and  protection 
of  any  person  riding  or  driving  the  same.  And  if  such  horse  or  horses 
appear  frightened,  the  person  in  control  of  such  motor  vehicle  shall  reduce 
its  speed,  and  if  requested  by  a signal  or  otherwise  by  the  driver  of  such 
horse  or  horses,  shall  not  proceed  further  toward  such  animal  or  animals 
unless  such  movement  be  necessary  to  avoid  accident  or  injury,  or  until 
such  animal  or  animals  appear  to  be  under  the  control  of  the  driver  or 
rider. 


Section  19.  Bells,  Horns  and  Gongs.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  ride,  drive,  or  propel  any  bicycle,  tricycle,  velocipede,  motorcycle, 
automobile,  or  other  riding  machine  or  horseless  vehicle  within  the  limits 
of  the  City  of  Reno  without  having  attached  to  such  bicycle,  tricycle,  veloci- 
pede, motorcycle,  automobile,  or  other  riding  machine  or  horseless  vehicle 
a bell,  gong  or  horn,  in  good  working  order,  and  sufficient  to  give  warning 
of  such  vehicle  to  pedestrians  and  to  riders  or  drivers  of  other  vehicles  and 
to  persons  entering  or  leaving  street  cars.  Said  bell,  gong,  or  horn  shall  be 
of  such  size  only  as  may  be  necessary  to  give  such  warning.  Every  person 
operating  a motor  vehicle  shall  sound  said  bell,  horn,  gong,  whistle  or  other 
device  whenever  necessary,  as  a warning  of  danger,  but  not  at  other  times 
or  for  any  other  purposes. 

Section  20.  Loud  Noises  and  Sirens.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  per- 
son operating  vehicles  described  in  Section  19,  of  this  ordinance  to  use 
thereon,  while  traveling  through  the  streets,  any  instrument  for  the  purpose 
of  giving  warning  which  shall  produce  a sound  of  unusually  loud,  annoying 
or  distressing  character,  or  such  that  will  tend  to  frighten  pedestrians  or 
animals;  it  being  the  intention  of  this  section  to  prohibit  the  use  of  so-called 
sirens  or  similar  instruments  for  the  purpose  of  producing  unusually  loud 
annoying,  or  distressing  sounds. 


Section  21.  Lights  On  Moving  Motor  Vehicles. — Every  motor  vehicle 
other  than  a motorcycle,  and  motor  truck,  when  in  use,  shall  carry,  during 
ai  Perioci  from  a half  hour  after  sunset  to  a half  hour  before  sunrise,  and  at 
all  other  times  when  atmospheric  conditions  render  the  operation  of  vehicles 
unusual  y dangerous  to  the  traffic  and  use  of  the  highways,  at  least  two  (2) 
lighted  lamps  showing  white  lights  visible  under  normal  atmospheric  condi- 
tions at  least  200  feet  in  the  direction  toward  which  the  said  motor  vehicle  is 
proceeding  and  shall  also  carry  at  the  rear  of  said  motorvehicle  a lighted 
lamp,  exhibiting  one  red  light  plainly  visible  for  a distance  of  at  least  200  feet 
under  normal  atmospheric  conditions,  toward  the  rear,  and  so  placed  that 
the  number  carried  on  the  rear  of  such  motor  vehicle  shall  be  illuminated 
by  a white  light  in  such  a manner  that  such  number  can  be  plainly  dis- 
tinguished under  normal  atmospheric  conditions  at  a distance  of  not  less 
than  200  feet  in  the  reverse  direction  to  which  such  vehicle  is  proceeding. 

EVlu  *uto™ohj}?  equipped  with  and  using  electric  light  or  lights  upon 
°fAe  pubbF  *?,ghTayl:  of  thi?  City  shall  be  provided  and  equipped 
so™e  Practlcal  and  efficient  device  or  devices  whereby  the  forward 
light  or  lights  of  such  vehicle  may  be  dimmed  or  lessened  at  the  will  of  the 
driver  or  chauffeur  to  such  an  extent  that  such  electric  light  or  the  reflection 
therefrom  through  said  forward  light  or  lights  will  not  interfere  with  the 

Vehicle  f >eihPnrlr,: Lb\nd  ther  vision  of  the  driver  of  an  approaching 
vehicle,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  chauffeur  or  driver  of  such  auto- 

S?«  r1fSqt«PPffd  ? £ and  ring  £le,c.tric  lights  uP°n  the  Public  highways  of 
this  City  to  effectually  apply  such  dimmer  to  the  forward  light  or  lights  of 


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the  vehicles  being  driven  by  him  and  cause  such  light  or  lights  to  be  dimmed 
and  lessened  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  sight  or  temporarily  blind  the 
vision  of  the  driver  of  any  approaching  vehicle;  provided,  that  any  head- 
light that  does  not  cause  a blinding  light  or  a beam  of  light  over  forty-two 
inches  above  the  road  shall  be  deemed  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of 
this  section. 

Section  22.  Lights  On  Moving  Motorcycles,  and  Motor  Trucks. — 

Every  motorcycle  and  motor  truck,  while  in  use  shall  carry  during  the 
period  of  half  hour  after  sunset  to  a half  hour  before  sunrise,  and  at  all 
other  times  when  atmospheric  conditions  render  the  operation  of  vehicles 
unusually  dangerous  to  the  traffic  and  use  of  the  highways,  at  least  one 
lighted  lamp  in  the  front,  which  shall  give  a light  of  sufficient  power  and 
so  distributed  as  provided  in  Section  21  of  this  ordinance,  and  shall  also 
carry  at  the  rear  of  such  motorcycle,  and  motor  truck,  a lighted  lamp  ex- 
hibiting a red  light  plainly  visible  under  normal  atmospheric  conditions  for 
a distance  of  at  least  200  feet  toward  the  rear. 

Section  23.  Overhanging  Loads. — In  any  case  where  a motor  or  other 
vehicle  shall  be  loaded  with  any  material  in  such  a manner  that  any  portion 
of  such  load  extends  toward  the  rear  four  feet  or  more  beyond  the  rear  of 
the  bed  or  body  of  such  vehicle,  there  shall  be  displayed  at  the  extreme 
end  of  the  load,  at  the  times  and  under  the  conditions  in  this  section  here- 
inbefore specified,  in  addition  to  the  ordinary  rear  or  tail  light  hereinbefore 
required  to  be  displayed  on  such  vehicle,  a red  light  plainly  visible  under 
normal  atmospheric  conditions  at  least  200  feet  from  the  rear;  provided, 
further  that  at  other  times  while  such  vehicle  is  upon  the  highway  a red  hag 
or  cloth  not  less  than  16  inches  in  length  nor  less  than  16  inches  in  width 
shall  be  displayed  at  the  extreme  rear  end  of  said  load  as  a warning  signal 
to  persons  operating  vehicles  approaching  from  the  rear. 

Section  24.  Lights  On  Standing  Motor  Vehicles. — Motor  vehicles  that 
shall  be  left  standing  in  any  street  during  the  period  from  a half  hour  after 
sunset  to  a half  hour  before  sunrise,  and  at  all  other  times  when  atmos- 
pheric conditions  render  the  operation  of  vehicles  unusually . dangerous  to 
the  traffic  and  use  of  the  highways,  shall  have  attached  thereto,  in  a con- 
spicuous place  on  each  end  thereof,  a light  of  sufficient  candle  power  to  be 
clearly  visible  for  a distance  of  100  feet,  provided  that  no  lights  shall  be 
required  on  said  motor  vehicle  when  the  same  is  parked  as  hereinbefore 
provided. 

Section  25.  Lights  On  Horse  Drawn  Vehicles. — All  vehicles  other 
than  motor  vehicles  during  the  period  between  one  hour  after  sunset  and 
a half  hour  before  sunrise,  and  at  all  other  times  when  atmospheric  condi- 
tions under  the  operations  of  vehicles  dangerous,  shall  carry  at  least  one 
red  light  or  lantern  so  arranged  that  said  red  light  or  lantern  shall  be  visible 
from  both  front  and  rear  for  a distance  of  not  less  than  200  feet  from  said 
vehicle. 

Section  26.  Emissions  of  Smoke,  Steam,  Etc. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  operating  a self-propelled  vehicle  upon  the  streets  to  permit  the 
motors  of  the  same  to  operate  in  such  a manner  as  to  visibly  emit  an  unduly 
great  amount  of  steam,  smoke  or  other  prodicts  or  combustion  from  ex- 
haust pipes  or  other  pipes  or  openings. 

Section  27.  Mufflers  On  Motor  Vehicles. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  ride,  drive,  or  propel,  or  to  cause  or  permit  to  be  ridden,  driven, 
or  propelled,  any  motor  vehicle  in,  upon  or  along  any  street,  or  to  operate 
or  cause  or  permit  to  be  operated  the  motor  in  any  such  vehicle  in  any 
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is  not  provided  with  a good  and  sufficient  muffler  properly  attached  thereto, 
or  if  the  exhaust  from  the  motor  in  which  such  vehicle  is  ejected  otherwise 
than  through  such  muffler,  or  if  such  exhaust  is  ejected  toward  the  surface 
of  the  street  or  ground. 

Section  28.  Loud  Noises  From  Mufflers. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  operating  a self-propelled  vehicle  upon  the  streets  to  permit  the 
pipes,  mufflers,  or  other  devices  to  emit  the  sounds  of  exhaust  in  a loud 
and  annoying  manner;  it  being  the  intention  of  this  section  to  compel  the 
operation  of  such  self-propelled  vehicles  in  as  noiseless  a manner  as 
possible. 

Section  29.  Machinery  In  Motion  of  Motor  Vehicles  At  a Standstill. — 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  leave  unattended  upon  any  public 
street,  alley,  or  other  public  place  any  automobile  or  other  motor  vehicle 
while  any  part  of  its  machinery  is  running  or  is  in  motion. 

Section  30.  Drip  Pans. — Every  motor  vehicle  or  any  machinery  or 
apparatus  using  electricity,  gasoline  or  any  product  of  petroleum  for  its 
motor  power  shall  have  attached  thereto  a suitable  device,  or  devices,  for 
the  purpose  of  preventing  deposits  from  leakings  or  drippings  being  made 
upon  the  pavements  or  public  streets. 

Section  31.  Draining  of  Gasoline.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
operating  any  automobile  or  any  machinery  or  apparatus  using  electricity, 
gasoline,  or  other  product  of  petroleum  for  its  motor  power,  to  drain  from 
the  crank  or  gear  case,  or  from  any  other  part  of  said  machinery,  upon  any 
street. 

Section  32.  Repairing  On  Streets.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  construct,  or  cause  to  be  repaired,  any  vehicle  or  any  part  of  any  vehicle 
upon  any  street  except  temporary  repairs  in  case  of  accident,  and  then  only 
after  parking  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  33.  Brakes. — No  person  shall  ride,  drive  or  propel,  or  cause  or 
permit  to  be  ridden,  driven  or  propelled,  any  motor  vehicle  upon  or  along 
any  street  of  this  city,  unless  the  same  shall  be  equipped  with  a good  and 
sufficient  brake  or  set  of  brakes  which  shall  be  of  sufficient  power  when 
applied  to  bring  such  vehicle,  when  running  at  a speed  of  twelve  miles  per 
hour,  to  a full  stop  within  ten  feet  from  the  point  where  such  brake  is 
applied. 

Section  34.  Keeping  Vehicles  Close  To  the  Curb.— Every  person  riding, 
driving,  propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  moving  slowly  upon  any 
street  shall  keep  such  vehicles  close  as  possible  to  the  curb  on  the  right, 
allowing  more  swiftly  moving  vehicles  free  passage  on  the  left. 

Section  35.  Side  To  Curb. — No  person  riding,  driving,  propelling,  or 
in  charge  of  any  vehicle  shall  stop  the  same  upon  any  street  or  alley  of  the 
City  of  Reno  with  the  left  side  of  such  vehicle  toward  or  along  the  curb. 

Section  36.  Parking  and  Stopping. — No  person  driving,  riding,  pro- 
pelling or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle,  shall  stop  or  park  the  same  upon  any 
street  otherwise  than  on  the  right-hand  side  of  the  street,  and  at  an  angle, 
with  the  right  front  wheel  touching  the  curb  and  with  the  outer  rear  wheel 
not  more  than  eleven  feet  from  the  curb,  and  with  sufficient  room  for  any 
vehicle  already  parked  to  the  front  or  rear  or  both,  to  be  able  to  conveni- 

u ^ePart  ^rom  its  position,  and  in  the  case  of  horse-drawn  vehicles  wiin 
the  horse  or  horses  as  close  to  the  curb  as  possible  and  parallel  to  the  curb. 

Section  37.  Parking  In  Alleys. — No  person  driving,  riding,  propelling 


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or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  shall  park  the  same  in  any  alley  within  the  City 
of  Reno,  otherwise  than  on  the  right  side  of  the  alley  and  parallel  to  the 
same  and  as  close  to  the  right-hand  curb  of  the  alley  as  possible,  and  in 
no  case  shall  any  vehicle  be  parked  opposite  to  a vehicle  already  parked 
in  an  alley. 

Section  38.  Parking  In  District  No.  1. — No  person  driving,  riding,  pro- 
pelling or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  shall  stop  or  park  the  same  in  District 
No.  1 for  more  than  forty-five  (45)  minutes  continuously  within  one  hour, 
within  any  one  block  between  the  hours  of  9 A.  M.  and  6 P.  M.  of  any  day, 
and  then  only  as  provided  in  Section  36  of  this  ordinance. 

Section  39.  Backing  To  Curb. — No  vehicle  shall  stand  backed  up  to 
the  curb  except  when  actually  loading  or  unloading,  and  if  said  vehicle  is 
horse-drawn  and  has  four  wheels  the  horse  or  horses  must  stand  as  nearly 
parallel  to  the  curb  as  is  possible  and  face  to  the  direction  of  the  traffic,  but 
no  vehicle  shall  stand  so  backed  up  if  it  interferes  with  or  interrupts  the 
passage  of  other  vehicles  or  street  cars. 

Removal  of  Cars. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  in  charge  of  any 
vehicle  standing  on  any  public  highway  in  the  City  of  Reno,  to  fail,  refuse, 
or  neglect  to  move  such  vehicle  when  requested  so  to  do  by  any  police 
officer,  and  in  the  event  the  person  in  charge  cannot  be  found,  the  officer 
may  remove  such  vehicle  to  a safe  place  and  notify  said  person  in  charge. 

Section  40.  Vehicles  Turn  To  Right. — Every  person  riding,  driving, 
propelling  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle,  upon  meeting  any  other  vehicle  at  any 
place  upon  any  highway,  shall  turn  to  the  right,  and  on  all  occasions  when 
it  is  practicable  so  to  do  shall  travel  on  the  right  side  of  such  street  and 
near  the  right-hand  curb  thereof,  excepting  when  the  right-hand  side  of 
the  street  is  obstructed  by  teams,  buildings  or  other  material,  or  when  the 
street  is  closed  for  repairs;  in  such  cases  the  travel  shall  be  as  far  away 
from  the  left-hand  curb  as  possible,  so  as  to  allow  other  vehicles  to  freely 
pass. 

Section  41.  Passing  To  the  Left. — Every  person  riding,  driving,  pro- 
pelling, or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  upon  any  street  shall,  on  overtaking  any 
other  vehicle,  pass  to  the  left  of  such  vehicle,  and  the  person  in  charge  of 
such  vehicle  being  so  overtaken  and  passed,  shall  give  way  to  the  extreme 
right,  to  allow  such  vehicle  to  pass  with  safety. 

Section  42.  Signal  On  Changing  Course. — Every  person  riding,  driving, 
propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  upon  any  street  shall,  before  turning, 
stopping,  or  changing  the  course  of  such  vehicle,  first  see  that  there  is 
sufficient  space  so  that  such  movement  can  be  made  in  safety,  and  shall  then 
give  a plainly  visible  signal  to  the 'persons  in  charge  of  vehicles  behind  the 
vehicle  so  turning,  stopping,  changing  its  course,  or  turning  from  a stand- 
still, of  his  intention  to  make  such  movement,  in  which  event  no  turn  shall 
be  made  until  such  vehicle  shall  have  passed  on  the  left. 

The  signals  above  mentioned  shall  be  given  in  the  following  manner, 
to-wit: 

1.  Arm  straight  out — turning  in  direction  pointed  to. 

2.  Arm  pointed  upward — turning  in  the  opposite  direction. 

3.  Arm  pointed  downward — stopping  or  suddenly  checking  speed. 

If  it  is  a closed  vehicle  the  signals  must  be  given  by  a proper  signalling 
device  indicating  the  same  signals  as  those  required  by  the  hand. 

Section  43.  Approaching  Intersections. — All  vehicles  approaching  an 
intersection  of  a public  highway,  with  the  intention  of  turning  thereat  shall 
in  turning  to  the  right  keep  to  the  right  of  the  center  of  such  intersection. 


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and  in  turning  to  the  left  shall  run  beyond  the  center  of  such  intersection, 
passing  to  the  right  thereof,  before  turning  such  vehicle  toward  the  left. 

Section  44.  Right  of  Way  In  Turning  Corners  To  Right. — Every  per- 
son riding,  driving,  propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  turning  to  the 
right  from  one  street  into  another,  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over  vehicle 
traveling  in  the  direction  in  which  such  vehicle  is  turning;  and  every  person 
riding,  driving,  propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  traveling  in  the  direc- 
tion in  which  such  vehicle  is  turning  shall  allow  such  right  of  way  to  such 
vehicle  so  turning. 

Section  45.  Turning  Corners  To  Left. — Every  person  riding,  driving, 
propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  in  or  upon  any  street  shall,  in  turn- 
ing to  the  left  into  another  street,  pass  to  the  right  of  and  beyond  the  center 
of  the  street  intersection  before  turning. 

Section  46.  Right  of  Way  In  Turning  Corners  To  Left. — Every  person 
riding,  driving,  propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  turning  to  the  left 
from  one  street  into  another  shall  allow  the  right  of  way  to  vehicles  travel- 
ing in  the  direction  in  which  such  vehicle  is  turning;  and  every  person 
riding,  driving,  propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  traveling  in  the  direc- 
tion in  which  such  vehicle  is  turning  shall  have  the  right  of  way  over  such 
vehicle  so  turning. 

Section  47.  Right  of  Way  At  Corners. — The  operators  of  vehicles  ap- 
proaching any  intersection  of  the  streets  within  the  City  of  Reno  shall  yield 
the  right  of  way  to  vehicles  approaching  such  intersection  from  the  right 
of  such  first  named  vehicles. 

Section  48.  Changing  From  Side  To  Side  of  Street. — No  person  riding, 
driving,  propelling,  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  proceeding  correctly  along 
the  right  side  of  any  street  in  the  business  district  shall  cross 
over  to  the  left  side  in  the  center  or  middle  of  a block,  but 
shall  proceed  to  the  nearest  street  intersection  and  make  a com- 
plete turn,  keeping  at  all  times  to  the  right  side  of  the  street  in  the  channel 
of  traffic;  provided,  however,  that  under  the  meaning  and  intent  of  this 
section  an  alley  shall  not  be  construed  to  be  a street. 

Section  49.  Backing  of  Vehicles. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  ride,  drive,  or  propel,  or  cause  to  be  ridden,  driven,  or  propelled,  in, 
upon,  or  along  any  street  any  vehicle  in  the  backward  direction,  if  by  so 
doing  the  free  and  uninterrupted  passage  of  another  vehicle  or  of  any  street 
car  is  impeded,  and  in  no  event  shall  a person  drive  a vehicle  backward 
across  a street  intersection. 

Section  50.  Warning  On  Backing. — Before  backing,  ample  warning 
shall  be  given,  and  while  backing  unceasing  vigilance  shall  be  exercised 
so  as  not  to  injure  those  behind. 

Section  51.  Following  Other  Vehicles. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  riding,  driving,  or  propelling,  or  causing  or  permitting  to  be  ridden, 
driven,  or  propelled,  any  vehicle  to  travel  so  closely  in  the  wake  of  any 
vehicle  in  such  manner  as  to  imperil  life  or  limb,  or  to  travel  so  closely  in 
the  wake  of  any  such  moving  vehicle  as  not  to  give  the  following  vehicle 
ample  room  in  which  to  stop  or  turn  out  in  case  the  preceding  vehicle  comes 
to  a sudden  stop. 

Section  52.  Passing  Street  Cars. — No  vehicle  shall  pass  any  street  cars 
loading  or  unloading  passengers  on  the  side  of  said  car  at  which  passengers 
are  loading  or  unloading,  without  first  coming  to  a complete  stop  in  the 
rear  of  the  car,  and  remain  until  passengers  are  unloaded,  when  he  may 


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proceed  past  said  car  at  a speed  not  greater  than  six  (6)  miles  per  hour, 
and  at  a distance  of  not  less  than  six  (6)  feet  from  the  running-board,  or 
lower  step  of  such  car. 

Section  53.  Vehicles  Not  To  Travel  Side  By  Side. — No  person  shall 
drive  or  permit  to  be  driven  or  ridden  any  vehicle  by  the  side  of  another 
vehicle  in  any  street  of  this  city  longer  than  is  necessary  to  pass  such  other 
vehicle. 

Section  54.  Passing  Preceding  Vehicles. — No  person  riding,  driving, 
propelling  or  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  shall  pass  any  preceding  vehicle  while 
the  driver  of  such  preceding  vehicle  is  himself  engaged  in  the  act  of  passing 
another  vehicle,  and  in  passing  any  vehicle  shall  pass  to  the  left  thereof  and 
not  pull  over  to  the  right  until  entirely  clear  of  the  vehicle  passed. 

Section  55.  Street  Cars  Right  of  Way. — Excepting  as  provided  in  Sec- 
tion 7 of  this  ordinance,  street  railway  cars  shall  be  entitled1  to  the  track, 
and  in  all  cases  when  any  vehicle  on  a street  car  track  shall  be  overtaken 
by  a street  car,  the  driver  of  such  vehicle  shall  give  way  to  such  car  as  soon 
as  possible,  and  in  no  event  shall  any  vehicle  overtaken  by  such  street  car 
proceed  on  the  track  for  a greater  distance  than  one  block,  or  after  arriv- 
ing at  any  street  intersection;  nor  shall  any  person  willfully  or  purposely 
obstruct,  hinder,  delay,  or  in  any  way  interfere  with  the  operation  of  any 
street  car  or  the  passage  of  any  vehicle. 

Section  56.  Warning  By  Street  Cars. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 

person  in  charge  or  control  of,  or  having  the  control  of,  or  directing  the 
movement  of  any  street  car  in  the  City  of  Reno,  to  propel  any  such  street 
car  along  or  across  any  of  the  street  crossings  of  said  city  at  a speed 
greater  than  three  (3)  miles  per  hour,  and  without  first  sounding  a gong, 
bell,  whistle,  or  other  danger  signal  at  a distance  of  not  less  than  fifty  (50) 
feet  before  approaching  any  such  crossing. 

Section  57.  Passengers  To  Alight  On  Right-Hand  Side. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  in  charge  or  control  of,  or  having  the  control  of, 
or  directing  the  movement  of  any  street  car  in  the  City  of  Reno,  to  allow 
any  passenger  or  passengers  carried  thereon  to  leave  said  car  save  and 
except  by  an  exit  on  the  right-hand  side  thereof. 

Section  58.  Crossing  Railroad  Tracks. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  in  charge  or  control  of,  or  having  the  control  of,  or  directing  the 
movement  of  any  street  car  in  the  City  of  Reno,  to  propel  any  such  street 
car  across  any  railroad  tracks,  other  than  tracks  upon  which  street  cars 
are  operated  exclusively,  without  first  bringing  said  street  car  to  a full  stop 
and  being  advised  by  some  person  stationed  for  the  purpose,  or  by  leaving 
said  street  car  and  ascertaining  himself,  from  a position  between  the  rails 
to  be  crossed,  that  there  is  no  danger  from  approaching  engines,  trains,  or 
cars. 

Section  59.  Trains  On  Crossings. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
in  charge  or  control,  either  as  engineer,  conductor,  brakeman,  or  otherwise, 
of  any  engine,  car,  train  or  cars,  or  any  part  of  a train  of  cars  on  any  rail- 
road operated  within  or  passing  through  the  City  of  Reno,  to  cause  or 
allow  such  engine,  car,  train  of  cars,  or  part  of  a train  of  cars  to  stand  or 
remain  on  or  across  any  street  crossing  within  the  said  city,  or  so  much  of 
the  way  across  any  street  crossing  within  said  city  as  to  hinder  or  obstruct 
travel  on  or  over  any  street,  at  or  during  any  time  except  when  making  up 
a train  or  stopping  a train  at  a station,  and  then  only  for  a period  of  time 
not  exceeding  five  minutes,  and  in  no  case  shall  any  engine,  train,  portion 
of  a train, 'or  any  railroad  car  obstruct  any  street  "for  a longer  period  than 


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five  minutes;  provided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  passenger 
train  running  through  said  city;  provided,  however,  that  at  no  time  shall 
more  than  two  railroad  crossings  within  the  City  of  Reno,  on  any  one  line 
of  railroad,  be  blocked. 

Section  60.  Garbage  Vehicles,  Etc. — No  vehicle  used  for  the  purpose 
of  carrying  sand,  gravel,  earth,  rock,  oil,  rubbish,  garbage  or  any  other 
loose  or  liquid  substance  liable  to  shift  or  spill  out,  shall  be  allowed  on 
any  of  the  highways  of  the  City  of  Reno,  unless  the  same  is  made  tight 
and  so  constructed  or  properly  covered,  as  to  prevent  the  sifting  or  spilling 
or  blowing  of  any  of  its  contents  upon  the  highway  over  which  it  is  passing. 

Section  61.  Throwing  Tacks,  Etc.,  Liable  To  Injure  Tires. — It  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  throw,  deposit,  or  place  in  or  upon  any  public 
street  any  nails,  tacks,  crockery,  scrap  iron,  tin,  wire,  bottles,  glass,  thorns, 
thorny  clippings,  or  thorny  branches  of  trees  or  bushes,  or  any  other 
articles  or  thing  likely  to  puncture  or  injure  the  tire  of  any  vehicle. 

Section  62.  Funeral  Processions. — No  vehicle  shall  be  driven  or  pro- 
pelled through  or  across  any  funeral  procession  passing  through  the  streets 
of  the  City  of  Reno;  but  any  such  vehicle,  upon  meeting  any  funeral  pro- 
cession, shall  come  to  a full  stop  until  the  said  funeral  procession  has  fully 
and  completely  passed  the  said  vehicle;  provided,  that  the  provisions  of 
this  section  shall  not  appertain  or  apply  to  vehicles  mentioned  in  Section  7 
of  this  ordinance. 

Section  63.  Hauling  Heavy  Loads. — No  traction  engine,  trailer,  motor 
or  other  vehicle  shall  be  operated  upon  or  over  a highway  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  nor  shall  any  object  be  moved  over  or  upon  any  such  highway  upon 
wheels,  rollers,  or  otherwise,  in  excess  of  a total  weight  of  fourteen  tons, 
including  vehicle,  object  or  contrivance  and  load,  without  first  obtaining 
a permit  from  the  City  Engineer.  No  vehicle  shall  be  operated  upon  or 
over  any  highway,  the  weight  of  which  resting  upon  the  surface  of  said 
highway  exceeds  eight  hundred  pounds  upon  any  inch  in  width  of  tire, 
unless  such  highway  is  paved  with  brick,  block,  sheet  asphalt  or  concrete 
pavement.  No  vehicle  carrying  a weight  in  excess  of  four  tons,  including 
the  vehicle  shall  be  operated  upon  any  highway  in  this  City  at  a speed 
greater  than  twelve  (12)  miles  an  hour  when  such  vehicle  is  equipped  with 
iron  or  steel  tires,  nor  greater  than  fifteen  (15)  miles  an  hour  when  the 
vehicle  is  equipped  with  tires  of  hard  rubber  or  other  similar  substance.  No 
traction  engine,  motor  or  other  vehicle  shall  be  operated  upon  any  highway 
with  more  than  one  trailer  attached  thereto. 

Section  64.  Tires  On  Traction  Engines. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  ride,  drive,  or  propel  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  ridden,  driven,  or 
propelled,  along  or  upon  any  paved,  macadamized,  or  top-dressed  street, 
any  vehicle  or  traction  engine  any  tire  of  which  is  worn  or  is  not  smooth, 
or  that  has  a sharp  or  uneven  surface,  or  any  vehicle  or  traction  engine  to 
any  tire  or  wheel  of  which  is  attached  cleats  or  spikes  or  uneven  surfaces, 
or  any  device  that  will  cause  damage  to  the  paving,  macadamizing,  or  top- 
dressing in  such  street. 

Section  65. — Driving  On  New  Pavements  Prohibited. — No  person  shall 
ride  or  drive  any  horse  or  vehicle  over  or  across  any  pavement  newly  laid 
or  repaired  across  or  around  which  there  has  been  placed  a barrier,  or  at 
or  near  which  there  is  a person  or  a sign  warning  persons  against  riding 
or  driving  over  such  pavement,  or  a sign  stating  that  the  highway  is  closed. 
The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the  employees  actually 
engaged  in  the  paving  or  repair  of  such  pavement. 

Section  66.  Pedestrians,  Right  of  Way,  Obstructing  Sidewalks. — Every 


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person  in  charge  of  any  vehicle  or  street  car  or  interurban  car  shall  exercise 
all  possible  care  to  avoid  injury  to  pedestrians.  Pedestrians  shall  have  the 
right  of  way  over  vehicles  at  regular  street  crossings  at  intersections,  except 
where  the  crossing  is  closed  by  signal  as  provided  by  ordinance. 

Every  pedestrian  shall  keep  to  the  right  of  the  sidewalk  or  street  cross- 
ing and  shall  not  obstruct  or  prevent  free  use  of  any  sidewalk  or  street 
crossing  by  others.  Pedestrians  shall  not  stop  or  stand  so  as  to  obstruct 
use  of  the  sidewalk. 

It  shall  be  unlawful  for  pedestrians  to  cross  the.  street  at  any  point 
other  than  at  regular  street  or  alley  crossings  at  intersections. 

Section  67.  Pedestrians  Crossing  Streets.— No  pedestrians  shall  inter- 
fere with  the  movement  of  vehicles  or  street  cars  or  interurban  cars  in 
crossing  streets  and  no  pedestrians  shall  cross  streets,  diagonally,  but  shall 
cross  the  streets  at  right  angles  and  at  regular  crossings,  as  provided 
herein. 

Section  68.  Driving  On  Sidewalks. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  ride  or  drive,  or  cause  to  be  ridden  or  driven,  any  horse  or  other  animal, 
or  to  ride,  drive,  or  propel,  or  cause  to  be  ridden,  driven,  or  propelled,  any 
wagon,  bicycle,  motorcycle,  automobile,  or  other  vehicle,  except  hand  car- 
riages for  children,  upon  or  along  any  public  sidewalk,  or  to  leave  any  such 
animal  or  vehicle  upon  any  public  sidewalk,  or  permit  any  such  animal  or 
vehicle  to  stand  thereon,  or  to  permit  any  such  animal  or  vehicle  to  stand 
upon  any  public  street  in  such  manner  as  to  obstruct  the  free  use  of  the 
roadway  of  such  street. 

Section  69.  Roller  Skating. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to 
use  roller  skates  or  to  travel  by  means  of  roller  skates  on  any  highway  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  or  on  sidewalks  in  District  No.  1. 

Section  70.  Carrying  Baskets  On  Poles. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  carry  over  or  along  any  sidewalk  or  any  public  street  any  bags, 
basket,  or  baskets,  suspended  from  or  attached  to  any  pole  or  poles  sup- 
ported upon  his  shoulder  or  shoulders. 

Section  71.  Unsecured  Animals  On  Streets.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  having  charge,  custody,  or  control  of  any  horse,  mule,  pony,  or 
donkey,  to  leave  such  animal,  or  cause  or  permit  the  same  to  be  left  un- 
attended and  unsecured  in  any  public  street.  Any  horse,  mule,  pony,  or 
donkey  left  unattended  in  any  public  street  shall  be  deemed  to  be  unsecured 
within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance  unless  it  shall  be  securely  tied  or 
hitched  by  a chain,  strap,  or  rope  fastened  to  its  neck,  bridle,  or  halter  and 
to  a post  or  other  permanent  fastening,  or  by  a chain,  strap,  or  rope  fas- 
tened to  its  bridle  or  halter  and  to  a weight  of  not  less  than  twenty  (20) 
pounds  resting  upon  the  ground,  or  in  the  case  of  one  or  two  horses  or 
mules  harnessed  to  a wagon  having  a brake,  by  tightly  setting  the  brake 
on  such  wagon,  backing  the  horse,  mule,  or  team  so  that  the  traces  shall 
be  loose,  pulling  the  lines  taut  and  securely  fastening  them  to  the  wagon 
in  such  manner  that  the  wagon  can  be  drawn  only  by  means  of  the  lines 
or  chain  fastened  to  the  body  of  the  vehicle  and  passing  through  wheel 
or  stake  in  hind  wheel  of  truck. 

Section  72.  Breaking  of  Animals. — It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  drive  upon  the  streets  any  unduly  dangerous  or  partially  “broken” 
animal,  or  to  use  the  said  streets  for  the  purpose  of  “breaking”  animals; 
it  being  the  intention  of  this  section  to  define  the  words  “broken”  and 
“breaking”  as  the  act  of  accustoming  animals  to  a saddle  or  harness  for 
the  purpose  of  subjection. 

Section  73.  Animals  Without  Bit  and  Bridle —It  shall  be  unlawful  for 


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anv  person  to  leave,  or  cause  to  be  left,  any  horse,  mule  pony,  or  donkey 
hFor  upon  any  public  street  unless  there  shall  be  in  the  mouth  of  such 
animal  a bit  attached  to  a bridle  halter,  which  bridle  halter  shall  be  securely 
fastened  on  the  head  of  such  animal. 

Section  74.  Hitching  To  Trees.— No  horse  shall  be  hitched  on  any 
highway  in  the  City  of  Reno  to  any  shade  or  ornamental  tree  or  electrolier 
or  in  such  a manner  that  any  damage  may  be  done  to  any  s“ch.^re^  °r 
trolier,  or  to  any  grass  plot  or  other  improvement  located  in  the  space 
between  the  curb  and  sidewalk. 

Section  75.  Feeding  Unhitched  Animals.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any 
person  to  feed  or  cause  to  be  fed,  any  horse,  mule,  pony,  donkey,  or  other 
animal  upon  any  street  unless  such  horse,  mule,  pony,  donkey  or  other 
animal  shall  be  securely  tied  or  hitched  by  a chain,  strap,  or  rope  fastened 
to  its  neck,  bridle  or  halter  and  to  a post  or  other  permanent  fastening, 
or  by  a chain  fastened  to  the  body  of  vehicle  and  passed  through  wheels  or 
stake  in  hind  wheel  of  truck. 

Section  76.  Feeding  Except  With  Nose  Bags. — It  shall  be  unlawful 
for  any  person  to  feed,  or  cause  to  be  fed,  any  horse,  mule,  pony,  donkey, 
or  other  animal  upon  any  street  except  by  means  of  a nose  bag  fastened 
upon  the  head  of  such  animal. 

Section  77.  Council  May  Designate  “No  Parking”  Districts.— The  City 
Council  may,  by  Resolution,  when  it  is  deemed  advisable  for  safety  or 
the  convenience  of  traffic,  designate  certain  places  or  districts  in  what  is 
. known  as  District  No.  1,  as  “No  Parking”  Districts,  in  which  places  and 
districts,  it  shall  be  unlawful  to  park  any  vehicle  or  to  hitch  any  animals, 
or  leave  any  animal  standing. 

Section  78.  Standing  Near  Fire  Hydrants— It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  hitch,  or  to  leave  standing,  or  to  cause  or  permit  to  be 
hitched  or  left  standing,  any  vehicle  in  any  public  street  within  fifteen  (15; 
feet  of  any  fire  hydrant. 

Section  79.  Parking  Near  Certain  Corners.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  hitch,  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  hitched,  any  horse,  mule,  or 
other  animal,  or  to  leave  standing,  or  cause  or  permit  to  be  left  standing, 
any  bicycle,  motorcycle,  buggy,  carriage,  wagon,  or  other  vehicle,  or  any 
animal  upon  any  street  within  twenty  (20)  feet  of  any  street  intersection 


corner. 

Section  80.  Front  Street  Between  Virginia  and  Sierra  Streets.— It 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  riding,  driving,  propelling,  or  in  charge 
of  any  vehicle  to  allow  such  vehicle,  while  not  actually  loading  or  unload- 
ing, to  stand  or  remain  on  any  portion  of  Front  street  between  the  east 
side  line  of  Chestnut  street,  extended  across  said  Front  street,  and  the 
west  side  line  of  Virginia  street  where  the  same  intersects  said  bront 
street. 

Section  81.  Use  of  Handle  Bars.— It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person 
to  ride,  drive,  or  propel  any  bicycle,  trycle,  or  motorcycle  without  having, 
at  all  times,  at  least  one  hand  upon  the  handlebars  or  other  steering 
apparatus. 

Section  82.  Penalty.— Any  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation 
who  shall  be  found  guilty  of  a violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a fine  of  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  and 
fifty  ($150.00)  dollars;  and  in  default  of  the  payment  of  said  fine,  or  any 
part  thereof,  may  be  imprisoned  in  the  City  Jail  of  the  City  of  Reno  one 
(1)  day  for  every  two  ($2.00)  dollars  of  said  fine  remaining  unpaid. 


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Section  83.  Repealing  Clause. — All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  with  this  ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  84.  In  Effect. — This  ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and 
after  its  passage,  adoption  and  publication  in  the  compilation  of  Ordinances 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  said  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  by 
Resolution  of  January  12,  1920. 

Section  85.  Publication. — The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have 
this  City  Ordinance  No.  268  published  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances 
of  the  City  of  Reno  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno 
by  Resolution  No.  324  of  January  12,  1920. 

Passed  and  Adopted  this  10th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1920,  by  the  fol- 
lowing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Duborg. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Councilmen  Ross  and  Bridgman. 

Approved  this  11th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920. 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

BILL  NO.  306. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  271. 

An  Ordinance  Fixing  the  Width  of  Sidewalks  and  Curbing  Line  On  North 

Center  Street,  Between  Fourth  Street  and  Ninth  Street,  in  the  City  of 

Reno. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  The  width  of  all  sidewalks  on  North  Center  street,  between 
Fourth  street  and  the  north  side  of  Ninth  street,  in  the  City  of  Reno,  shall 
be  five  feet. 

Section  2.  The  curbing  of  each  side  of  said  street  between  Fourth 
street  and  the  north  side  of  Ninth  street  in  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  be  set  six- 
teen feet  from  the  property  line;  said  curbing  to  be  constructed  of  stone 
or  cement. 

Section  3.  All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  This  Ordinance  shall  take  effect  immediately  after  its  pas- 
sage and  adoption,  approval  and  publication,  for  a period  of  one  week  in 
the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of  Reno. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  is  hereby  authorized  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  271  published  in 
the  Reno  Evening  Gazette,  a daily  newspaper  published  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  daily,  for  a period  of  one  week. 

Passed  and  adopted,  this  12th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Duborg  and  Bridgman. 

(Approved  this  13th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.) 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


PART  III 

Amendatory  and  Repealing  Ordinances 

Ordered  Printed  in  Compilation 


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BILL  NO.  302. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  267. 

An  Ordinance,  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  Section  5,  of  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  196,  Entitled,  “An  Ordinance  To  Fix,  Impose,  and  Provide 
for  the  Collection  of  a License  Tax  Upon  Rent  Service  Cars,  and  To 
Regulate  the  Operation  and  Running  of  the  Same  Within  the  City  of 
Reno;  To  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  of  Its  Provisions;  and  To 
Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith, 
and  Particularly  Section  44,  of  City  Ordinance  No.  195,  Entitled  ‘An 
Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  the  Title  of,  and  To 
Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  City  Ordinance  No.  82,  Entitled,  ‘An 
Ordinance  To  Fix,  Impose,  and  Collect  a License  Tax  on  Certain 
Trades,  Businesses,  Occupations,  Callings,  and  Amusements,  In  the 
City  of  Reno;  To  Regulate  and  Classify  the  Same,  To  Fix  a Penalty 
for  the  Violation  Thereof;  To  Define  the  Duties  of  Certain  Officers  in 
Connection  Therewith;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of 
Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith/  Passed  and  Adopted  October  28, 
1907;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Con- 
flict Therewith;  ’Passed  and  Adopted  December  13,  1915/  and  To  Re- 
peal All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in  Conflict  Therewith,” 
As  Amended  By  City  Ordinance  No.  241,  Passed  and  Adopted  Decem- 
ber 10,  1917,  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  in 
Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Section  5,  of  said  ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  5.  City  Clerk  To  Issue  Licenses. — Upon  the  City  Council 
granting  a license  as  hereinbefore  provided,  the  City  Clerk  shall  issue  the 
same  upon  the  payment,  in  advance,  of  quarterly  license  tax  as  follows: 
For  each  rent  service  car  operated,  up  to  and  including  a 7-passenger 
car,  according  to  the  trade  rating  of  such  rent  service  car,  or  the  actual 
seating  capacity  thereof,  in  case  the  same  has  been  altered,  re-constructed, 
or  privately  built,  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars,  and  in  addition  thereto, 
the  further  sum  of  one  ($1.00)  dollar,  per  the  seating  capacity  for  each 
individual  passenger  over  and  above  its  7-passenger  capacity,  according  to 
the  trade  rating  of  such  rent  service  car,  or  the  actual  seating  capacity 
thereof,  in  case  the  same  has  been  altered,  reconstructed  or  privately  built. 

Section  2.  All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances  in  conflict  with  this 
Ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption,  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  by  Resolution 
No.  324,  of  January  12,  1920. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  Reno, 
is  hereby  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  267  published  in  the  Com- 
pilation of  Ordinances  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  by  Resolution  324,  of  January  12,  1920.. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  10th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross,  Duborg. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — B ridgman. 


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(Approved  this  11th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.) 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  304. 

ORDINANCE  NO.  269. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  Section  8,  Section  21,  and 
Section  35,  of  City  Ordinance  No.  195,  Entitled,  “An  Ordinance  To 
Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  the  Title  of,  and  To  Amend,  Revise  and 
Re-Enact,  City  Ordinance  No.  82,  Entitled,  ‘An  Ordinance  To  Fix, 
Impose,  and  Collect,  a License  Tax  on  Certain  Trades,  Businesses 
Occupations,  Callings,  and  Amusements,  In  the  City  of  Reno;  To  Regu- 
late and  Classify  the  Same,  To  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  Violation  Thereof; 
To  Define  the  Duties  of  Certain  Officers  In  Connection  Therewith,  and 
To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  There- 
with/ Passed  and  Adopted  October  28,  1907;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordi- 
nances and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith,”  and  To  Further 
Amend  Said  Ordinance  By  Adding  Thereto  One  New  Section  To  Be 
Known  As  Section  19- (a),  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of 
Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Section  8 of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  8.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
to  report  to  the  City  Auditor,  all  persons  who  have  failed  to  pay  licenses 
as  required  by  this  Ordinance,  as  soon  as  said  party  or  parties  shall  have 
been  delinquent  thirty  (30)  days,  and  thereupon  the  City  Auditor  shall 
stamp  upon  said  license,  what  shall  be  known  as  a “delinquency  stamp,”  for 
a sum  equal  to  Fifty  per  cent  of  said  license,  which  amount  shall  be  col- 
lected by  the  City  Clerk  in  addition  to  the  amount  of  the  license,  and  in 
the  event  said  sum  is  not  paid  within  ten  (10)  days  therefrom,  the  City 
Clerk  shall  report  said  parties  having  failed  to  pay  said  license  to  the  City 
Attorney,  who  shall  institute  Civil  Proceedings  to  recover  the  amount  of 
such  delinquency,  and  license,  together  with  costs  of  suit,  but  such  civil 
proceedings  shall  not  be  a bar  to  the  criminal  action  in  this  Ordinance 
provided. 

Section  2.  Section  21,  of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  revised,  amended, 
and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  21.  Attorneys,  Doctors,  Physicians,  Etc. — Every  attorney, 
doctor,  physician,  surgeon,  veterinary  surgeon,  chiropractic,  chiropodist, 
osteopath,  and  dentist,  or  any  person  charging  a fee  for  the  treatment  of 
the  body  or  mind  by  mental  or  physical  process,  and  practicing  his  or  her 
profession  in  said  city,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry 
on  such  business,  as  per  schedule  hereinbefore  recited  in  Section  20  of  said 
Ordinance. 

Section  3.  Section  35  of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  35.  Steam  Laundries,  Retail  Butchers,  Building  and  Loan  As- 


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sociations,  Loan  and  Trust  Companies,  Patent  Medicine  Agencies,  Livery 
Stables,  Garages,  Livestock  Corrals,  Tanneries,  Oil  Refineries,  Oil  Tanks, 
Abstract  Companies,  Searchers  of  Records,  Tamale  Parlors,  Saddle  and 
Harness  Factories,  Automobile  and  Carriage  Painting  and  Sign  Painting 
Establishments,  Ore-Purchasing  and  Smelting  Works,  Collection  Agencies, 
and  Public  Accountants. 

Every  person,  firm,  association,  or  corporation,  engaged  in,  carrying 
on,  conducting,  maintaining,  or  pursuing  any  of  the  following  named  occu- 
pations or  businesses  in  said  city,  to-wit:  Steam  laundry,  retail  butcher  shop, 
live-stock,  corral,  livery  stable,  automobile  garage,  tannery,  oil  refinery, 
oil  tank,  tamale  parlor  or  stand,  saddle  and  harness  factory,  automobile  and 
carriage  painting  and  sign  painting  establishment,  ore-purchasing  and 
smelting  works,  collection  agency,  public  accountants,  selling  abstracts  of 
title  to  real  property,  and  every  building  and  loan  association,  loan  and 
trust  company,  patent  medicine  company,  or  abstract  company,  doing  busi- 
ness maintaining  an  agency,  or  operating  in  said  city,  shall  pay  for  and 
obtain  a quarterly  license  to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule 
hereinbefore  recited  in  Section  20  of  said  Ordinance. 

Section  4.  Said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto,  a 
new  Section  to  be  known  as  19-(a),  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  19-(a.)  Apartment  Houses. — Every  person,  firm,  association, 
or  corporation,  engaged  in  the  business  of  keeping  or  conducting  an  apart- 
ment house,  in  the  City  of  Reno,  shall  pay  for  and  obtain  a quarterly  license 
to  carry  on  such  business,  as  per  the  schedule  hereinafter  recited  in  this 
Section. 

Those  who  have  five  (5)  apartments,  and  not  exceeding  nine  (9)  apart- 
ments, shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  quarter, 
and  those  who  have  ten  (10)  apartments  and  not  exceeding  nineteen  (19) 
apartments,  shall  pay  for  such  license,  the  sum  of  ten  ($10.00)  dollars,  per 
quarter,  and  those  who  have  twenty  (20)  apartments,  and  not  exceeding 
thirty-nine  (39)  apartments,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  twenty 
($20.00)  dollars  per  quarter,  and  those  who  have  forty  (40)  apartments 
and  over,  shall  pay  for  such  license  the  sum  of  thirty  ($30.00)  dollars,  per 
quarter. 

Section  5.  All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  6.  This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage, adoption,  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances,  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  by 
Resolution  No.  324,  of  January  12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Section  7.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  is  hereby  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  304,  published  in 
the  Compilation  of  Ordinances,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  by  Resolution  No.  324,  of  January  12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  22nd  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross,  Duborg,  Bridgman. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — None. 

(Approved  this  22nd  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.) 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


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BILL  NO.  305. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  270. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  Section  21-E,  of  Ordinance 
No.  44,  Entitled,  “An  Ordinance  Declaring  What  Are  Nuisances  In 
the  City  of  Reno,  and  To  Prevent  and  Regulate  the  Same,  Fixing  a 
Penalty  for  the  Violation  of  Any  of  the  Provisions  Thereof;  Repealing 
All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith,  and 
Other  Matter  Necessarily  Relating  Thereto,”  and  Further  Amending 
Said  Ordinance  By  Adding  Thereto,  a Section  To  Be  Known  As  21-F, 
and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict 
Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Section  21-E  of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  21-E.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  throw  or  deposit, 
or  cause  to  be  thrown  or  deposited,  in  any  street,  alley,  gutter,  or  highway 
within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  any  dirt,  rubbish,  ashes,  paper,  shav- 
ings, or  other  inflammable  material  or  trash;  and  it  shall  be  unlawful  for 
any  person  to  kindle  or  use  any  fire  upon  any  public  street,  alley,  highway, 
or  anywhere  else  in  the  open  air  within  the  limits  of  said  city;  and  it  shall 
also  be  unlawful  for  any  owner  agent,  or  occupant  of  any  yard,  lot,  or  en- 
closure within  the  limits  of  said  city  to  permit  or  allow  to  accumulate 
therein  or  thereabout  any  refuse,  weeds,  brush,  rubbish,  trash,  garbage, 
filth,  ashes,  paper,  excelsior,  shavings,  wooden  boxes,  packing-cases,  or 
other  debris;  or  any  inflammable  or  combustible  material;  and  every  such 
person,  owner,  agent,  or  occupant,  upon  receiving  a written  notice  from 
the  Chief  or  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department  of  said  city  that  such 
condition  exists  in,  upon,  or  about  any  property  owned,  occupied,  or  man- 
aged by  such  person  or  persons  as  aforesaid,  must,  within  two  days  there- 
after, remove,  or  cause  to  be  removed,  all  such  garbage,  weeds,  brush,  filth, 
refuse,  boxes,  or  other  trash  or  debris  hereinbefore  mentioned;  If,  after 
receiving  a written  notice  from  the  Chief  or  Assistant  Chief  of  the  Fire 
Department  to  clean  the  same  of  any  accumulated  rubbish,  filth,  garbage  or 
other  debris,  the  said  owner  or  agent  refuses  or  fails  for  a period  of  two 
(2)  days,  to  clean  the  same,  the  city  shall  remove  the  said  accumulated 
rubbish,  filth,  garbage  or  other  debris  and  collect  the  cost  of  said  removal 
by  suit  against  owner  of  said  lot,  yard,  or  premises,  and  the  cost  of  said 
removal  shall  be  a lien  against  the  said  lot,  yard,  or  premises,  until  paid  and 
in  said  action  for  recovery  of  the  cost  of  said  removal  it  shall  not  be  neces- 
sary to  join  as  defendant,  any  party  other  than  the  name  of  the  actual 
record  owner  of  said  lot  or  premises,  but  said  civil  suit  shall  not  be  a bar 
to  a criminal  action  as  provided  in  this  Ordinance. 

Section  2.  Said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted 
by  adding  thereto,  a new  section  to  be  known  as  21-F,  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  21-F.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person  to  throw  or  cause 
to  be  thrown  or  deposit  in  the  Truckee  river,  within  the  limits  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  or  in  any  reservoir,  ditch,  or  other  stream  within  said  city,  any 
rubbish,  garbage,  trash,  filth,  or  other  matter  tending  to  make  waters  im- 
pure, unwholesome,  or  offensive. 

Section  3.  All  Ordinances  or  parts  of  Ordinances,  in  conflict  with  this 
Ordinance,  are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  This  Ordinance  shall  go  into  effect  upon  its  adoption,  ap- 


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proval  and  publication  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  by  Resolution 
No  324,  of  January  12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Section  5.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  270,  published  in  the 
Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  Resolution  No.  324,  of  Janu- 
ary 12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  12th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Duborg  and  Bridgman. 

(Approved  this  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920.) 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  307. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  272. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  Sections  9 and  11  of,  “An 
Ordinance  Licensing  and  Regulating  the  Business  of  Plumbing  and 
Drainlaying  Within  the  City  of  Reno,  Prescribing  and  Establishing 
Certain  Rules  and  Regulations  Regarding  Plumbing  and  Drainlaying 
In  the  City  of  Reno,  Establishing  and  Creating  the  Office  of  Plumbing 
Inspector,  Prescribing  the  Duties  Thereof,  Making  Certain  Acts  Mis- 
demeanors, Regulating  All  Other  Matters  In  Relation  To  Plumbing  and 
Drainlaying  In  the  City  of  Reno,  and  Repealing  All  Ordinances  Or 
Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Any  Way  Relating  Thereto,”  and  To  Repeal 
All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Section  9 of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Section  9.  All  soil  and  waste  pipes  to  a point  two  (2)  feet  outside  of 
the  exterior  wall  of  the  building  shall  be  cast  iron  not  less  than  two  (2) 
inches  internal  diameter  except  in  case  of  water  closet,  which  shall  not  be 
less  than  four  (4)  inches  internal  diameter  and  shall  be  carried  undimin- 
ished in  size  up  to  twenty-four  (24)  inches  above  the  roof  of  all  new  build- 
ings and  in  old  buildings  to  a point  which  shall  not  be  less  than  eight  feet 
above  any  window,  air  shaft  or  opening  of  any  house  or  building.  All  drains 
outside  of  the  building  and  to  the  street  sewer  or  cesspool  shall  be  first- 
grade  vitrified  iron  stone  pipe,  castiron  or  cement,  and  shall  have  an  internal 
diameter  of  not  less  than  four  (4)  inches.  Stoneware  or  cement  pipe  shall  not 
be  allowed  within  two  feet  of  the  exterior  wall  of  the  building,  neither  shall 
any  vitrified  pipe  come  within  twelve  inches  of  the  surface  of  the  ground 
through  its  entire  course.  The  joint  of  each  and  every  section  of  vitrified 
piping  must  be  completely  and  uniformly  filled  with  two  parts  of  sand  and 
one  part  of  cement,  and  every  joint  thoroughly  cleaned  from  the  inside, 
so  as  not  to  form  an  obstruction.  The  different  sections  must  be  laid  in 
perfect  lines  on  the  bottom  and  sides  with  a fall  of  not  less  than  one- 
quarter  of  an  inch  per  foot  towards  the  street,  sewer  or  cesspool.  Provided, 


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however,  that  said  sections  and  said  sewer  may  be  laid  with  a fall  of  less 
than  one-quarter  (%)  of  an  inch  per  foot  after  written  permission  obtained 
from  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

Section  2.  Section  11,  of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  11.  The  Plumbing  Inspector,  in  approving  plans,  or  in  accept- 
ing work  of  any  an  1 all  persons  carrying  on,  conducting,  assuming  control 
of,  constructing,  or  causing  to  be  constructed,  any  plumbing  or  house  drain- 
age affecting  the  sanitary  conditions  of  any  house  or  building  of  said  city, 
shall  be  governed  by  the  following  regulations,  and  it  is  hereby  made  his 
duty  to  see  that  all  of  said  work  complies  with  the  same,  and  it  shall  be 
unlawful  for  any  person  to  construct  any  plumbing  or  drainlaying  work  in 
any  manner  not  in  accordance  with  such  rules,  viz: 

First:  No  water  closet  shall  be  put  into,  or  upon  any  property,  house, 

or  building  except  those  flushed  by  a tank  containing  not  less  than  four 
gallons  of  water.  Plunger  closets,  hoppers,  pan  closets,  or  any  other  closets, 
where  the  supply  to  the  bowl  is  direct  from  the  street  service  or  building 
supply,  are  prohibited  in  all  cases,  except  in  out-houses,  and  where  such 
exit,  unless  the  same  be  properly  trapped  and  vented,  shall  be  removed 
and  replaced  with  water  tank  closets. 

Second:  A fixture  that  is  a top  fixture  on  a vertical  stack  and  not  more 

than  two  (2)  feet  from  the  inlet  to  the  stack,  need  not  have  its  trap  re- 
vented^  provided  it  does  not  discharge  into  the  stack  below  the  level  of  its 
seal,  except  water  closets  whose  trap  is  in  a bowl.  All  other  traps  shall  set 
true  to  their  water  seals. 

Third:  Every  soil  pipe  or  waste  pipe  under  or  inside  of  any  building 

shall  be  of  cast  iron,  wrought  iron  or  steel,  lead  or  brass.  All  joints  in 
cast  iron  pipe,  whether  inside  of  the  building  line  or  otherwise,  shall  be 
made  with  molten  lead  and  oakum  and  thoroughly  caulked.  When  wrought 
iron,  steel,  lead  or  brass  pipe  is  used  for  soil  or  waste,  no  grade  lighter 
than  standard  shall  be  used.  All  changes  in  direction  shall  be  made  as  re- 
quired in  Rule  6 of  Section  11  of  this  Ordinance,  and  all  fittings  used  in 
the  several  angles  shall  be  standard  drainage  fittings.  Ordinary  maleable  or 
cast  iron  fittings  that  are  not  recessed  are  prohibited,  and  all  fittings  used 
in  such  work  must  be  of  same  internal  diameter  as  pipe  line  upon  which 
it  is  used. 

Fourth:  All  soil  pipes  shall  be  carried  up  full  size  up  to  and  twelve 
inches  above  the  roof,  and  at  a point  which  shall  be  not  less  than  fifteen 
feet  from  any  window  or  opening  in  any  adjoining  building,  and  left  with- 
out cowl  or  cap.  No  fixture  shall  be  trapped  by  having  its  outlet  connected 
with  the  trap  of  another  fixture. 

Fifth:  All  vent  pipes  and  their  fittings  less  than  three  inches  shall  be 

galvanized  iron  screw  pipe  or  cast  iron. 

Sixth:  All  vertical  stacks  of  soil  and  waste  pipe  shall  be  provided 

with  a brass  trap  screw  ferrule  at  the  foot  of  each  angle  in  horizontal  runs. 
Trap  screw  ferrules  must  be  the  same  diameter  as  waste  stacks  or  lateral 
run.  All  changes  of  direction  of  soil  or  waste  pipe  shall  be  made  with  full 
“Y”  branches  and  one-eighth  bends,  and  sanitary  “TS”  shall  not  be  used 
except  in  perpendicular  stacks.  All  clean-outs  shall  be  extended  to  the 
outside  of  the  walls  or  some  convenient  point  easy  of  access,  satisfactory 
to  the  Plumbing  Inspector. 

Seventh:  All  connections  between  lead  piping  shall  be  jointed  by 


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wiped  joints.  Connections  between  soil  pipe  and  lead  or  wrought  iron  pipe 
or  lead,  shall  be  made  with  brass  ferrules  or  brass  solder  n*PPles> _ 
joining  shall  be  wiped,  bolted  or  copper  bit,  cup  or  flush  soldered  joints 
are  prohibited  in  all  cases. 

Eighth:  The  vent  pipe  of  every  small  fixture  shall  be  the  same  size 

as  the  trap  used  for  said  fixtures,  provided,  that  if  more  than  one  trap  shall 
be  vented  by  the  same  pipe,  the  size  of  such  pipe  shall  be  as  follows. 

For  more  than  one  and  not  exceeding  two  fixtures,  not  less  than  a one 
and  one-half  inch  vent  pipe;  for  more  than  two  and  not  exceeding  eigh 
fixtures,  not  less  than  two-inch  vent  pipe;  for  more  than  eight  and  not  ex- 
ceeding sixteen  fixtures,  not  less  than  a two  and  one-half  inch  vent  pipe, 
for  more  than  sixteen  and  not  exceeding  twenty-eight  fixtures,  not  less 
than  a three-inch  vent  pipe.  The  vent  from  any  water  closet,  slop  hopper 
or  slop  sink  shall  not  be  smaller  than  two  inches  internal  d,a*"et®.r> 
where  more  than  three  such  fixtures  are  vented  through  the  same  pipe : its 
internal  diameter  shall  be  as  follows:  bor  more  than  three  and  not  exceed- 
ing eight  such  fixtures,  not  less  than  two  and  one-half  inch  vent  pipe,  for 
more  than  eight  and  not  exceeding  fourteen  such  fixtures,  not  less  than 
four-inch  vent  pipe. 

Ninth:  All  vents  shall  rise  perpendicular  to  six  inches  above  the  fix- 

tures to  prevent  backwater  entering. 

Tenth:  No  privy  vault,  cesspool,  exhaust  from  engine  or  blowoff  from 

boiler  shall  be  connected  with  a house  drain  or  sewer. 

Eleventh:  Every  water  closet,  sink,  bath  tub,  basin  or  fixture,  main- 

tained within  any  house  or  building,  that  are  of  bad  and  defective  fiua  ity, 
and  are  removed  and  replaced  with  other  fixtures  of  their  respective  class, 
shall  have  their  traps  vented  in  accordance  with  the  Ordinance. 

Twelfth:  No  privy  vault  or  cesspool  shall  be  maintained  or  allowed 

in  any  part  of  the  city  where  a sewer  exists  in  the  street  or  alley  upon 
which  the  property  abuts. 

Thirteenth:  All  plumbing  or  house  drainage  work  done  to  replace  that 

which  may  be  condemned  by  the  Board  of  Health  or  Plumbing  Inspector, 
shall  be  considered  as  new  work  and  constructed  in  conformity  with  the 
requirements  of  the  City  Ordinance,  and  no  person  or  persons  shall  connect 
or  cause  to  be  connected  any  plumbing  or  house  drainage  work  with  any 
public  sewer  unless  the  said  plumbing  and  house  drainage  work  conforms 
to  the  requirements  of  this  Ordinance. 

Fourteenth:  Upon  the  removal  or  alteration  of  any  building  or  the 

making  of  any  addition  thereto,  if  new  plumbing  fixtures  are  placed  in  such 
building,  either  in  the  original  or  altered  or  added  part  thereof  such  new 
fixtures  must  be  properly  connected  with,  and  attached  to  the  fixtures  in 
the  original  part  of  said  building,  then  both  such  original  or  additional 
fixtures  and  any  altered  plumbing  whatever,  must  comply  m all  respects 
with  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  in  the  Ordinance.  Provided, 
nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  as  requiring  any  change  in 
plumbing  already  installed. 

Fifteenth:  Refrigerator,  receptacle,  boiler,  drain,  tubs,  stop  cocks, 

overflow  pipes,  drainage,  waste  pipes  from  refrigerators  or  other  receptacles 
in  which  provisions  are  stored,  shall  not  be  connected  directly  with  the 
drainage  system,  but  shall  be  arranged  to  waste  into  an  open  sink  or  tray 
in  open  sight  below  the  refrigerator.  No  sediment  from  boilers  or  drain 
tubes  from  stop  and  waste  cocks  shall  be  connected  directly  with  any  waste 
or  sewer.  Drips  or  overflow  pipes  from  safes  under  water  closets  and  other 


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fixtures,  or  from  tanks  or  cisterns,  shall  in  no  case  be  connected  directly  to 
the  drainage  system,  but  shall  run  to  some  place  in  open  sight. 

Sixteenth:  Drains  from  light  wells  or  light  courts  must  not  be  con- 

nected directly  with  sewer. 

Section  3.  All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  is 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  2 72,  published 
in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno  as  authorized  by  the 
City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  by  Resolution  No.  324,  of  January  12th, 
A.  D.  1920. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  12th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  City  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Duborg  and  Bridgman. 

(Approved  this  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920.) 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  308. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  273. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  Section  4,  of  An  Ordi- 
nance Entitled,  “An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact  the 
Title  of,  and  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  City  Ordinance  Num- 
ber 85,  Entitled  ‘An  Ordinance  Regulating  the  Establishment  of 
Storage  Oil  Tanks  Within  the  Fire  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno/ 
Passed  and  Adopted  April  13,  1908;  To  Fix  a Penalty  for  the  Violation 
Thereof;  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In 
Conflict  Therewith/’  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordi- 
nances In  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Section  4 of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  4.  Construction  and  Installation  of  Storage  Tanks. — The 

storage  tank  to  be  constructed  by  boiler  iron  or  steel  not  less  than  three- 
sixteenths  (3-16)  of  an  inch  in  thickness,  or  of  concrete,  not  less  than  six 
(6)  inches  in  thickness  and  of  such  consistency  that  it  will  not  leak;  the 
top  of  same  to  be  buried  not  less  than  four  (4)  feet  underground,  and 
located  outside  the  foundation  of  any  building,  under  the  sidewalk  close  to 
the  curb  line,  or  if  not  under  the  sidewalk,  then,  not  less  than  twenty  (20) 
feet  distant  from  the  foundation  of  any  building  or  structure.  The  top  of 
the  tank  must  be  below  the  level  of  the  lowest  pipe  at  which  oil  is  burned. 
Filling  pipe,  of  not  exceeding  eight  (8)  inches  in  diameter,  must  be  closed 
by  screw  cap.  The  tank  must  be  ventilated  by  a pipe  not  less  than  one 
(1)  inch  in  diameter,  extending  at  least  ten  (10)  feet  above  the  ground  and 
provided  with  a return  bend.  The  oil  must  be  pumped  from  storage  tank  to 
burners;  the  suction  pipe  to  lead  through  the  top  of  the  tank  and  to  be 


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provided  with  a shut-off  valve  near  burning  point,  independent  of  any 
valvb  that  is  part  of  the  burner. 

(a)  To  properly  clean  the  tank,  a man-hole  may  be  provided,  which, 
if  provided,  must  be  closed  above  by  a hinged  and  locked  or  bolted  cover, 
and  below  (at  the  top  of  the  tank),  by  a boiler  plate  cover,  flanged  and 
screwed.  The  space  thus  formed  must  be  filled,  while  not  used,  with  sacks 
of  sand  to  prevent  the  accumulation  of  gas.  The  space  between  the  retain- 
ing walls  and  tank  must  be  filled  solidly  with  earth  or  sand,  so  that  no 
vapor  can  accumulate. 

(b)  All  storage  tanks  shall  be  placed  in  the  spot  agreed  upon  with 
the  applicant  and  the  Fire  Chief. 

(c)  Where  the  basement  is  not  excavated  for  basement  use,  the  top 
of  all  storage  tanks  must  be  at  least  four  (4)  feet  below  the  sidewalk;  the 
space  between  the  top  of  the  tank  and  the  sidewalk  shall  be  filled  with 
earth  and  sand. 

(d)  Where  the  sidewalk  is  excavated  and  used  as  part  of  basement, 
the  top  of  the  tank  must  be  level  with  or  below  the  boiler  room  floor;  a 
brick  or  concrete  wall,  not  less  than  twelve  (12)  inches  in  thickness,  shall 
be  constructed  around  said  storage  tank,  extending  from  the  bottom  of 
tank  up  to  four  (4)  feet  above  the  top  of  said  storage  tank;  the  space 
between  the  top  of  the  tank  and  the  top  of  the  wall  shall  be  filled  with 
earth  or  sand,  the  same  to  be  covered  with  at  least  three  (3)  inches  ol 
concrete. 

(e)  Where  it  is  desired  to  use  all  the  space  under  the  sidewalk  for 
basement  purposes,  the  top  of  the  storage  tank  shall  be  at  least  four  (4) 
feet  below  the  basement  floor.  The  space  between  the  top  of  the  tank  and 
the  basement  floor  shall  be  filled  with  earth,  the  earth  covered  with  a con- 
crete flooring. 

(f)  The  top  of  all  storage  tanks  must  be  below  the  grate  bars  of  the 
fire  and  must  be  covered  with  four  (4)  feet  of  earth. 

(g)  No  storage  tank  shall  be  covered  with  earth  until  it  has  been 
inspected  and  approved  by  the  Fire  Chief. 

(h)  All  tanks  stored  in  basements  under  the  sidewalks  must  go  close 
to  the  retaining  wall  of  the  street. 

(i)  All  tanks  must  be  carefully  calked  and  rivited  and  coated  with  tar 
or  other  rust-resisting  material.  All  piping  must  be  done  in  the  best  pos- 
sible manner,  and  first-class  material,  only^  must  be  used. 

Section  2.  All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with, are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  3.  This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  passage, 
adoption,  and  publication,  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  by  Resolution 
No.  324,  dated  January  12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Section  4.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  273,  published  in  the 
Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  Resolution  No.  324,  of  Janu- 
ary 12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Passed  and  adopted  this  12th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920,  by  the  following 
vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Duborg  and  Bridgman. 


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(Approved  this  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920.) 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


BILL  NO.  309. 

CITY  ORDINANCE  NO.  274. 

An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  Sections  4,  125,  207,  and 
259  of  An  Ordinance  Entitled,  “An  Ordinance  To  Amend,  Revise,  and 
Re-Enact  the  Title  of,  and  To  Amend,  Revise,  and  Re-Enact,  City 
Ordinance  Number  39,  Entitled  ‘An  Ordinance  To  Regulate  the  Erec- 
tion, Alteration,  and  Repairing  of  Buildings  and  Structures  Within 
the  City  of  Reno  and  To  Require  a Permit  Therefor;  To  Regulate 
Entrances,  Exits,  Halls,  Aisles,  and  Passage  Ways  of  Public  Buildings 
Used  Or  Intended  To  Be  Used  for  Public  Assemblages;  To  Define  the 
Duties  of  Certain  Officers  In  Connection  Therewith;  To  Fix  a Penalty 
for  the  Violation  Thereof,  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  In  Conflict 
Therewith,’  Passed  and  Adopted  July  10,  1905;  and  To  Repeal  All 
Ordinances  and  Parts  of  Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith,”  and  To 
Further  Amend  Said  Ordinances  By  Adding-  Thereto  One  New  Section 
To  Be  Known  as  196-A,  and  To  Repeal  All  Ordinances  and  Parts  of 
Ordinances  In  Conflict  Therewith. 

The  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Do  Ordain: 

Section  1.  Section  4 of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  4.  Dangerous  Or  Unsafe  Buildings. — Whenever,  in  the 

judgment  of  the  Inspector  of  Buildings,  any  building,  structure,  or  wall, 
or  any  part  thereof,  or  any  appurtenances  or  fixtures  thereto,  or  any  wall, 
chimney,  smokestack,  stove,  oven,  furnace,  or  thing  connected  with  such 
building  or  premises,  shall,  from  any  cause  whatever,  be  in  a condition  to 
u persons  or  property,  or  when  any  wooden  building  within 

thj  fire  limits  shall,  in  the  judgment  of  the  said  Inspector  of  Buildings 
and  the  Chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  be  damaged  by  fire  or  decay,  or  by 
both  fire  and  decay,  to  the  extent  of  forty  (40)  per  cent  of  its  original 
value  when  new,  cost  to  be  estimated  above  the  line  of  sidewalk  in  front 
of  said  building,  the  Inspector  of  Buildings  shall  immediately  give  notice 
in  writing  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  such  premises,  or  to  his,  her,  or  their 
agent,  or  to  the  person  having  control  thereof,  if  the  owner  cannot  be 
found,  to  remove  the  same  forthwith;  and  the  person  receiving  such  notice 
shall,  within  five  (5)  days  after  receiving  the  same,  comply  therewith. 

Section  2.  Section  125  of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  125.  Walls. — All  exterior  walls  of  Class  “C”  buildings,  includ- 
1Trgu°Mter  court?>  side  courts,  and  outer  shafts,  shall  be  built  of  masonry. 
If  built  as  continuous  walls  without  openings,  they  shall  be  not  less  than 
the  thickness  hereinafter  given  in  this  section;  and  if  pierced  with  openings, 
the  bearing  stress  shall  not  exceed  the  allowed  bearing  per  unit  of  area, 
as  given  in  this  ordinance. 

Walls  may  be  built  supporting  a portion  of  the  floor  in  addition  to 
their  own  weight,  or  self-supporting  curtain  walls  only,  in  which  latter  case 


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columns  shall  be  built  in  the  wall  to  carry  floor  loads.  Where  walls  support 
floor  loads,  the  center  of  any  column  or  stud  partition  supporting  floor 
loads  shall  be  at  a distance  not  greater  than  twenty-four  (24)  feet  from 
the  wall. 

The  thickness  of  bearing  walls  for  any  building  not  over  forty  (40) 
feet  in  height  nor  over  fifty  (50)  feet  in  depth,  .shall  not  be  less  than  as 
given  in  the  following  table: 


Table  No.  "1.” 


Maximum  Permitted  Height  for  Stories  Indicated. 


Basement 

First  story 
14  ft. 

Second  story 
12  ft. 

Third  story 
10  ft. 

Fourth  story 
10  ft. 

One-story  building  

Two-story  building  

Three-story  building  

| 13  in. 
13  in. 
17  in. 

9 in. 
13  in. 
13  in. 

9 in. 
13  in. 

13  in. 

Four-story  building  

| 21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

13  in. 

Party  walls  shall  be  four  (4)  inches  thicker. 

All  bearing  walls,  other  than  those  above  given,  shall  have  thickness 
in  accordance  with  the  following  table: 


Table  No.  “2.” 


Maximum  Permitted  Height  for  Stories  Indicated, 


Basement 

First  story 
20  feet 

Second  story 
14  ft. 

Third  story 
13  feet. 

Fourth  story 
12  ft. 

Fifth  story 
12  ft. 

Sixth  story 
12  ft. 

Seventh  story 
12  ft. 

One-story  building  

17  in. 

13  in. 

Two-story  building  

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Three-story  building  - 

21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Four-story  building  

21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Five-story  building  

25  in. 

21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Six-story  building  

25  in. 

21  in. 

21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Seven-story  building  

29  in. 

25  in. 

21  in. 

21  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

17  in. 

13  in. 

Party  walls  shall  be  four  (4)  inches  thicker. 

If  any  story  exceeds  in  height  the  number  of  feet  prescribed  in  the  table 
No.  1 or  table  No.  2,  the  thickness  of  each  wall  throughout  such  story 
shall  be  increased  four  (4)  inches  for  every  five  (5)  feet,  or  fraction 
thereof,  in  excess  of  the  tabulated  height. 

Buildings  may  be  built  of  more  stories,  except  as  herein  provided,  but 
the  thickness  for  the  heights  given  shall  not  be  decreased,  and  all  changes 
in  thickness  shall  be  made  at  a floor  level. 


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Section  3.  Section  207  of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted,  by  adding  thereto,  a new  paragraph  to  be  known  as  para- 
graph (d),  reading  as  follows: 

Section  207  Roof  Covering. — (a).  Shingles,  may  be  used  for  roof 
covering  on  frame  buildings  and  brick  dwellings  outside  the  fire  limits. 

(b)  The  roofs  of  all  other  buildings  shall  be  covered  with  either  metal 
slate,  tile,  terra  cotta,  asbestos  shingles,  two  layers  of  prepared  roofing, 
each  layer  weighing  not  less  than  thirty-five  (35)  pounds  per  one  hundred 
(100)  square  feet,  or  at  least  four  (4)  layers  of  saturated  roofing  felt,  each 
layer  weighing  not  less  than  fourteen  (14)  pounds  per  one  hundred  (100) 
square  feet;  provided,  that  said  two  layers  of  prepared  roofing  and  said 
four  layers  of  saturated  roofing  felt  shall  be  cemented  together  with 
asphaltum  and  then  covered  with  a flowing  coat  of  asphaltum  in  which 
shall  be  imbedded  clean,  screened  gravel  of  sufficient  quantity  to  thor- 
oughly cover  the  surface;  said  gravel  shall  pass  through  a screen  whose 
meshes  do  not  exceed  five-eights  (54)  of  an  inch  square  and  be  rejected  by 
a number  6 screen. 

Provided  further,  that  said  four  piles  of  saturated  felt  shall  be  laid 
over  a dry  sheet  of  unsaturated  felt  on  all  roofs  inside  the  fire  limits,  where 
wood  sheathing  is  used.  Or  by  three  (3)  layers  of  pure  asbestos  roofing, 
composed  of  two  (2)  saturated  layers  and  one  (1)  unsaturated  layer,  all 
cemented  together  with  asphaltum  when  laid,  each  sheet  separately  on  the 
building,  and  weighing  not  less  than  sixty  (60)  pounds  to  the  one  hundred 
(100)  square  feet;  said  three  layers  of  asbestos  roofing  to  be  laid  on  top 
of  a sheet  of  unsaturated  asbestos  weighing  not  less  than  twenty-two  (22) 
pounds  to  each  one  hundred  (100)  square  feet  of  surface. 

(c)  Shingle  roofs  on  buildings  within  the  fire  limits,  when  damaged 
by  fire  or  decay  to  the  extent  of  forty  (40)  per  centum,  shall  be  replaced 
only  with  the  roof  coverings  named  in  sub-division  (b)  hereof. 

(d)  Providing  however,  that  asphaltum  may  be  omitted,  when  the 
pitch  of  the  roof  is  at  such  an  angle  to  make  it  impracticable  to  use  as- 
phaltum for  a flooring  coat  or  to  use  asphaltum  when  engaged  in  laying 
the  roof. 

Section  4.  Section  259  of  said  Ordinance  is  hereby  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  259.  Signs. — All  signs  now  erected,  or  that  may  be  hereafter 
erected,  on  the  top  of  any  building,  or  attached  to  the  wall  of  any  building, 
and  that  may  become  unsafe,  shall  be  removed  upon  notice  so  to  do  from 
the  inspector  of  buildings.  No  sign  exceeding  twenty  (20)  square  feet  in 
size  shall  hereafter  be  erected  on  any  building  without  a permit  from  the 
inspector  of  buildings  and  full  compliance  with  the  law.  No  sign  exceed- 
ing three  and  one-half  (3j4)  feet  in  width,  or  ten  (10)  feet  in  height,  shall 
hereafter  be  attached  to  any  building,  unless  such  sign  is  constructed 
wholly  of  metal  or  non-combustible  material.  When  two  or  more  signs  are 
placed  on  any  building  one  above  another,  the  width  or  height  of  the  sign 
shall  be  measured  as  if  there  were  but  one  sign,  and  the  spaces  between 
the  signs  shall  be  included  in  the  width  of  the  signs,  unless  there  be  a clear 
space  of  at  least  six  (6)  feet  between  the  signs.  No  sign  shall  hereafter 
project  more  than  thirteen  feet  over  the  building  line  of  any  street  or  alley; 
nor  shall  any  projecting  sign  be  placed  nearer  than  eight  (8)  feet  to  the 
ground  or  pavement  of  any  street  or  alley,  nor  be  so  placed  as  to  obstruct 
any  fire  escape,  or  interfere  with  the  operations  of  the  fire  department. 
Every  sign  hereafter  erected  upon  any  building  shall  be  supported  upon 
heavy  iron  braces  bolted  to  the  walls  or  roofs  of  the  buildings  in  a firm  and 
secure  manner.  All  signs  hereafter  erected,  extending  over  any  street, 
sidewalk,  alley  or  way  more  than  three  (3)  feet  from  the  property  line, 


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shall  be  constructed  of  metal  or  other  non-combustible  material  and  illumi- 
nated with  electric  lights  placed  within  each  square  foot  of  said  sign,  said 
lights  to  be  of  sufficient  candle  power  within  each  square  foot  of  said  sign 
to  give  not  less  than  five  (5)  candle  power  to  each  square  foot  of  surface 
of  said  sign. 

Section  5.  Said  Ordinance  is  further  amended,  revised,  and  re- 
enacted, by  adding  thereto  a new  Section  to  be  known  as  196-A 

Section  196-A.  Whenever  it  is  necessary  for  any  projection  to  extend 
beyond  the  inner  wall  of  any  elevator  shaft,  said  projection  shall  be  so 
constructed  that  it  will  not  expose  a right  angle  on  the  lower  portion 
thereof,  and  shall  be  so  constructed  that  there  will  be  a sloping  surface  on 
the  lower  portion  thereof;  which  said  sloping  surface  shall  be  not  more 
than  twenty  (20)  degrees  from  the  vertical  wall. 

Section  6.  All  Ordinances  and  parts  of  Ordinances  in  conflict  here- 
with, are  hereby  repealed. 

Section  7.  This  Ordinance  shall  be  in  effect  from  and  after  its  pas- 
sage, adoption,  and  publication,  in  the  Compilation  of  Ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  by 
Resolution  No.  324,  dated  January  12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Section  8.  The  City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  is  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  have  this  Ordinance  No.  274,  published  in  the 
Compilation  of  Ordinance  of  the  City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  as  authorized  by  Resolution  No.  324,  of  Janu- 
ary 12th,  A.  D.  1920. 

Passed  and  adopted  This  12th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920,  by  the  follow- 
ing vote  of  the  Councilmen: 

Ayes — Pickrell,  Smith,  Frisch,  Ross. 

Nays — None. 

Absent — Duborg  and  Bridgman. 

(Approved  this  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D 1920. 

H.  E.  STEWART, 

Attest:  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Reno. 

J.  E.  SULLIVAN, 

City  Clerk  and  Clerk  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno. 


PART  IV 


History  of  Ordinances  by  Title 
and  Number 


HISTORY  OF  ORDINANCES 


285 


HISTORY  OF  ORDINANCES  BY  TITLE 
AND  NUMBER 


TOWN  ORDINANCES. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  1. 

An  ordinance  fixing  and  defining  the  boundaries  of  the  Town  of  Reno. 
(August  19,  1889).  Superceded  by  Charter. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  2. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  and  regulating  the  police  force  of  the 
Town  of  Reno.  (August  19,  1889).  Superceded  by  Charter. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  3. 

An  ordinance  declaring  what  are  nuisances  within  the  Town  of  Reno, 
and  to  prevent  the  same,  and  to  provide  punishment  therefor,  and  the  re- 
moval thereof.  (August  19,  1889).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

Town  Ordinance  No  4. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  houses  of  ill-fame,  and  for  other  purposes 
connected  therewith.  (August  19,  1889).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  45. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  5. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  minors  being  abroad  after  eight  o’clock  P.  M. 
(September  2,  1889).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  119. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  6. 

An  ordinance  to  abate  the  nuisance  of  dogs  running  at  large  within  the 
town  limits  of  the  Town  of  Reno.  (September  2,  1889).  Repealed  by  City 
Ordinance  No.  43. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  7. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  impounding  of  estray  animals  and  for 
other  purposes  connected  therewith.  (September  2,  1889.)  Repealed  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  43. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  8. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  establishing  grades  for  the  streets,  and 
for  the  construction,  repairs  and  preservation  of  sidewalks  in  the  Town  of 
Reno.  (September  2,  1889).  Superceded  by  Charter. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  9. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  driving  of  cattle  on  certain  streets  of  the 
Town  of  Reno.  (October  21,  1889).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  44. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  9. 

An  ordinance  in  relation  to  the  construction  of  sidewalks.  (April  5, 
1880).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  17. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  10. 

Superceded  by  Ordinance  No.  38. 


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Town  Ordinance  No.  11. 

Superceded  by  Ordinance  No.  39. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  12. 

An  ordinance  requiring  dead  animals  to  be  removed  one-half  mile  out 
s.de  the  town  limits.  (April  5,  1881).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No  ^ 

Town  Ordinance  No.  13. 

? ISom  ordlnance  fix'ng  the  width  of  sidewalks  in  the  Town  of  Reno  (June 
2,  1890).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  21.  U 

Town  Ordinance  No.  14. 

fpnrlnff  .finance  to  prevent  the  erection  or  maintenance  of  barbed  wire 
fencing  in  the  Town  of  Reno.  (June  20,  1892).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 


Town  Ordinance  No.  15. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  24. 
Town  Ordinance  No.  16. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  21. 
Town  Ordinance  No.  17. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  56. 
Town  Ordinance  18. 

Superceded  by  Ordinance  No.  13. 
Town  Ordinance  No.  19. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  49. 
Town  Ordinance  No.  20. 

Superceded  by  Ordinance  No.  3. 
Town  Ordinance  No.  21. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  10. 


Town  Ordinance  No.  22. 

Superceded  by  Ordinance  No.  6. 
Town  Ordinance  No.  23. 


Superceded  by  Ordinance  No.  3. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  24. 

, 0r.dinarnCu  t^a^>ate  the  nuisance  of  dogs  running  at  large  within  the 

Ordinance  Nck  43.6  T°Wn  °f  Ren°'  (September  2>  1889)-  Repealed  by  City 


Town  Ordinance  No.  25. 

Rcn^nHrdtianCe  t0  Provide  for  the  lighting  of  the  streets  and  alleys  of 
Reno  and  other  purposes.  (October  4,  1886).  Franchise.  y 

Town  Ordinance  No.  26. 

Rescinded  by  Ordinance  No.  27. 


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Town  Ordinance  No.  27.  „ , „ , 

SuSlcedTbyAa'rttr. 

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1888).  Repealed  by  Town  Ordinance  No.  31. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  29.  _ /T  , 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  street  grades  in  the  Town  of  Reno.  (July 
12,  1888).  Superceded  by  Charter. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  30. 

o'  & »«SEVW 

Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  98. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  31.  R 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  sewerage  in  the  Town  of  Reno.  (May  8, 
1889.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  34. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  32.  a1RRQx  R„ 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  the  closing  of  hydrants.  (May  8,  1889).  Re 
pealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  21Z. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  33. 

Superceded  by  Ordinance  38. 

st  ssi.  Mf. 

Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  44. 

Ordinance  No.  212. 

Ordinance  No.  36. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  46. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  37.  iQcm  Renealed  by 

An  ordinance  in  relation  to  nuisances.  (May  1,  1893).  Repealed  y 

City  Ordinance  No.  44. 

1,  1893).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

• Board  o«  Hea.th  in 

County.  Nevada,  and  matter,  connected  therewith.  (June  24.  1W». 
pealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  34. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  39.  , . . . 19  ion-) 

Amending  Section  1 of  Ordinance  No.  36,  adopted  August  12,  1893, 


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oMTeT^r?fTPCnnN0^38’  ld°Pted  ^ay-  !>  1893>  Defi^ng  the  fire  limits 
ot  the  1 own  of  Reno  and  making  regulations  concerning  the  erection  and 

nanc°ef  No'  212SS  Sa'd  tOWn’  (February  19>  1894)-  Repealed  by  City  Ordi- 
Town  Ordinance  No.  40. 

An  ordinance  in  relation  to  houses  of  ill-fame.  (May  21  1894)  Re- 
pealed by  City  Ordinance  No.  45.  '' 

Town  Ordinance  No.  41. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  49. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  42. 

• fi^nv1°rdinanreM1Pr0hlblti^  children  being  allowed  to  enter  or  remain 
No  45.  amC*  (MarCh  18>  1895)'  RePealed  by  City  Ordinance 

Town  Ordinance  No.  43. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  riding  or  jumping  on  or  off  movine  cars 
by  persons  other  than  regular  passengers  and  employes.  (March  18  ^895) 
Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  44.  v ’ oyD)' 

Town  Ordinance  No.  44. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  use  of  bicycles,  tricycles,  safeties  and 
v-elocipedes  within  the  limits  of  the  Town  of  Reno.  (June  17  1895)  Re- 
pealed by  City  Ordinance  No.  29.  ’ 

Town  Ordinance  No.  45. 

°^dinanc.e  Prohibiting  Indians  playing  cards  within  the  Town  of 
foe™’  pnd  regaining  withm  the  town  limits  after  sundown.  (June  17 
1895).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212.  ’ 

Town  Ordinance  No.  46. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  49. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  47. 

Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  49. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  48. 

trar,^rf0rdmf n.CC  de£ninS  the  time  when  the  Board  shall  meet  for  the 
transaction  of  town  business.  (January  18,  1897).  Superceded  by  Charter. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  49. 

Cl"k'  Cit*  C1“k- 

Town  Ordinance  No.  49. 

r,»co^n  ordmance  to  fix  and  collect  a license  tax  upon  certain  trades,  busi- 
nesses and  amusements  in  the  Town  of  Reno,  Nevada.  (June  20  1899) 
Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  7.  '' 

Town  Ordinance  No.  50. 

nr  ordmance  to  regulate  bathing  or  swimming  in  the  Truckee  river 
or  in  any  open  ditch,  creek  or  reservoir  within  the  limits  of  the  Town  of 
Reno.  (June  20,  1899).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  44. 


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Town  Ordinance  No.  51. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  numbering  of  residences  and  places  of 
business  in  the  Town  of  Reno,  as  required  by  the  Government  for  -a  free 
mail  delivery  system.  (August  25,  1899).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  50. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  52. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  placing  of  railings  par 
beneath  the  sidewalks  upon  the  streets  and  alleys  of  the  Town  of  Reno 
when  in  use.  (March  6,  1900).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  44. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  53. 

An  ordinance  for  the  protection  of  the  fire  alarm  telegraph  sy stein  of 
the  Town  of  Reno,  (August  7,  1900).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  207. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  54. 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  the  material  to  be  used  in  repairing  and 
replacing  sidewalks  along  Virginia  street  in  Blocks  P an^0  ’ TT  19qqx 

mercial  Row  and  Second  street,  m the  Town  of  Reno.  (October  11,  19UU). 
Superceded  by  Charter. 

Town  Ordinance  No.  55. 

Amending  Sections  2 and  4 of  Ordinance  No.  49,  approved  September 
17  1895,  to  fix  and  collect  a license  tax  upon  certain  trades,  business  aid 
amusements  in  the  Town  of  Reno,  Nevada.  (February  5,  1901).  Repealed 
by  City  Ordinance  No.  7. 

An  Ordinance. 

Supplementary  and  Amendatory  of  an  Ordinance  No.  19,  of  the  Towr. 
of  Reno,  declaring  what  are  nuisances  within  the  Town  of  Reno,  and  to 
prevent  the  same  and  to  provide  punishment  therefor,  and  the  removal 
thereof.  (August  19,  1889).  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  44. 

Town  Ordinance. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  an  ordinance  entitled,  ‘ Ordinance  No.  38,  Defin- 
ing  the  fire  limits  of  the  Town  of  Reno  and  making  regulations  concerning 
the  erection  and  use  of  buildings  in  said  town.  (May  1,  1893).  Repealed 
by  City  Ordinances  Nos.  15  and  30. 

(End  of  Town  Ordinances.) 


CITY  ORDINANCES. 

City  Ordinance  No.  1. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  compensation  of  officers  in  the  City  of  Reno, 
and  repealing  all  Acts,  Ordinances  heretofore  passed,  extending  limiting, 
or  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance.  Amended  by  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  24,  and  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  36. 

City  Ordinance  No.  2. 

An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  employment  of  a Superintendent  of 
Streets  and  Alleys,  Sewers  and  City  Parks,  to  fix  his  compensation  and 
define  his  duties.  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  3. 

An  ordinance  regulating  connections  with  the  public  sewers  of  the  City 


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of  Reno,  prescribing  the  requirements  of  connecting  pipes  and  appurten- 
ances, and  the  maintenance  of  the  same.  (June  8,  1903.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  4. 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  the  keeping  of  a house  of  ill-fame  and  per- 
taining to  a woman  of  ill-fame  or  prostitute  following  her  vocation  within 
the  City  of  Reno,  to  provide  for  the  punishment  thereof,  and  for  the  pres- 
ervation of  the  comfort  and  morals  of  the  citizens  of  said  city,  defining  and 
punishing  disorderly  conduct  in  the  City  of  Reno.  (June  8,  1903.)  Repealed 
by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  5. 

An  ordinance  for  the  protection  of  electric  light,  electric  railway,  tele- 
graph and  telephone  wires,  and  regulating  the  removal  of  buildings  in  the 
City  of  Reno.  (June  8,  1903.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  210. 

City  Ordinance  No.  6. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  summary  trials  and  proceedings  in  cases 
of  violations  of  the  Police  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Reno.  (June  22,  1903.) 
Superceded  by  Charter. 

City  Ordinance  No.  7. 

An  ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  licenses  upon  certain  business,  trades 
and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno.  (June  22,  1903.)  Amended  by  City 
Ordinance  Nos.  8,  15,  18,  19,  25,  and  27,  and  repealed  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  32. 

City  Ordinance  No.  8. 

Ano  rdinance  to  amend  Sections  14,  17,  21,  22,  25,  and  26,  and  to  repeal 
Section  13  of  City  Ordinance  No.  7,  entitled  An  Ordinance  to  fix  and  regu- 
late licenses  upon  certain  business,  trades,  and  amusements  in  the  City  of 
Reno.  (July  27,  1903.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  32. 

City  Ordinance  No.  9. 

An  ordinance  to  prescribe  the  mode  of  applying  for  a license  to  open, 
engage,  or  commence  in  the  business  of  keeping  a bar,  bar-room,  or  public 
saloon  hereafter  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  the  conditions  upon  which  the 
same  may  be  issued.  (August  24,  1903.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  115. 

City  Ordinance  No.  10. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  removal  of  porches,  balconies,  and 
awnings  having  posts  or  supports  resting  on  a sidewalk,  or  on  any  portion 
of  the  street  in  front  of  the  sidewalk  or  building  to  which  it  is  attached,  on 
certain  portions  of  certain  streets  in  the  City  of  Reno,  declaring  the  same 
unlawful,  and  providing  a penalty  therefor,  and  prescribing  the  mode  of 
construction  of  awnings  in  front  of  any  building  where  such  awnings  pro- 
ject over  any  portion  of  the  street  or  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Reno.  (Octo- 
ber 13,  1903.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  11. 

An  ordinance  prescribing  the  duties  and  fixing  the  compensation  of 
the  City  Engineer  of  the  City  of  Reno.  (November  9,  1903.)  Repealed  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  12. 

An  ordinance  requiring  all  keepers  of  hotels  or  lodging  houses  to  keep 


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291 


a register  of  all  persons  occupying  rooms  in  such  hotels  or  lodging  houses. 
(November  9,  1903.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance  No.  209. 


City  Ordinance  No.  13. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  removal  of  buildings,  or  structures 
partly  destroyed  by  fire,  or  otherwise  dangerous,  within  the  limits  ot  the 
City  of  Reno,  and  providing  a penalty  for  such  breach  of  the  ordinance. 
(November  9,  1903.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 


City  Ordinance  No.  14. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  cleaning  of  sidewalks.  (December  15, 
1903.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  203. 


City  Ordinance  No.  15. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  the  granting  of  Building  Permits  in  the  City 
of  Reno,  and  to  amend  Section  14  of  City  Ordinance  No.  7 entitled 
ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  licenses  upon  certain  business,  trades  and 
amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno,’’  passed  June  22nd,  1903,  as  amended  by 
Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No.  8,  passed  July  27th,  1903.  (December  15, 
1903.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  19,  and  Repealed  by  City  Ordi- 
nance  No.  212. 


City  Ordinance  No.  16. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  theaters,  public  halls,  and  public  buildings 
used,  or  intended  to  be  used  for  the  purposes  of  public  amusement,  (bebru- 
ary  23,  1904.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 


City  Ordinance  No.  17. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  construction  of  sidewalks  on  certain 
streets  in  the  City  of  Reno.  (February  23,  1904.)  Amended  by  City  Ordi- 
nance  No.  20. 


City  Ordinance  No.  18. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Sections  10,  12,  19,  20,  and  28  of  City  Ordinance 
No.  7,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  licenses  upon  certain  busi- 
ness, trades  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno,  passed  June  22nd,  1904, 
and  to  amend  Section  14  of  said  Ordinance  No  7,  as  amended  by  Section  1 
of  City  Ordinance  No.  8,  passed  July  27th,  1903,  and , as.  a™cnded  by  Section 
11  of  City  Ordinance  No.  15,  passed  December  15th,  1903;  and  also  to 
amend  Section  22  of  said  City  Ordinance  No.  7 as  amended  by  Section  6 
of  City  Ordinance  No.  8,  passed  July  27th,  1903.  (March  14,  1904.)  Repealed 
by  City  Ordinance  No.  32. 

City  Ordinance  No.  19. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Sections  1,  6,  7 and  8 of  Ordinance  No.  15,  en- 
titled “An  Ordinance  relating  to  the  granting  of  building  permits  in  the 
City  of  Reno  and  to  amend  Section  14  of  City  Ordinance  No.  7,  entitled 
‘An  Ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  license  upon  certain  business  trades, 
and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno/’’  passed  June  22nd,  1903,  as  amende 
by  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No.  8,  passed  July  27th,  1903.  (March  28, 
1904.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 


City  Ordinance  No.  20. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Sections  1 and  2 of  Ordinance  No.  17,  entitled 
“An  Ordinance  providing  for  the  construction  of  sidewalks  on  certain 
streets  in  the  City  of  Reno,”  passed  and  adopted  February  23rd,  1904.  (May 
10,  1904.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  46. 


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City  Ordinance  No.  21. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  width  of  sidewalks  in  the  City  of  Reno.  (May 
10,  1904.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  Nos.  46  and  66. 

City  Ordinance  No.  22. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  all  domestic  fowl  from  running  at  large  in 
the  City  of  Reno.  (May  25,  1904.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  126. 

City  Ordinance  No.  23. 

An  ordinance  creating  Paving  District  No.  1,  and  providing  for  the 
grading  and  paving  of  the  streets  embraced  therein,  and  assessing  the  costs 
to  the  owners  of  abutting  property  in  the  said  district  and  making  the  same 
a lien  upon  such  property.  (May  25,  1904.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  24. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  salary  and  defining  the  duties  of  the  Chief  of 
the  Fire  Department  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  to  amend  Section  1 of  City 
Ordinance  No.  1,  entitled  “An  ordinance  fixing  the  compensation  of  officers 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  repealing  all  Acts  Ordinances  heretofore  passed, 
extending,  limiting,  or  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,” 
passed  May  23rd,  1903.  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  36. 

City  Ordinance  No.  25. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  15  of  City  Ordinance  No.  7,  entitled 
“An  ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  license  upon  certain  business,  trades,  and 
amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno,”  passed  June  22,  1903.  (July  14,  1904.) 
Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  32. 

City  Ordinance  No.  26. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  reconstruction,  grading,  sanding  and 
oiling  that  portion  of  Second  street  between  the  west  line  of  Sierra  street, 
at  its  intersection  with  Second  street,  and  the  west  line  of  Bell  street  at 
its  intersection  with  said  Second  street,  in  the  City  of  Reno.  (July  25,  1904.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  27. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  26  of  City  Ordinance  No.  7,  entitled 
“An  ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  the  license  upon  certain  business,  trades, 
and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno,”  passed  June  22nd,  1903,  as  amended 
by  Section  Five  (5)  of  City  Ordinance  No.  8,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to 
amend  Sections  14,  17,  21,  25,  and  26,  and  to  repeal  Section  13  of  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  7,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  license  upon  certain 
business,  trades,  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno,”  passed  July  27,  1903. 
(July  25;  1904.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  32. 

City  Ordinance  No.  28. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  H.  E.  Reid,  H.  J.  Gosse,  H.  J.  Darling,  and 
S.  H.  Wheeler,  their  successors  in  interest  or  assigns,  a franchise  to  con- 
struct, maintain  and  operate  a street  railroad  over  certain  streets  and 
avenues  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  providing  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
government  of  said  railroad.  (August  24,  1904.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  29. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  use  and  speed  of  automobiles  or  motor 
vehicles,  bicycles,  and  the  driving  of  horses,  mules,  or  other  animals  within 
the  limits  of  the  City,  of  Reno.  (August  24,  1904.)  Amended  by  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  61  and  repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  159. 


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293 


City  Ordinance  No.  30. 

An  ordinance  defining  Fire  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno.  (December  13, 
1904.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  93. 

City  Ordinance  No.  31. 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  the  holding  of  the  municipal  election  m 

the  City  of  Reno  on  May  2nd,  1905.  (April  10,  1905.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  32. 

An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  pertain  trades 
business,  occupation,  callings  and  amusements ; in  the  City ^ of ^ Reno  to 

mst  nsrs  rs  W 

Ordinance  No.  82. 

City  Ordinance  No.  33. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  gaming  in  the  City  of  Reno  without  first  ob- 

BBS 

City  Ordinance  No.  34. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  sanitary  matters  within  the  City  of  Reno;  to 
define  regXte and  compel  the  abatement  of  certain  nuisances  therein; 
declaring  °what  ’diseases  are  communicable  and  dangerous,  and  providi  g 
fnr  the  suooression  thereof;  defining  the  duties  of  certain  persons  in  rela- 
tion to  births  deaths  and  vaccinations  therein;  prohibiting  the  sale  of  un- 

wholesome foods  and  drinks;  prohibiting  expectorating  upon  sidewalks 

rnd  otheToublic  Places  therein;  defining  the  duties  of  the  Board  of  Health, 
fixintr  the  PsalaryPof  the  Health  Officer  and  defining  his  duties;  fixing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  a"d  repeahng  all 
ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  >n  conflict  therewith  (June  26  1905.) 
Amended  by  City  Ordinances  Nos.  156,  161,  169,  and  177,  and  repealed  y 
City  Ordinances  Nos.  180,  181,  and  182. 

City  Ordinance  No.  35. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  maintenance,  construction  and  erection  of 
chimneys  flues  smoke  stacks,  stove  pipes,  fire  places,  and  heating  apparatus, 
in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  prohibit  the  accumulation  of  inflammable  rubb'sh 
therein,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto;  to  prescribe  the  duties  of  the 
chief  of  the  fire  department  in  connection  therewith;  fixing  a Pena( by  to 
the  violation  thereof,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
i„  conflict  therewith.’  (June  26,  1905.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  36. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of  the  officers  and  certain  employees 
of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the  manner  of  payment  thereof,  repealing 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith;  and  other  mat 
ter7 relating  tlTereto.  (June  26,  1905.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  65, 
and  revised  by  City  Ordinances  Nos.  188,  221,  230,  2t>y. 

City  Ordinance  No.  37. 

An  ordinance  granting  a franchise,  rights,  privilege,  and  permit  to  the 
Hunter  Creek  Water  Company,  its  successors  m interest  pa”dt^SSlgn®t0^y- 
construct,  maintain,  and  operate  water  pipes  in  all  the  streets,  avenues, 


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highways,  alleys,  and  other  public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  to  sell 
water  to  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and  to  said  city,  specifying  the  time,  terms, 
and  conditions  upon  which  the  said  franchise  is  granted.  (June  26,  1905.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  38. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  the  selling,  giving  away  or  smoking  of  opium 
within  the  City  of  Reno,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and 
repealing  all  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (July  10,  1905.)  Repealed  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  39. 


An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  erection,  alteration,  and  repairing  of 
building  and  structures  within  the  City  of  Reno  and  to  require  a permit 
therefor;  to  regulate  entrances,  exits,  halls,  aisles  and  passage  ways  of 
public  buildings  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  public  assemblages;  to 
define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith;  to  fix  a penalty 
for  the  violation  thereof,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith. 
(July  10,  1905.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance  No.  211. 


City  Ordinance  No.  40. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  grading,  paving  and  improving  of  por- 
tions of  certain  streets  and  sidewalks  within  the  City  of  Reno;  creating  a 
paving  district  therefor;  prescribing  the  manner  of  defraying  the  cost 
thereof  and  other  matters  relating  thereto;  and  repealing  all  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith.  (August  14,  1905.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  41. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Sections  11,  13,  14,  18,  19,  and  21,  and  to  repeal 
Sections  22  and  23  of  City  Ordinance  No.  32,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  fix, 
impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades,  business,  occupations,’ 
callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the 
same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  cer- 
tain officers  in  connection  therewith;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith/ ” passed  and  adopted  the  26th  day  of 
June,  1905.  (August  29,  1905.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  82. 

City  Ordinance  No.  42. 

An  ordinance  to  require  ditch,  canal  and  flume  companies  and  persons 
owning,  operating  or  controlling  ditches,  canals,  flumes  or  waterways  to 
bridge  streets  and  alleys  over  the  same  or  to  pipe  the  water  therefrom 
over  or  under  streets  and  alleys,  within  the  City  of  Reno,  upon  notice  from 
the  City  Council;  designating  the  materials  and  the  manner  of  construction 
thereof;  to  prohibit  the  depositing  or  accumulation  therein  of  filth  or 
rubbish;  prohibiting  the  flooding  of  streets,  alleys  or  other  public  places, 

and  prescribing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof.  ( — 1905.) 

Improperly  filed  and  never  voted  upon.  Cf.  post  City  Ordinance  No.  143 

City  Ordinance  No.  43. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  a public  pound  and  to  make  necessary  rules 
and  regulations  in  the  matter  of  animals  running  at  large,  and  for  the  cus- 
tody and  destruction  of  the  same;  imposing  a tax  on  all  dogs;  fixing  the 
fees  of  the  pound  keeper  and  prescribing  his  duties,  and  providing  a penalty 
for  the  violation  thereof.  (August  29,  1905.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  48,  and  repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  126. 

City  Ordinance  No.  44. 

An  ordinance  declaring  what  are  nuisances  within  the  City  of  Reno, 


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and  to  prevent  and  regulate  the  ^me;  fixing  Ranees  ^and^arts'ofo^df- 
any  of  the  provisions  thereof ; rcP^mg  ^^tcessar^y  plating  thereto. 

nances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  other  ma  * 208  and  27o. 

(August  29,  1905.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinances  in  os. 

City  Ordinance  No.  45.  . 

An  ordinance  concerning  breaches  lewd 

affrays,  injury  to  property,  m beesing’  carrying  deadly  weapons, 

or  lascivious  cohabitation  or  behavior  begging  carry ■ 8 y punish  the 

and  resisting  an  officer,  within  the  City  ot  Keno^to  Qf  ^ therewith> 

and*  ^o  t her  matte  r s^  r e la  ting  ' th  e r e t o . (August  29,  1905.)  Section  10  repealed 
by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  46. 

An  »fr ' ? dV,ri0lh^4On,e»1.i.?«nd  40„^“L„0cr«di“aCm'e„Nd°'s«c: 

ffons  1 “d  2 of  Ordinance  STSSX 

construction  °**'*™^d  °190V  and  to  amend  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance 

and  adopted  February  ^Jra  iyw,  a entitled  ‘An  ordinance  fixing 

No.  21,  passed  and  adopted  May  to  provide  for  the  construction 

the  width  of  sidewalks  in  the  City  1 0 streets  within  the  City  of  Reno; 

of  cement  sidewalks  on  portions  +n^ronf  the  mode  of  enforcing  the 

prescribing  the  manner  requiring  wooden  sidewalks  to  be 

same  and  other  matters  relating  thereto  and  repealing  all 

SSnancTani  par,!  rf""dinLccs  in  conflict  therewith,"  (November  28, 
1905.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  66. 

City  Ordinance  No.  47. 

An  ordinance  0%e  andVect  aTuild- 

fnToTbn'ffring^^hifol  as  ,1  City  Hall  to .con, air ,»d  room, 

fof  municipal  officers,  a council  roon^  a public  haff,  a 

other  necessary  space,  to  e^dip  the  c;ty  hall  now  owned  and  used 

.he  city  therefor.  (Novem- 

ber  14,  1905.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  48. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  e.^^Sectio^ ^of^Cit^ Ordinance 
126,  266. 

City  Ordinance  No.  49. 

business,  occupations,  callings  and  amusements  in  v'i0EUon  thereof! 

to^defiife  the  dffifef^f  ^rtaffi  officers2 ^coTn^on  therewith,  »d  to  rep«j 

llSetSlafoUnt^  % 1905.)  Reieaied  by  City 

Ordinance  No.  82. 


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City  Ordinance  No.  50. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  and  regulating  the  numbering  of  residences 
and  places  of  business  m the  City  of  Reno;  repealing  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  fixing  a penalty  for  the  vio- 
lation thereof.  (January  22,  1906.)  J 

City  Ordinance  No.  51. 


An  ordinance  to  prohibit  minors  from  visiting  or  frequenting  billiard 
nails  pool  rooms,  saloon  and  gambling  houses,  and  other  matters  relating 
thereto;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  repealing  all  ordi- 

nanceVo  198^^  therewith‘  (January  22>  1906.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordi- 


City  Ordinance  No.  52. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  appointment  of  a city  electrician  and 
meter  inspector;  prescribing  the  duties,  and  fixing  the  compensation  of  such 
othcer,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  (February  26,  1906.)  Amended 
by  City  Ordinance  Nos.  72,  165  and  256. 


City  Ordinance  No.  53. 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  directing  the  city  electrician  and  meter 
inspector  of  the  City  of  Reno  to  inspect  gas  and  electric  meters  used  for 
measuring  gas,  and  electricity  for  lighting  purposes  in  the  City  of  Reno, 
and  fixing  a fee  therefor;  fixing  a maximum  amount  that  may  be  collected 
from  the  consumers  as  rental  by  the  owners  of  such  meters,  providing  a 
oro  e violation  thereof;  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  (March 
12,  1906.)  Superceded  by  State  Statute. 


City  Ordinance  No.  54. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  regulation  and  inspection  of  the  instal- 
lation and  maintenance  of  electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus,  construc- 
tion and  equipment  in,  on  or  about  buildings  or  other  structures,  and  in 
any  street,  alley  or  other  public  place  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  fixing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  thereof.  (February  26,  1906.)  Revised  bv  Citv  Or- 
dinance No.  189. 


City  Ordinance  No.  55. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  use  and  sale  of  electricity  for  lighting  pur- 
poses in  the  City  of  Reno;  fixing  maximum  rates  that  may  be  charged  con- 
sumers thereof,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto;  and  providing  penalties 
thereof.  (April  30,  1906.)  Superceded  by  State  Statute. 


City  Ordinance  No.  56. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  construction,  maintenance,  and  operation 
of  ditches  flumes,  water  ways,  and  water  pipes  in  the  City  of  Reno;  pro- 
hibiting the  flooding  of  streets,  alleys,  sidewalks  and  other  public  places 
therein,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  other  matters  relat- 
ing thereto.  (March  12,  1906.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  57. 


An  ordinance  providing  for  grading,  paving  and  improving  portions  of 
certain  streets,  alleys  and  sidewalks  in  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the 
manner  of  defraying  the  cost  thereof;  creating  paving  district  No.  2 and 
other  matters  relating  thereto.  (March  26,  1906.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  58. 


An  ordinance  empowering  and  directing  the  city  assessor  of  the  City 


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of  Reno  to  levy  a special  assessment  to  defray  the ; cost  of^  P^'“®ating  ^he 

“ be  assessed,  and  o.bes 

matters  relating  thereto.  (April  11,  1906.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  59. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  1 and 
cAhe^matm^s' rdatingath°re'to.XirAugust  13,  1906.)  Repealed  by  City  Ord.- 
nance  No.  99. 

City  Ordinance  No.  60. 

An  ordinance  Y35  qqo  OO^doUars^oT  th^u^pos^  o^buildmg,  construct- 
borrow  thirty-five  ($35,000.00)  dollars  10:  1 £ treets  and  alleys  in  the 

^toTsgsuPeUband  fell  the  bonds  of  the  city  therefor.  (May 

29,  1906.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  61.  , , r;. 

o.^kTS,  £sd  SSS  « 

automobiles  or  motor  vehicles,  bicy  , Reno,  passed  and  adopted 

CityP0rdinance  No,  159. 

City  Ordinance  No.  62.  r 

An  ordinance  authorise  «h=  Cto 

thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  ,9  owned  bv  said  city;  also  for  the 

ba  st  W v .906., 

City  Ordinance  No.  63. 

An  ordinance  providing  regulations  for  junk  dealer^  and  ^alers  m 

:urtehgaulati!nfS\Seacreembae"  10,^906.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  130. 

ft~srj!A«s 

SU^^ap^vef  jleO26,O1905anC(December  10,  1906.)  Repealed  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  82. 

City  Ordinance  No.  65. 

r,hy"28m™")  259  re,'sed 

by  City  Ordinance  No.  188.  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  259. 


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City  Ordinance  No.  66. 

.4  ^n,°/udin4n^eJt0  aT?,d  Section  8 of  City  Ordinance  No.  46,  passed  and 
adopted  the  28th  day  of  November,  1905;  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  amend 
ioni10nS*^ia?dA^  9ty  Ordinance  No.  20,  passed  and  adopted  May  10th, 
1904;  entitled  An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No  21 
passed  and  adopted  providing  for  the  construction  of  sidewalks  on  certain 
streets  in  the  City  of  Reno,  passed  and  adopted  February  23rd  1904”  and 

SeM'i°a  <1.A°f  Cl}y  °rdi«a?ce  No-  21,  passed  and  adopted  May 
10th,  1904,  entitled  An  ordinance  fixing  the  width  of  sidewalks  in  the  City 
of  Reno  ; to  provide  for  the  construction  of  cement  sidewalks  on  portions 
of  certain  streets  within  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the  manner  of  con- 
st ruction  thereof,  the  mode  of  enforcing  the  same  and  other  matters  relat- 
ing thereto;  requiring  wooden  sidewalks  to  be  kept  in  repair;  fixing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  thereof  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (March  12,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  67. 

An  ordinance  declaring  any  interference  with,  or  unauthorized  use  or 
attempted  use  of  any  hydrant,  or  apparatus  of  the  Fire  Department  of  the 
Vc  inn7  \ C!\0,  to,b?  unlawful,  and  providing  punishment  therefor.  (March 
25,  1907.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  207. 

City  Ordinance  No.  68. 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  the  holding  of  the  regular  municipal  elec- 
tion in  the  City  of  Reno  on  May  7th,  1907,  directing  the  City  Clerk  regard- 
ing his  duties  m preparation  therefor,  and  to  provide  for  a supplemental 
registration  of  voters  entitled  to  vote  at  said  election.  (March  25,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  69. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Sections  1 and  3 of  Ordinance  No.  65,  passed 
and  adopted  January  28th,  1907,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  amend  an  ordi- 
nance, entitled  City  Ordinance  No.  36.  An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of 
the  officers  and  certain  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the 
manner  of  payment  thereof;  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances  in  conflict  therewith;  and  other  matters  relating  thereto,”  passed 
and  adopted  June  26,  1905.  (May  13,  1907.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance  No. 
188.  Revised  by  City  Ordinance  No.  259. 

City  Ordinance  No.  70. 


An  ordinance  granting  to  the  Nevada  Transit  Company,  a corporation 
duly  organized  and  existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada,  and 
having  its  principal  place  of  business  in  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of 
Washoe,  said  State,  its  successors  in  interest  or  assigns,  a franchise  or 
right  ot  way  to  construct,  maintain  and  operate  a street  railroad  over  and 
upon  a certain  street  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  providing  rules  and  regula- 
tions for  the  government  of  said  railroad.  (May  27,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  71. 

An  ordinance  creating  Paving  or  Macadamizing  District  No  3 and 
providing  for  grading  and  paving,  or  macadamizing  of  the  streets  embraced 
therein,  and  assessing  the  costs  to  the  owners  of  abutting  property  in  the 
said  district  and  making  the  same  a lien  upon  such  property.  (July  9,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  72. 


„.  An  ordinance  amending  Section  4 of  City  Ordinance  No.  52,  entitled 
An  ordinance  providing  for  the  appointment  of  a city  electrician  and 
meter  inspector;  prescribing  the  duties,  and  fixing  the  compensation  of 


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such  officer,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto,”  passed  and  adopted  Feb- 
ruary  26th,  1906.  (July  9,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  73. 

(July  22,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  74. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  the  cutting,  mutilating,  injury  or  destroying 

City  Ordinance  No.  75. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  Public  Open  Air  meetings,  gatherings  or  as- 

wThinfhe  Cirt0yVLimrtshoef  the'ciW  ^eno“ ”d  providing  the  penalty  for  a 
violation  of  the  same.  (August  13,  190/.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  76. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  cement  sidewalks  on 
nances  in  conflict  therewith.  (August  13,  190/.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  77.  . . 

and  hand  brakes.  (August  13,  1907.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  1*1. 

City  Ordinance  No.  78. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  cement  sidewalks  on 
certain  streets  and  portions  of  streets  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
Citv  of  Reno-  providing  the  manner  of  construction  thereof,  t e 

enforcing  the'sameand  other  matters  relating  thereto,  fixing  a penalty  for 
"2°"ffiion  .“."  of  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ord, nances 
in  conflict  therewith.  (September  23,  190/.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  79. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  Nevada, 

sirs  b?: 

said  cSy  CoSl  may  jndge  to  be  proper  and  necessary  and  to  tssn,  and 
sell  the  bonds  of  said  city  therefor.  (September  23,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  80. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  grading,  macadamizing  and  improving 
of  p«io°nrsonf“cCenaPir„0.. reefs,  and  the  placing  and  laying  of  curb,  ng  onand 
along  the  same  within  the  City  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  creating  a 


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Macadamizing  District  therefor,  prescribing  the  manner  of  defraying  the 
cost  thereof  and  other  matters  relating  thereto,  and  repealing  all  Ordi- 
nances and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (October  15,  1907.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  81. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  Two  (2)  of  Ordinance  Number  65 
passsed  and  adopted  January  28,  1907,  entitled  “An  ordinance  to  amend  an 
slll’riesOf  the  nffl  Clty  Ordinance  Number  36,  an  ordinance  fixing  the 
iW  the  mslne  0 and  certtain  employes  of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescrib- 
ng  the  manner  of  payment  thereof;  repealing  all  ordinances  and  oarts  of 

0r^ln^nCe)S  'nTconfllct  therewith  and  other  matters  relating  thereto  Passed 

nancedNot6188  a22iar23fl8’?56^?k^^S?  t0^eir  j5,  1907>)  Revised  W City  Ordi- 
254  269  23®’  236,  243.  Repealed  by  ordinance  Nos.  259,  229,  252, 

City  Ordinance  No.  82. 

An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades 
remdatSS’  °^cuPatl?ns>  callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno-  to 
classify  the  same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof- 
to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal 

190ndAmeCndednh  pArts  °f  ?rdlnances  in  conflict  therewith.  (October*^ 28, 
19U/.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinances  Nos.  83,  112,  123,  144,  150  163  166  and 

222,  224,  217^219^  C'ty  °rdinance  No-  19S-  Amended  by  Ordinances  Nosd 

City  Ordinance  No.  83. 

entitled  t0  amten*  S-eCti°n  33  of  City  Ordinance  Number  82, 

trJdAc  k A ordmance  t°  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain 
tn  rZ\lTneSA’  °ccHPatlpns,  callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno* 
to  eth?df  [a.sslfyfthe  sal?le;  <£  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof 

de,  nfi  th®.  dutles  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to 

cemberi)  ?907T "t?”  ^ u^r-  of  °rdinances  in  conflict  therewith.”  (De- 
cember  9,  1907.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance  No.  195. 

City  Ordinance  No.  84. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  fire  escapes  for  buildings  of  three  or  more 
stories  in  height.  (March  30,  1908.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  124 

City  Ordinance  No.  85. 

fVi  ordinance  regulating  the  establishment  of  storage  oil  tanks  within 

nancerNom206.  & Qty  °f  ^ (April  13>  1908->  Revised  by  City  Ord” 

City  Ordinance  No.  86. 

An  ordinance  granting  to  S.  H.  Wheeler  and  Chas.  H.  Burke  their  suc- 
cessors in  interest  or  assigns,  a franchise  or  right  of  way  to’ construct 
maintain  and  operate  a street  railroad  over  and  upon  certain  streets’ 
avenues  and  alleys  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  providing  rules  and  regulations’ 
for  the  government  of  said  railroad.  (April  27,  1908  ) regulations 

City  Ordinance  No.  87. 

nf  R^n^°IdiVanCe  emP°A1ering  and  directing  the  City  Assessor  of  the  City 
„ j • °.  evA  a sPec*al  assessment  to  defray  the  cost  of  macadamizing 

and  improving  Macadamizing  District  Number  One  (1)  in  the  City  of  Reno- 

and  ofblrenaTUntS  wd  deslsmting  the  lots  and  premises  to  be  assessed’, 
and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  (May  11,  1908.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  88. 

An  ordinance  requiring  all  persons,  firms, 

Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  134. 

City  Ordinance  No.  89.  . .. 

in  conflict  therewith.  (June  8,  1908.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  90. 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  directmgtheCity  Assessor  ofthe  Ci  y 
matters  relating  thereto.  (June  8,  1908.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  91.  ..  , . . 

An  ordinance  abandoning,  vacating,  diseBtabKshing  &nd  d« ^c^ming 
any  right  to  parts  of  certain  streets  or  ways  in  the  City  of  Reno.  fAugust 

10,  1908.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  92. 

„ wte  s f '§£>?  ana 

and  approved  fenders.  (August  10,  1908.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  93. 

An  ordinance  defining  the  Fire  Limits  of  the  City  of  Reno.  (August 
24,  1908.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  Z1Z. 

City  Ordinance  No.  94. 

An  ordinance  relating  to  employment  agencies,  *'“c°t™g 

S£.*5^1rss 

by  City  Ordinance  No.  193. 

City  Ordinance  No.  95. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  conduct  and 

prohibhingdprosdtution  and' kwdness* and  fixing  penalties  for  the  violation 
thereof!'  (September  1,  1908.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  96. 

An  ordinance  to  provide  for  the  construction  of  cement  sidewalks  on 
certain  streets  and  portions  of  streets,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the 
City  of  Reno;  providing  the  manner  of  construction  thereof;  the  mode  of 
enforcing  the  same  and  other  matters  relating  thereto;  fixing  the  penalty 
for  the*  violation  thereof  and  repealing 

nances  covering  the  same  within  territory  in  conflict  therewith,  fbepte 
her  14,  1908.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  97. 

• tdY°-Idinatn£,e  Pertaining  to  the  holding  of  a Special  Municipal  Election 
m the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  on  October  24,  1908.  (September  28,  1908.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  98. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  runners,  hackmen,  omnibus  drivers  and  ex- 
pressmen,  and  matters  relating  thereto,  and  the  penalty  for  the  violating 
of  the  same.  (October  13,  1908.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  102.  g 

City  Ordinance  No.  99. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  liquors  in  saloons,  bar-rooms  res- 
InH  ttf  and  *amale  Pa.r  ors>  fixlng  the  penalty  for  the  violation  thereof 
Ordinance  No  190 . (°Ctober  13’  1908')  ^pealed  by  City 

City  Ordinance  No.  100. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  Reno  to  borrow  thirty- 
hve  thousand  dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  building,  constructing,  repairing 
and  laying  public  sewers  in  the  streets  and  alleys,  and  to  improve  the 
streets  and  alleys  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  and  to  issue  and  sell  the 
bonds  of  the  city  therefor.  (October  13,  1908.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  101. 

m, f^°r9Ana ion!  xto  Preve"t  the  ab“se  and  sale  of  °Pium  and  o^er  drugs. 
CUy  Ordinance9No  212™'  Y C'ty  °rdinance  No-  103-  and  repealed  by 

City  Ordinance  No.  102. 

n. .  Avl  ordinance  to  repeal  City  Ordinance  Number  Ninety-eight  of  the 
Llty  of  iRen°>  Passed  and  adopted  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno, 
on  the  13th  day  of  October,  1908,  the  title  of  which  is  “An  ordinance  to 
regulate  runners,  hackmen,  omnibus  drivers  and  expressmen,  and  matters 

b e r *14^  1908^ ) * ° ’ ^ the  penalty  for  the  violating  of  the  same.”  (Decem- 

City  Ordinance  No.  103. 

ordinance  to  amend  Section  3 of  City  Ordinance  Number  101 
entitled  An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  abuse  and  sale  of  opium  and  other 
fono  Pas®ed  and  adopted  the  26th  day  of  October,  1908.  (January  25. 
i909.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  105,  and  repealed  by  City  Ordi- 
nance  No.  212.  J 

City  Ordinance  No.  104. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  and  govern  the  conducting  of  billiard  halls 
and  pool  rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  matters  pertaining  thereto  and 
the  penalty  for  the  violating  of  the  same.  (February  24,  1909.)  Revised  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  198.  y J 

City  Ordmance  No.  105. 

in?  Afn.urd^.ancer  ^ amend  Section  3 of  Amended  City  Ordinance  Number 
1UJ  ot  the  City  of  Reno,  passed  and  adopted  the  25th  day  of  January,  1909 
which  is,  An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  abuse  and  sale  of  opium  and 
r,er^rUgcS’otbeK°rl^ai  ord‘nance  having  been  passed  and  adopted  the 
Nc>h 2*1 2Y  f °Ctober’  1908'  (March  8,  1909.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 


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City  Ordinance  No.  106. 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  the  holding  of  regular  M, tte 

(March  22,  1909.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  107. 

ii 

and  repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  128. 

City  Ordinance  No.  108.  . 

borrow  fifty Th^  ^ Ju^o^Reno' 

structing,  /.pairing  and  improvmg  the  pnbl.c  «{h^f 

Sw‘%m™drf'irc”y  Ordinance  No.  120,  and  repealed  by  City  Ordi- 
nance  No.  127. 

City  Ordinance  No.  109. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  installing,  use  and  operation  of  moving 

(July  26,  1909.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  110. 

An  ordinance  fixing  and  establishing  the  distance  curbing  shall  be  set 

Sd^^n'^^ 

ordinances  in  conflict  herewith.  (July  26,  190V.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  111. 

An  ordinance  establishing  a city  base  or  P^ane  . r^^^TreS^rldTs" 

nQ  fixing  the  elevation  of  a primal  bench  mark,  establishing  street  graa  , 
and  fixfng  a peniky  for  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  hereof.  (July 

26,  1909.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  112. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  33  of  City  Ordinance  Number  82  as 
amended  by  the  City  Ordinance  Number  83,  and  to  repeal  ,^'q ^Rev’ised 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (August  10,  1909.)  Revised 
by  City  Ordinance  No.  195. 

City  Ordinance  No.  113. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  th«  C^^brnTed^oUars 
County,  State  of  Nevada,  to  borrow  twelve  thousand  five  hundred  dollars 
to  cover  certain  unpaid  assessments  heretofore  levied  and  confirmed  by  the 
Citv  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  for  the  work 
of  grading,  curbing,  macadamizing  and  improving  West  Second  street  from 
Siefra  street  to  the  western  city  limits,  and  to  issue  and  sell  the  bonds  of 


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the  City  of  Reno  therefor,  to  be  known  as  street  Improvement  Bonds 
(August  23,  1909.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  114. 

Ar}  ordinance  to  regulate  and  prohibit  posting  and  distributing  hand 
bills,  dodgers,  circulars,  or  other  advertisements  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and 
other  matters  relating  thereto,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof, 
and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith’ 
(October  25,  1909.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  115. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  and  control  the  business  of  keeping  and  car- 
rymg  on  a bar-room,  saloon,  or  place  where  wine,  malt  or  spirituous  liquors 
are  sold  to  be  drank  on  the  premises;  fixing  and  classifying  the  same,  and 
the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof* 
and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith 
(November  12,  1909.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinances  Nos.  125  and  132,  and 
repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  153. 


City  Ordinance  No.  116. 

An  ordinance  fixing  and  establishing  the  distance  curbing  shall  be  set 
from  the  property  lines,  on  both  sides  of  Court  street  in  the  City  of  Reno 
Nevada,  commencing  at  the  west  side  line  of  Belmont  road  and  running 
west  on  Court  street  to  a point  nine  hundred  and  five  and  73-100  feet 
measured  along  the  north  side  line  of  said  Court  street,  and  to  repeal  all 
ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith.  (November  12 


City  Ordinance  No.  117. 

An  or:dinance  empowering  and  directing  the  City  Assessor  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  Nevada,  to  levy  a special  assessment  to  defray  the  cost  of  paving 
with  asphalt  and  improving  all  that  certain  alley,  or  narrow  street,  in  Block 
V of  the  original  Town  of  Reno  between  North  Virginia  street  and  Sierra 
street  from  First  street  to  Second  street,  stating  the  amounts  and  designat- 
ing the  lots  and  premises  to  be  assessed,  and  other  matters  pertaining  and 
relating  thereto,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict herewith.  (November  12,  1909.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  118. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No.  113  passed  and 
approved  August  23rd,  1909;  entitled,  “An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City 
Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Washoe  County,  State  of  Nevada,  to  borrow 
twelve  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  to  cover  certain  unpaid  assessments 
heretofore  levied  and  confirmed  by  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  for 
the  purpose  of  paying  for  the  work  of  grading,  curbing,  macadamizing  and 
improving  West  Second  street  from  Sierra  street  to  the  Western  City 
Limits,  and  to  issue  and  sell  the  bonds  of  the  City  of  Reno  therefor,  to  be 
known  as  Street  Improvement  Bonds.”  (November  22,  1909.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  119. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  children  and  minors  under  the  age  of  17  years 
from  loitering  about  the  streets  and  other  public  places  in  the  City  of  Reno 
at  night,  providing  penalties,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  herewith.  (December  13,  1909.) 

City  Ordina/nce  No.  120. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No.  108,  passed, 


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adopted  and  approved  April  12,  1909,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  authorizing 
the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno  to  borrow  fifty  thousand  ($50,000.00) 
dollars  for  the  purpose  of  building,  constructing,  repairing  and  improving 
the  oublic  streets  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  and  to  issue  and  sell  the 
bondPs  of  the  city  therefor.”  (December  13,  1909.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordi- 
nance  No.  127. 

City  Ordinance  No.  121. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No.  107  passed, 
adopted  and  approved  April  12,  1909,  entitlted,  “An  ordinance : authorizing 
the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  to  borrow  fifty  thousand 
($50,000.00)  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  building,  constructing,  repairing  and 
improving  the  sewer  system  in  the  public  streets  and  alleys  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  and  to  issue  and  sell  the  bonds  of  the  city  therefor.  (December  13, 
1909.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  128. 

City  Ordinance  No.  122. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  3 of  City  Ordinance  No.  44,  passed 
and  approved  the  29th  day  of  August,  1905,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  declar- 
ing what  are  nuisances  within  the  City  of  Reno,  and  to  prevent  and  regulate 
the  same;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  thereof; 
repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  m conflict  therewith,  and 
other  matters  necessarily  relating  thereto.”  (December  27,  1909.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  123. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  a part  of  Section  39  of  Ordinance  No.  82,  passed 
and  approved  the  28th  day  of  October,  1907,  entitled  An  ordinance  to  fix, 
impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades,  business  occupations, 
callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno,  to  regulate  and  classify  the 
same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  to  define  the  duties  of 
certain  officers,  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.”  (December  27,  1909.)  Revised 
by  City  Ordinance  No.  195. 


City  Ordinance  No.  124. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  Fire  Escapes  on  buildings  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  three  or  more  stories  in  height;  regulating  the  construction  thereof; 
providing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordinances 
in  conflict  herewith.  (December  27,  1909.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  212. 

City  Ordinance  No.  125. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  Seven  (7)  of  City  Ordinance  No.  115. 
passed  and  approved  the  12th  day  of  November,  1909,  entitled,  An  ordi- 
nance to  regulate  and  control  the  business  of  keeping  and  carrying  on  a 
bar-room,  saloon,  or  place  where  wine,  malt  or  spiritous  liquors  are  sold 
to  be  drunk  on  the  premises;  fixing  and  classifying  the  same,  and  the 
license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  limiting  the  number  of  licenses  that  may 
be  issued  therefor,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing 
all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.”  (January  24. 
1910.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  153. 


City  Ordinance  No.  126. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  a City  Pound;  appointment  of  a Pound 
Master  and  Deputy  Pound  Master;  providing  rules  and  regulations  for  the 
government  of  the  same;  prohibiting  animals  running  at  large  within  the 
city  and  providing  for  the  custody  and  destruction  of  the  same  and  matters 


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relating  thereto;  imposing  a license  tax  on  all  dogs;  making  it  a misde- 
meanor for  any  person  to  own,  keep  or  harbor  a dog  in  the  city  without 
procuring  a license  therefor;  fixing  the  fees  to  be  charged  by  the  Pound 
Master,  his  salary  and  his  duties;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  any 
of  the  provisions  hereof,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith.  (January  24,  1910.)  Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  266. 

City  Ordinance  No.  127. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada, 
to  borrow  fifty  thousand  ($50,000.00)  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  building, 
constructing,  repairing  and  improving  the  public  streets  of  the  City  of  Reno 
and  to  issue  and  sell  the  bonds  of  the  city  therefor,  and  repealing  Ordi- 
nance Number  108,  passed,  adopted  and  approved  April  12,  1909,  and  Ordi- 
nance Number  120,  passed,  adopted  and  approved  December  13,  1909. 
(February  14,  1910.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  128. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada, 
to  borrow  fifty  thousand  ($50,000.00)  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  building, 
constructing,  repairing  and  improving  the  sewer  system  in  the  public 
streets  and  alleys  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  to  issue  and  sell  the  bonds  of 
the  city  therefor,  and  repealing  Ordinance  Number  107,  passed,  adopted 
and  approved  April  12,  1909,  and  Ordinance  Number  121,  passed,  adopted 
and  approved  December  13,  1909.  (February  14,  1910.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  129. 

An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  obstruction  of  Fire  Hydrants  on  the 
public  streets  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  providing  a penalty  for  the  viola- 
tion thereof.  (February  28,  1910.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  130. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing,  regulating  and  controlling  the 
business  of  dealing  in  second-hand  goods,  wares,  merchandise  or  junk  of 
any  kind  in  the  City  of  Reno;  fixing  a license  fee  therefor,  and  matters 
relating  thereto;  fixing  penalties  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith.  (March  30, 
1910.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  186. 

City  Ordinance  No.  131. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing,  regulating  and  controlling  bona 
fide  fraternal,  commercial,  and  social  clubs;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid 
therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordi- 
nances or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (April  25,  1910.)  Re- 
pealed by  City  Ordinance  No.  190. 

City  Ordinance  No.  132. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  11  of  City  Ordinance  No.  115,  passed, 
adopted  and  approved  November  12,  1909,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regu- 
late and  control  the  business  of  keeping  and  carrying  on  a bar-room, 
saloon,  or  place  where  wine,  malt  or  spiritous  liquors  are  sold  to  be  drunk 
on  the  premises;  fixing  and  classifying  the  same,  and  the  license  fee  to  be 
paid  therefor;  limiting  the  number  of  licenses  that  may  be  issued  therefor; 
fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.”  (May  11,  1910.)  Repealed  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  153. 

City  Ordinance  No.  133. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate,  license  and  control  the  business  of  keeping, 


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selling  and  disposing  of  wine,  malt,  and  spiritous  liquors  in  restaurants 
lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors,  drug  stores,  and  all  other  places  of  business 
other  than  saloons,  dram  shops  and  club  rooms;  fixing  the  license  fee  to 
be  paid  therefor;  fixing  the  penalty  for  the  violation  of  the  same  and  re- 
pealing all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance. 
(May  11,  1910.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  190. 

City  Ordinance  No.  134. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  inspection  of  milk  an<^  cream  in  the 
City  of  Reno,  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  Board  of  Health  ol 
the  city;  providing  for  the  appointment  of  an  inspector  thereof,  and  d u 
his  powers  and  duties;  limiting  the  amount  that  may  be  expended  y e 
Board  of  Health  for  the  expenses  of  inspection;  providing  for  the  issuance 
of  permits  for  the  sale  of  milk  and  cream  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  the  revo- 
cation of  such  permits;  prohibiting  the  sale,  keeping  or  exposing  for  sale 
impure,  adulterated  or  unwholesome  milk  or  cream;  fixing  a penalty  for  the 
violation  hereof;  and  authorizing  the  Board  of  Health  to  adopt  and 
promulgate  rules  and  regulations  for  the  enforcement  of  this  ordinance. 
(June  27,  1910.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  162.  Repealed  by  Ordi- 
nance No.  250. 


City  Ordinance  No.  135. 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  directing  the  City  Assessor  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  Nevada,  to  levy  a special  assessment  to  defray  the  cost  of  grading 
and  laying  cement  sidewalks  in  the  district  known  as  the  First  ™ ard  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  therefor  on  hie 
with  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  stating  the  amounts,  and  designat- 
ing the  lots  and  premises  to  be  assessed,  and  other  matters  pertaining  and 
relating  thereto,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  m 
conflict  herewith.  (August  22,  1910.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  136. 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  directing  the  City  Assessor  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  Nevada,  to  levy  a special  assessment  to  defray  the  cost  of  grading 
and  laying  cement  sidewalks  in  the  district  known  as  the  Fourth  Ward  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  therefor  on  hie 
with  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  stating  the  amounts  and  designat- 
ing the  lots  and  premises  to  be  assessed,  and  other  matters  pertaining  and 
relating  thereto,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  herewith.  (August  22,  1910.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  137. 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  directing  the  City  Assessor  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  Nevada,  to  levy  a special  assessment  to  defray  the  cost  of  grading 
and  laying  cement  sidewalks  in  the  district  known  as  the  Fifth  Ward  in 
the  City  of  Reno,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  therefor  on  rile 
with  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  stating  the  amounts,  and  desig- 
nating the  lots  and  premises  to  be  assessed,  and  other  matters  pertaining 
and  relating  thereto,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  herewith.  (August  22,  1910.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  138. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing  and  regulating  the  business  of 
pawnbrokers  and  pawnshops,  and  defining  the  same;  fixing  and  imposing 
the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  providing  regulations  for  the  conduct  of 
such  busness;  fixng  penalties  for  the  violation  thereof;  defining  the  duties 
of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 


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parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith.  (August  29,  1910.)  Amended  by 
City  Ordinance  No.  187. 

City  Ordinance  No.  139. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Wa- 
shoe County,  State  of  Nevada,  to  borrow  $5107.75  to  cover  certain  unpaid 
assessments  heretofore  levied  and  confirmed  by  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  for  the  work  of  grading,  curbing, 
macadamizing,  paving  and  improving  Sierra  street,  East  Fourth  street. 
Plaza  street,  North  Virginia  street  and  Ninth  street  in  the  City  of  Reno,’ 
and^  to  issue  and  sell  the  bonds  of  the  City  of  Reno  therefor,  to  be  known 
as  “Consolidated  Special  Street  Improvement  Bonds.”  (October  10,  1910.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  140. 

An  ordinance  for  the  regulation  of  the  use  of  fire  works  in  the  City  of 
Reno,  prohibiting  firing  or  discharging  any  fire  works  within  the  city  with- 
out a permit  granted  by  the  City  Council,  and  providing  penalties  for  the 
violation  hereof.  (November  16,  1910.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  141. 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  directing  the  City  Assessor  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  Washoe  County,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  a special  assessment  to 
defray  the  cost  of  grading,  curbing  and  paving  with  concrete  and  asphalt, 
South  Virginia  street  in  the  district  known  as  the  First  Ward  of  the  City 
of  Reno,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  therefor  on  file  with  the 
City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  stating  the  amounts  and  designating  the  lots 
and  premises  to  be  assessed,  and  other  matters  pertaining  and  relating 
thereto.  (February  27,  1911.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  142. 

An  ordinance  pertaining  to  the  holding  of  the  regular  Municipal  Elec- 
tion in  the  City  of  Reno  on  the  2nd  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1911,  directing  the 
City  Clerk  regarding  his  duties  in  preparation  therefor,  and  to  provide  for 
a supplemental  registration  of  voters  entitled  to  vote  at  said  election 
(March  13,  1911.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  143. 

An  ordinance  requiring  ditch,  canal  and  flume  companies,  corporations 
and  persons  owning,  operating,  or  controlling  ditches,  canals,  flumes  or 
water-ways,  to  bridge  streets  and  alleys  over  the  same,  or  to  pipe  the  water 
therein  over  or  under  the  streets  and  alleys  within  the  City  of  Reno,  upon 
notice  from  the  City  Council,  designating  the  materials  and  the  manner  of 
construction  thereof,  and  prescribing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof 
(March  13,  1911.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  144. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  37  of  Ordinance  No.  82,  passed  and 
approved  the  28th  day  of  October,  1907,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  im- 
pose and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades,  business,  occupations,  call- 
ings and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same; 
to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  define  the  duties  of  certain 
officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith.  (March  27,  1911.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance  No.  195. 

City  Ordinance  No.  145. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing,  regulating  and  controlling  the 
business  of  messenger  service  in  the  City  of  Reno,  fixing  the  license  fee  to 


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be  paid  therefor,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof  and  repealing 
all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith.  (April  10,  WHO 
Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  151. 

City  Ordinance  No.  146. 

An  ordinance  vacating,  disestablishing  ^d  disclaiming  any  right  to  the 
alleys  in  Block  2 of  Park  Lawn  Addition  to  the  City  of  Reno.  (April  24, 
1911.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  147. 

An  ordinance  fixing  and  establishing  the  distance  curbing  shall  be  set 
from  the  property  lines  on  what  is  known  as  Peavine  street  in  the  City  of 
Reno  State  of  Nevada,  bounded  on  the  north  by  Ninth  street  and  on  t • 
south’  by  Sixth  street  in  said  city,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  or  par  s 
ordinances  in  conflict  herewith.  (April  24,  1911.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  148. 

of  R^no°Washoe  C^r^ttfte^of  NevS  to 

and  south  between  Ralston  street  and  Stevenson  street  extending  southerly 
to  the  Truckee  rNer,  according  to  the  plans  and  specifications  therefor  on 
fiV with  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  stating  the  amounts  and  des- 
ignating the  lots,  lands  and  premises  to  be  assessed,  and  other  matters  per- 
taining  and  relating  thereto.  (May  8,  1911.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  149.  . 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  authorizing  the  City  Clerk  to  appoint 
an  assistant,  providing  for  the  compensation  of  such 
ing  all  acts  relating  to  employees  m the  office  of  the  City  Clerk.  U 
1911.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  259. 

City  Ordinance  No.  150. 

An  ordinance  amending  Section  7 of  City  Ordinance  Number  82,  en- 
titled “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  .tax  on  ^rta^ 
trades  businesses,  occupations,  callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of 
Reno-’to  regulate  and  classify  the  same;  to  fix,  the  penalty  for the  violation 
thereof-  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and 
o «okl  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  ap- 
proved October  28,  1907.  (October  23,  1911.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance 
No.  195. 

City  Ordinance  No.  151. 

An  ordinance  regulating  and  licensing  the  messenger  service  business 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  making  unlawful  certain  acts,  and  repealing  all  ordi- 
nances, or  parts  of  ordinances  of  the  City  of  ^.enor^retfof^r/nopa\SDdec^: 
taining  to  said  messenger  service  business  in  the  aty  of  Reno.  (Decern 
ber  26,  1911.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  192. 

City  Ordinance  No.  152. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  distribution  of  medlcl"Jp;  a* m2) 

thereof,  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno.  (March  6,  1912.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  153.  t 

An  ordinance  defining,  regulating,  licensing  and  limiting  the  retail  liquor 


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business  in  saloons,  bars,  and  bar-rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno,  making  un- 
(aMarchC6rtai1912aftSAand  r[eHeKhn?  a11  ^ ordinances  in  relation  thereto. 
City  Ordinance  No  M Y C'ty  °rdlnance  No'  178-  a"d  repealed  by 

City  Ordinance  No.  154. 

An  ordinance  licensing  and  regulating  the  business  of  plumbing;  and 
drainlaying  within  the  City  of  Reno,  prescribing  and  establishing  certain 
rules  and  regulations  regarding  plumbing  and  drainlaying  in  the  City  of 

^n°H;i^tab^Shm?  and1c.reatinS  the  office  of  plumbing  inspector,  prescribing 
the  duties  thereof,  making  certain  acts  misdemeanors,  regulating  all  other 
matters  in  relation  to  plumbing  and  drainlaying  in  the  City  of  Reno  and 
repealing  ^ ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  any  way  relating  thereto. 
(June  17,  1912.)  Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  194.  No.  272. 

City  Ordinance  No.  155. 

nf  AnArdinanCe  faring  the  intention  of  the  City  Council  of  the  City 
of  Reno  to  improve,  by  grading,  oiling,  macadamizing,  curbing  and  gutter- 
ing certain  portions  of  hirst  street  and  Riverside  avenue  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  commencing  at  a point  on  the  east  side  of  the  alley  between  Virginia 
stre.ets>  on  said  First  street,  and  extending  westerly  on  the  same 

Kton°«?r£t  °a  thC  T^eSt  -5lde  °f  the  alley  betwee»  Stevenson  and 
Ralston  streets,  and  on  Riverside  avenue  from  the  point  of  intersection 

between  that  avenue  and  First  street  extending  westerly  to  a point  on  he 

‘v?  alky  ’f  extended  between  Stevenson  and  Ralston  streets 
on  said  Riverside  avenue,  providing  that  the  same  shall  be  done  by  special 

UP<rn  a”f  a?amst  tbe  lots  and  premises  abutting  and  fronting  on 
that  portion  of  said  First  street  and  Riverside  avenue  within  the  district 
to  be  improved  in  accordance  with  their  number  of  feet  frontage,  providing 
1912tjle  payment  thereof.  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  (August  12. 

City  Ordinance  No.  156. 

, ~ 7n  ordinance  amending  and  re-enacting  the  title  and  Sections  21  24 
^ntd'H7’.a"A  repe,allnS  Sections  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  and  15  of  Ordinance  No.  34, 
entitled,  An  ordinance  relating  to  sanitary  matters  within  the  City  of  Reno- 
^rfedne’  rei?U.aj®  and  comPel  tbe  abatement  of  certain  nuisances  therein; 
declarmg  what  diseases  are  communicable  and  dangerous,  and  providing 
for  the  suppression  thereof;  defining  the  duties  of  certain  persons  in  rela 
tion  to  births,  deaths  and  vaccinations  therein;  prohibiting  the  sale  of  un- 
wholesome foods  and  drink;  prohibiting  expectorating  upon  sidewalks  and 
other  public  places  therein;  defining  the  duties  of  the  Board  of  Health, 
xing  the  salary  of  the  Health  Officer  and  defining  his  duties;  fixing  a 
ordfnan/e0/  vlolatl°u  of  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  and  repealing  all 

9A  ion?  ?a  d pairiS,^-,°Tdinances  ln  confl>ct  therewith,”  approved  June 
26,  1905.  (August  16,  1912.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinances  Nos.  181  and  182. 

City  Ordinance  No.  157. 

nt  Anr-*dinarno  empowering,  authorizing  and  directing  the  City  Assessor 
^ ^et0’  bounty  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  special 
assessments  to  defray  the  costs  of  grading,  oiling,  macadamizing,  curbing 
and  guttering  certain  portions  of  First  street  and  Riverside  avenue  of  the 
V Ren,°>  commencing  at  a point  on  the  east  side  of  the  alley  between 

F rJ "Jlrp 'f T stree.ts!  on  sfd  F»rst  street,  and  extending  westerly  on 
said  hirst  street  to  a point  on  the  west  side  of  the  alley  between  Steven- 

a"LRalfSt-°"  streets-  °u  said  First  street,  and  on  Riverside  avenue  from 
‘becP°lntf  of  intersection  between  that  avenue  and  First  street  extending 
westerly  to  a point  on  the  west  side  of  the  alley,  if  extended,  between  Stev- 


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and  Ralston  streets  cn  .aid 

ancdo-,d“g  r^?»dXV^ST4£g  thereto.  (Angus.  31.  .9.2.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  158.  , 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  intention  of  the  City 0[ 

SSe^f  pr*aJrn?frr?.yr»"1hegteof,  and  other  matters  re,.„„s 
thereto.  (August  31,  1912.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  159. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  moving^ 
acter  upon  the  streets,  ™osf™Zs .aen<L joktion  thereof.  (September  9,  1912.) 
Amended' b^CiV’ordinaLes  Nos.  164,  179,  197,  202.  Repealed  by  Ordi- 
nance  No.  268. 

City  Ordinance  No.  160. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  adzing and  directing  the 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  County  o Washoe, ^tate  cePrtain 

assessments  t0  defray  the  t f P o{  Reno,  by  raising  or  lowering 
streets  ‘«the  Second  Ward  of  th  y City  Engineer,  and  con- 

certain  sidewalks  to  the  grade  es1iaDllb'  1 <-y  to  the  plans,  specifications 
structing  thereon  cement  sidewalks,  g Clerk  stating  the 

and  estimates  of  c ost  on  file  in  ^hc : office  of  the  City  UerK,  s S 

location  of  the  proposed  % be  assessed,  stating  that 

SsSHetSSS  to1  frontage,  and  other  matters  relating 
thereto.  (October  14,  1912.) 

and  re-.nac.ing  Section  22  of Ordinance .No 
34,  entitled,  "An  ordinance  relating  to  santt.ry  ™«.r , w.th.n  .the  aty^of 

SiplPliStillEiS 

1912.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  181. 

City  Ordinance  No.  162.  . . , r;. 

An  ordinance  amending  and  re-enacting  Sections  2 and  14  of  Cit> 


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Ordinance  No.  134,  entitled  “An  ordinance  providing  for  the  inspection  of 

Board ^’-y  °f  Rel??.’  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the 

thereof  thv  Clty’  provld'ng  fo.r  the  appointment  of  an  inspector 

thereof,  and  defining  his  powers  and  duties;  limiting  the  amount  that  mav 

5fdin?efoeeiby-  tHe  B°a^  °f  Healtb  for  the  expenses  of  inspection  ?ro- 
viding  for  the  issuance  of  permits  for  the  sale  of  milk  and  cream  in  the 

Keno>  and  revocation  of  such  permits;  prohibiting  the  sale, 
• exposing  for  sale  impure,  adulterated  or  unwholesome  milk  or 
a Penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  authorizing  the  Board 
nlnt'nf  rt t0  3 j°pt  and  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  for  the  enforce- 

Sd°u  o%d[„drcrNo  a2psrved  June  27, 1910- (December  23>  i9i2-> 

City  Ordinance  No.  163. 

^\n  ordinance  amending  Section  25  of  City  Ordinance  No.  82,  entitled, 
An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades 
business,  occupations  callings  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno-  to 
^assif7  tbe  sarne:  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof’;  to 
df,h"Vhe  dutl?s  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal 
?oi  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  approved  October  28,  1907.  (April  14 

No3217ReV'Sed  by  C'ty  °rdinance  No-  195-  Amended  by  City  Ordinance' 

City  Ordinance  No.  164. 

159  ^nHHrPdJnanAe  re"e.nacting  Sections  15  and  16  of  City  Ordinance  No. 

. ;9\  e"t,Ved|>  A"  ordinance  to  regulate  moving  travel  and  traffic  of  all 
ft"d 7-and  J-haracter  upon  the  streets,  crossings  and  other  public  places  of 
the  Lity  of  Reno,  and  providing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,”  ap- 
proved September  9,  1912.  (May  19,  1913.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  268. 

City  Ordnance  No.  165. 

enritwi  °“ Ainanj®  amendinS  al?d  re-enacting  Section  3 of  ordinance  No.  52, 
“S "5,/?  ordinance  providing  for  the  appointment  of  a City  Electrician 

of  15b  «ffl^nspeci°ri^prescr,blng  the. duties,  and  fixing  the  compensation 
of  such  officer  and  other  matters  relating  thereto,”  passed  and  adopted  and 
approved  the  26th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1906.  (September  29,  19E3.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  166. 

“A„A",i°rdinan<Ie  *me“dinB  Section  17  of  City  Ordinance  No.  82,  entitled 
An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades’ 
b.tplnae^’  °,CCU1?,atl^S-  ca  ln8TS  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regu- 

define  tb,  Iff-  y *5  Same;  fix  a.  penalty  {or  the  violation  thereof;  to 
define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith  and  to  repeal 

?Rtb05inanfC^  ?nu  pa1rn?v,of  ,?Tdlnances  in  conflict  therewith,”  approved  the 
No  195y  ° °Ctober’  1907‘  (December  8,  1913.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance 

City  Ordinance  No.  167. 

No  5ndt;HaPHCe‘aAmend!ing  3nd  ™*e,na.ctinS  Section  14  of  City  Ordinance 
Titv  Af  d’  a ordmance  declaring  what  are  nuisances  within  the 

*b»  • i tceno’  and  to  prevent  and  regulate  the  same;  fixing  a penalty  for 
narts1  nf  tn  d-°f  a"y  °-f  the  Provisions  thereof;  repealing  all  ordinance^  and 
relaHn^tb  dl?a"ces  ,n  co,nfllct  therewith,  and  other  matters  necessarily 
22  1913)theret°’  approved  on  the  29th  day  of  August,  1905.  (December 

City  Ordinance  No.  168. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Washoe 


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ssasss  sat 

ss  srs  .o  a *s  arse 

|Ef3^F4pilsf  It'™?,  aand"p^"diS| 

are  collected  by  law.  (January  26,  1914.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  169. 

An  ordinance  amending  Section  31  of  City  .^^^"cUy'of Reno' -to 
“An  nrHinance  relating  to  sanitary  matters  within  the  City  ot  Keno,  to 

s&srsi 

other  Phbbc  Places  Health  Officer  and  defining  his  duties;  fixing  a 

26th  day  of  June,  1905.  (June  24,  1914.)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  180. 

City  Ordinance  No.  170. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  use  of  “Time  Checks”  by  the  City  of 
Reno^  prescribing  the  duties  of  certain  °Jp«rs  *n  relat,on  theret°’  and  Pr  " 
viding  for  the  payment  thereof.  (July  15,  1914.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  171. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  intention  of  the  City  Council  of  the^City 

wRg“0d  r.S.nt'J'dS.  ^enumerating  the  different 

fo.s  "d  Premises  in  front  Sf  which  the  sidewalks  are  to  be  constructed; 

14,  1914.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  172. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  authorizing  and  directing  the  City  Assessor 
of  the  Chy  of  Ren™  County  of  Washoe.  State  of  Nevada  to  levv  special 
assessments  to  defray  the  cost -of  improving  certain  portions  of  certain 
streets  in  the  Second  Ward  of  the  City  of  Reno,  bv  raising  or  lowering 
certain  sidewalks  to  the  grade  established  by  the  City  Fr"g’ne^c^tions 
structing  thereon  cement  sidewalks,  according  to  the  plans,  specification 
fnd  estimates  of  cost  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk,  stating  the  loca- 
tion of  the  proposed  improvements,  and  the  amounts  to  be  assessed  and 
rlp^iernatins-  the  lots  lands  and  premises  to  be  assessed,  stating  that  the 
same  shall  be  assessed  according  to  frontage,  and  other  matters  rela  ing 
thereto.  (September  28,  1914.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  173. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  29  of  City  Ordinance  No.  82,  entitled 
An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades' 
business,  occupations,  callings,  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno*  to 
regulate  and  classify  the  same;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof*  to 
define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal 
ordmanccs  and  parts  °f  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.”  (January  11 
1915.)  Revised  by  City  Ordinance  No.  195.  VJ  y 


City  Ordinance  No.  174. 

. * A?  or4mance  providing  that  a regular  municipal  election  be  held  in 
the  City  of  Reno  on  the  4th  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1915;  that  the  candidates  to 
be  voted  for  at  that  time  shall  be  nominated  by  certificates  of  nomination 
in  pursuance  of  the  general  election  laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada;  directing 
the  City  Clerk  relative  to  his  duties  in  preparation  therefor  and  providing 
(Marcr8P1915e)nta  reglstratlon  of  voters  entitled  to  vote  at  said  election. 

City  Ordinance  No.  175. 

,«  "c?  ordinanee  granting  the  franchise,  right,  privilege  and  permit  to 

the  Steamboat  Springs  Mining  & Development  Company,  a corporation 
organ^ed  and  existing  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Nevada,  and  to  its  successors  in  interest  and  assigns,  to  lay,  maintain 
operate  and  repair  water  pipes  and  hydrants  in  and  through  all  streets' 
avenues,  highways  and  alleys,  and  other  public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno' 
Nevada;  to  convey  hot  water  to  and  through  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,' 
tor  heating  and  bathing  purposes  only;  and  to  sell  hot  water  to  the  City 
of  Reno,  Nevada,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof,  and  to  Federal,  State  and 
County  institutions,  for  heating  and  bathing  purposes  only;  and  specifying 
the  time,  Additions  and  restrictions  for  and  upon  which  the  franchise  is 
granted.  (March  8,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  176. 

An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  provide  for  collecting  a license  tax  on 
automobiles  and  other  vehicles  operating  in  suburban  or  interurban  trans- 
portation;  to  provide  for  filing  maps  of  routes  or  places  of  operation 
thereof,  and  for  filing  schedules  of  fares;  to  classify  and  regulate  the  same* 
to  provide  for  giving  bonds  for  operation;  to  fix  a penalty  for  violation 
thereof;  defining  duties  of  officers  in  connection  therewith;  and  other 
matters  in  relation  thereto;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordi- 
NonC183m  C°nfllCt  herewith*  (April  19’  1915*)  Repealed  by  City  Ordinance 


City  Ordinance  No.  177. 

«a  An  ordinance  amending  Section  31  of  City  Ordinance  No.  34,  entitled 
An  ordinance  relating  to  sanitary  matters  within  the  City  of  Reno*  to 
define,  regulate  and  compel  the  abatement  of  certain  nuisances  therein* 
declaring  what  diseases  are  communicable  and  dangerous,  and  providing  for 
the  suppressi°n  thereof;  defining  the  duties  of  certain  persons  in  relation 
to  births  deaths  and  vaccinations  therein;  prohibiting  the  sale  of  unwhole- 
some foods  and  drinks;  prohibiting  expectorating  upon  sidewalks  and  other 
public  places  therein;  defining  the  duties  of  the  Board  of  Health,  fixing  the 
salary  of  the  Health  Officer  and  defining  his  duties;  fixing  a penalty  for 
the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  thereof,  and  repealing  all  ordinances 
Pp-  rf  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  approved  the  26th  day  of 

Ci”orT„Va„«““d,8do/Une  ^ A'  D'  '9U-  <J“n'  H 191S-’ 


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City  Ordinance  No.  178. 

An  ordinance  amending  Section  11  of  City  Ordinance  No.  153,  entitled, 
“An  ordinance  defining,  regulating,  licensing  and  th'  g1  J^w- 

business  in  saloons,  bars  and  bar-rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno,  making  uma\v 
ful  certain  acts,  and  repealing  all  other  ordinances  \n  ^a^°%t^e)retRJ;. 
passed  and  adopted  the  6th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1912.  (June  28,  1V15.J 
pealed  by  City  Ordinance  No.  190. 

City  Ordinance  No.  179. 

An  ordinance  amending  Section  32  of  Ci^y . °^ina?Cneit^ndf  9and  ^har- 
“An  ordinance  to  regulate  moving  travel  and  traffic  of J1] ek‘?dthe  rit v of 
acter  upon  the  streets,  crossings  and  other  public  places  of  the  C ty 
Reno  and  providing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  approved  Septem- 
ber 9,  1912.  (July  12,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  180. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  salary  of  the  Health  Officer  in  the  City  of 
Reno;  and  repealing  Section  31  of  City  Ordinance  Number  34  and  all  ordi- 
nances  amendatory  thereto.  (July  15,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  181. 

An  ordinance  concerning  the  regulation  of  sanitary  matters  within  the 
City  of  Reno;  to  define,  regulate  and  compel  abatement  of  certain  nuisances 
therein-  declaring  what  diseases  are  communicable  and  dangerous,  and  pro- 
viding for  the  suppression  thereof;  defining  the  duties  of  certain  persons  in 
relation  to  births  and  deaths  therein;  prohibiting  expectorating  upon  side- 
walks and  other  public  places  therein;  defining  the  duties  and  powers  of 
the  Board  of  Health  and  of  the  Health  Officer;  and  repealing  all  ordinances 

and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith  and  more  particularly  Sectmns 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8,  9,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  25;  2/,  2»,  2V,  ju,  ^ ana 
33  of  the  City  Ordinance  Number  34.  (July  15,  1915.)  Amended  by  Ci  y 
Ordinance  No.  200. 

City  Ordinance  No.  182. 

An  ordinance  concerning  the  establishment  of  and  enforcement  of  com- 
oliances  with  sanitary  regulations  in  all  places  in  the  City  of  Reno  where 
food  for  human  beings  is  manufactured,  kept,  prepared  or  sold,  fixing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  thereof;  and  repealing  all 
ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more ^par- 
ticularly Sections  24  and  26  of  City  Ordinance  Number  34.  (July  26,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  183. 

An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  provide  for  the  collection  of  a ll(;ense 
tax  upon  jitney  buses,  and  to  regulate  the  operation  and  running  of  the 
same  within  the  City  of  Reno;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  its  pro- 
visions; and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith,  and  particularly  City  Ordinance  Number  176.  (July  26,  1915.) 
Amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  201.  Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  251. 

City  Ordinance  No.  184. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  keeping,  storage  and  use  of  gasoline 
benzine,  kerosene,  or  any  product  of  petroleum  or  hydro-carbon  lrq uids 
which  will  flash  or  emit  an  inflammable  vapor  at  a temperature  below  110 
degrees  Fahrenheit,  within  the  City  of  Reno;  and  providing  a penalty  for 
the  violation  thereof.  (August  23,  1915.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  185. 

An  ordinance  empowering  and  authorizing  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of 
Keno,  subject  to  confirmation  by  the  City  Council,  to  appoint  a physician 
t°  give  medical  attention  to  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno  who  are  injured 
in  the  course  of  their  employment;  to  fix  a compensation  for  such 
physician;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
herewith.  (December  13,  1915.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  238. 

City  Ordinance  No.  186. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  and  re-enact  Sections  6 and  12  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  130,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing,  regu- 
lating and  controlling  the  business  of  dealing  in  second-hand  goods,  wares 
merchandise  or  junk  of  any  kind  in  the  City  of  Reno;  fixing  a license  fee 
therefor,  and  matters  relating  thereto;  fixing  penalties  for  the  violation 
thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
herewith,  passed  and  adopted  March  30,  1910;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (December  13,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  187. 


M„m^.T4inan.C-?,  ,?.mend  ?nd  re-enact  Section  13  of  City  Ordinance 
mimber  138,  entitled,  An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing  and  regulating 
the  business  of  pawnbrokers  and  pawnshops,  and  defining  the  same:  fixing 
and  imposing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  providing  regulations 
tor  the  conduct  of  such  business;  fixing  penalties  for  the  violation  thereof- 
defining  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and 
adopted  August  29th,  1910.  (December  13,  1915.)  V 

City  Ordinance  No.  188. 


An  ordinance  to  amend  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  Number  36, 
entitled,  An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of  the  officers  and  certain  em- 
ployees of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the  manner  of  payment  thereof- 
repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith-  and 
other  matters  relating  thereto,”  passed  and  adopted  June  26,  1905  and  all 
ordinances  amendatory  thereto.  (December  13,  1915.)  Repealed  by  Ordi- 

nanrp  Wo  ?sQ  J 


City  Ordinance  No.  189. 

ca  ^n*  ?ri*”?«aAnce  *°  amend>  revise,  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  Number 
M,  entitled,  An  ordinance  providing  for  the  regulation  and  inspection  of 
the  installation  and  maintenance  of  electrical  wires,  appliances,  apparatus 
construction  and  equipment  in,  on  or  about  buildings  or  other  structures' 
and  in  any  street,  alley  or  other  public  place  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  fixing 
a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,”  passed  and  adopted  February  26  1906- 
to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (December  13,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  190. 

. /Sn  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons,  bar-rooms,  dram  shops,  bars 
tippling  houses,  or  places  where  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating 
liquors  are  sold  or  given  away  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  provide  for  the 
granting  and  revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to  limit  the  number  of 
saloons  to  exist  by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof; 
and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith 
and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  Number  99,  entitled,  “An  ordinance 
regulating  the  sale  of  liquors  in  saloons,  bar-rooms,  restaurants  and 
tamale  parlors,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  other  mat- 


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,„s  relate  .here,,,"  City 

providing  for  hcensmg^  regul  ^ g {ee  t0  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a 

mercial,  and  social  ciuds,  nxmg  , rpr.pai:n£r  aii  ordinances  or  parts  of 

penalty  for  .the  ^^if^^^ewith’’’  City  Ordinance  Number  133  entitled, 
ordinances  in  conflict  tnerewi _n.  y control  the  business  of  keeping, 

“An  ordinance  to  regulate,  licen  cnirituous  liquors,  in  restaurants, 

selling  and  disposing  stores  and  all  other  places  of  business 

lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors,  d g r’o0ms-  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be 

other  than  saloons,  dram  shops  o v:0iatj0n  of  the  same  and  repealing 

5S«emTe?T3,  ms.)  'A«nd“d  Ty  Ordin»„r«  Nos.  216.  220,  223,  235,  240. 
242,  249. 

City  Ordinance  No.  191. 

An  oHiBMC.  .O-^^tl^streT^car^'t^Sated3^!^  ^eam!“le«ricity'Co^ 

gj.XoS'r,  ffs  s r s«?o?  a.. * *« 

hand  broke,,"  passed  and  “dSP«lA,Xl„A<>” 

new  section,  to  be  numbered  Section  l;A,  ana  to  rcyw  « 

pa7ts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (December  13,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  192. 

N Aber°i!Sn“S.Ud o?db,am;e“CCTlat1ns°and  hcensiig 
Number  151,  entitled,  .^n  orumd  & makinc  unlawful  certain  acts, 

senger  serv  ce  business  in  the  City  of  Keno,  maxing  unl<T‘ur;  f R 

1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  193. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  and  re-enact  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance 
Number  94  entitled  “An  ordinance  relating  to  employment  agencies,  pre- 

nances  in  conflict  therewith.  (December  13,  1915.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  194. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  and  re-enact  Section  2 ^ City  Ordinance 
Number  154  entitled,  “An  ordinance  licensing  and  regulating  the  Pusines* 
S plumbing  and  drainlaying  within  the  City  of  Reno,  prescnbmg  and 
establishing8  certain  rules  and  regulations  regarding  plumbing  an^  draln' 
Lving  in  the  City  of  Reno,  establishing  and  creating  the  office  of  plumbmg 
inspector  prescribing  the  duties  thereof,  making  certain  acts  misdemea- 
nors  regulating  all  other  matters  in  relation  to  plumbing  and  drainlaying 
in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  j u 

anv  relation  thereto,”  passed  and  adopted  June  17,  1912  and  to  repeat  an 
ordinances^ and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (December  13, 
1915.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  195. 

?sss&  ag^^Mr±a*i^.jy1^ 

190?S  and0tdlllanCe|S  ii  co"fl,et  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  October^ 
K (Deeembe'r  if  SuTw”  "d  t?r,s  of  finances  in fonflta  .hef,  ’ 
196.  Amefdwf  by  £ ”<>' 

City  Ordinance  No.  196. 

titled,  An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  thfi  ti.  of  , V 5’  / 

revise,  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  Number  82  entitkd  'An^fdina^6^’ 

S 'W£&&53& 

1907S  g^^t^hanTesfn  jlfiiflict  ‘tfe^ewhhfpassed^nfa^opted^ October8^ 

therewith,”  pasled^nd  adopte^December  (Dumber  27  C°915) 

Amended  by  C„y  Ordinance  No.  199.  Amended  by  "finance.  Nos. 

City  Ordinance  No.  197. 

titled"  A°^dm^”Ce  t0  amend,and  revise  City  Ordinance  Number  159  en 
titled,  An  ordinance  to  regulate  moving  travel  and  traffic  of  all  kinds’  and 
character  upon  the  streets,  crossings  and  other  public  places  of  the  C?tt 

cember  27^  lJ^S.^^^eak^b^Ord^n^ce^^^ds!1  therewith'  ’(De- 

City  Ordinance  No.  198. 

104  ^ntitte^n“An  orriinTn  re*’t  rev*se’,  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  Number 
iaVd  n,\i  ’ a 0.rd,nance  to  regulate  and  govern  the  conducting  of  bill- 

^=-sss 

hereto;  fix,ng  a penalty  for  the  vioJation  thereof  and  repeXg  all  ordi 

(KSSmr.r?7?flm5.)her'Wi,h''  PaSied  a"d  adopttd  *2?  ?5fe 

City  Ordinance  No.  199. 

e„„.^n  ordinance  to  repeal  Section  3 and  to  amend,  revise  and  rc-pnart 
nance  1 4 and.Sectl0n  5 of  City  Ordinance  Number  196,  entitled  “An  ordi 
nance  to  fix,  .mpose,  and  provide  for  the  collection  of ’a  license  tax  ujon 


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. orv.Yp  pars  and  to  regulate  the  operation  and  running  of  the  same 

certain  officers  in  connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  an 
oarts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  passed  and  adopted  October  28, 
1907-  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  there- 
with ’ oassed  and  adopted  December  13,  1915,”  passed  and  adopted  Decem- 
ber 27,  A.  D.  1915;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith.  (January  24,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  200. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  7 of  City  Ordi- 
i Number  181  entitled  “An  ordinance  concerning  the  regulation  of 

fanitary  ma Jters  within  the’ City  of  Reno;  to  define  regulate  and  compel 
abatement  of  certain  nuisances  therein;  declaring  what  diseases  are  com 
municable  and  dangerous,  and  providing  for  the  suppr e s s ' ft’h ^ r J : 

ins-  the  duties  of  certain  persons  in  relation  to  births  and  deatns  tnere  » 

prohibiting  expectorating  upon  sidewalksand  otber  p“bl‘c  pl*c^‘ health 
defining  the  duties  and  powers  of  the  Board  of  Health  and  the  Healtn 
Officer;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  co  A t 
therewith  and  more  particularly  Sections  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  /,  ■ »,  9,  10Y  ’ , 

19  20  21  22  23  25  27,  28,  29,  30,  32  and  33  of  City  Ordinance  Number 
» ..d  iaopted  J„iy  15.  A D.  ms,  and 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (January  24,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  201. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  1,  Section  3 and 
Section  5 of  City  Ordinance  Number  183,  entitled,  An  ordinance  to  fix, 
impose,  and  provide  for  the  collection  of  a license  tax  up0^  ptneI  bui?t  ' 
and  to  regulate  the  operation  and  running  of  the  same  within  the  City 
of  Reno-  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  its  provisions;  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and"  parts*  of  ordinances  in  conflict  ther^rth  and  pi art ocu- 
larly City  Ordinances  Number  176,  passed  and  adopted  July  26,  A ■ 
1915  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  there 
with’.  (January  24,  1916.)  Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  251. 

City  Ordinance  No.  202. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  19-a.  of  City  Ordi- 
nance  No.  159,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  moving  travel  and 
traffic  of  all  kinds  and  character  upon  the  streets,  crossings  and  other 
public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  providing  a penalty  for , th®  .'flol^t'?in 
thereof  ” passed  and  adopted  September  9,  1912,  as  amended  by  City  O d 
nance  No  197,  passed  and  adopted  December  27,  1915;  to  further  amend, 
revise  and  re-enact  said  City  Ordinance  No.  159  by  adding  thereto  a new 
section  to  be  known  as  Section  19-d.;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (February  14,  1916.)  Repealed  by 
Ordinance  No.  268. 

City  Ordinance  No.  203. 

An  ordinance  providing  for  the  removal  of  snow  and  ice  from  the 
sidewalks  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof 
and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and 


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more  particularly  City  Ordinance  No.  14,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  providing 
for  the  cleaning  of  sidewalks,”  passed  and  adopted  December  15,  1903. 
(February  14,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  204. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  excavating,  grading,  paving,  leveling,  repair- 
ing, sidewalking,  cross-walking,  or  filling  in  any  public  street,  highway, 
avenue,  or  alley  within  the  city  limits,  without  first  obtaining  a written 
permit  to  so  do  and  giving  a bond  to  replace  the  street  in  proper  condition 
within  the  time  specified  in  such  permit;  to  provide  a penalty  for  the  viola- 
tion thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict therewith.  (February  14,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  205. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  installation  and  maintenance  of  service 
pipes  connecting  with  water  mains  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  fix  a penalty 
for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  (February  18,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  206. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  re-enact  the  title  of,  and  to  amend, 
revise,  and  re-enact,  City  Ordinance  No.  85,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  regu- 
lating the  establishment  of  storage  oil  tanks  within  the  fire  limits  of  the 
City  of  Reno,”  passed  and  adopted  April  13,  1908;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith.  (March  13,  1916.)  Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  273. 

City  Ordinance  No.  207. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  1 of  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  67,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  declaring  any  interference  with,  or 
unauthorized  use  or  attempted  use  of  any  hydrant,  or  apparatus  of  the  fire 
department  of  the  City  of  Reno  to  be  unlawful,  and  providing  punishment 
therefor,”  passed  and  adopted  March  25,  1907;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  Town 
Ordinance  No.  53,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  for  the  protection  of  the  fire 
alarm  telegraph  system  of  the  Town  of  Reno,”  approved  August  7,  1900. 
(March  13,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  208. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  No.  44, 
entitled,  “An  ordinance  declaring  what  are  nuisances  within  the  City  of 
Reno,  and  to  prevent  and  regulate  the  same;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  viola- 
tion of  any  of  the  provisions  thereof;  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  other  matters  necessarily  relating 
thereto,”  passed  and  adopted  August  29,  1905,  by  adding  thereto  five  new 
sections,  to  be  known  as  and  designated,  respectively,  Section  21-A.,  Sec- 
tion 21-B.,  Section  21-C.,  Section  21-D.,  and  Section  21-E.;  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (March  13, 
1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  209. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  No.  12, 
entitled,  “An  ordinance  requiring  all  keepers  of  hotels  or  lodging  houses  to 
keep  a ^register  of  all  persons  occupying  rooms  in  such  hotels  or  lodging 
houses,”  passed  and  adopted  November  9,  1903;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (March  13,  1916.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  210. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  3 of  City  Ordi- 
nance No  5 entitled  “An  ordinance  for  the  protection  of  electric  lig  , 

(March  13,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  211. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  revise,  and  re-enact  the  title  of,  and  to  amend, 
revis^  ancf  re-enact  City  Ordinance  No.  39,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regu- 
late the  erection^ . alteration,  and  repairing  of  buildings  and  structures 
within  the  City  of  Reno  and  to  require  a permit  therefor, 

•.  * Vi o 1 1 c ai<dc<;  and  oassage  ways  of  public  buildings  used  or 

intended  to  be  used’  for  ^ubhcaSages^to  define  the  duties  of  certain 
officers  in  connection  therewith;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof 
and  to  repea"  all  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted 
July  10,  1905;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  co 
Cl  therewith.  (March  27,  1916.)  Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  274. 

City  Ordinance  No.  212.  . < , < » 

An  ordinance  to  repeal  Town  Ordinance  No.  3 entitled,  An  ordinance 
declaring  what  are  nuisances  within  the  Town  of  Reno,  and  to  preve 
the  same  and  to  provide  punishment  therefor,  and  the  removal  thereof, 

approved  August  19,  1889;  Town  Ordinance  No ""^i^Towl'ord" 
pertaining  to  the  closing  of  hydrants,”  approved  May  8,  1889,  Town  Ordi 
nance  No.  35,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  prohibiting  the  piling,  storing  and 
keeping  wood  and  lumber,  within  the  fire  limits  of  Reno  ’ approved  July 
1 1889-  Town  Ordinance  No.  38,  entitled,  An  ordinance  defining  the  fire 
limits  of  the  Town  of  Reno,  and  making  regulations  conccrning  the  erec- 
tion and  use  of  buildings  in  said  town,”  approved  May  1,  1893,  Town  Ordi- 
nance No.  39,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  creating  a Board  of  Health  in  the 
Town  of  Reno,  Washoe  County,  Nevada,  and  matters  connected  therewith, 
approved  June  24,  1893;  Town  Ordinance  No.  45,  entitled,  An  ordinance 
prohibiting  Indians  playing  cards  within  the  Town  of  R«n°>  a”d rf.^Ordf 
within  the  town  limits  after  sundown,”  approved  June  7,  1895,  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  2,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  authorize  the  emp  oyment  of  a 
Superintendent  of  Streets  and  Alleys,  Sewens  and  City  Parks,  to  hx  his 
compensation  and  to  define  his  duties”;  City  Ordinance  No.  4 entitled  An 
ordinance  pertaining  to  the  keeping  of  a house  of  ill-fame  and  pertaining  to 
a woman  of  ill-fame  or  prostitute  following  her  vocation  within  the  City  of 
Reno,  to  provide  for  the  punishment  thereof,  and  for  the  preservation  of  the 
comfort  and  morals  of  the  citizens  of  said  city  defining  and  punishing  dis- 
orderly conduct  in  the  City  of  Reno,  passed  and  adopted  June  8,  1903, 
Citv  Ordinance  No.  10,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  providing  for  the  removal 
of  porches,  balconies  and  awnings  having  posts  or  supports  resting  on  a 
sidewalk,  or  on  any  portion  of  the  street  in  front  of  the  sidewalic  or  build- 
ing to  which  it  is  attached,  on  certain  portions  of  certain  streets  in  the 
City  of  Reno,  declaring  the  same  unlawful,  and  providing  a penalty  therefor, 
and  prescribing  the  mode  of  construction  of  awnings  in  front  of  any  build- 
ing where  such  awnings  project  over  any  portion  of  the  street  or  sidewalk 
in  the  City  of  Reno,”  passed  and  adopted  October  13,  1903,  City  Ordinance 
No  11  entitled,  “An  ordinance  prescribing  the  duties  and  fixing  the  com- 
pensation of  the  City  Engineer  of  the  City  of  Reno,”  passed  and  adopted 
November  9,  1903;  City  Ordinance  No.  13,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  provid- 
mg  for  the  removal  of  buildings,  or  structures  partly  destroyed  bv  hre  or 
otherwise  dangerous,  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Reno,  and  providing 
a penalty  for  such  breach  of  the  ordinance/ ” passed  and  adopted  November 


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9,  1903;  City  Ordinance  No.  15,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  relating  to  the 
granting  of  building  permits  in  the  City  of  Reno,  and  to  amend  Section 
14  of  City  Ordinance  No.  7,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate 
licenses  upon  certain  business,  trades  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno,’ 
passed  June  22,  1903,  as  amended  by  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No.  8 
passed  July  27,  1903,”  passed  and  adopted  December  15,  1903;  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  16,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  relating  to  theaters,  public  halls, 
and  public  buildings  used,  or  intended  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  public 
amusement,”  passed  and  adopted  February  23,  1904;  City  Ordinance  No. 
19,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  amend  Sections  1,  6,  7 and  8 of  Ordinance 
No.  15,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  relating  to  the  granting  of  building  permits 
in  the  City  of  Reno/  and  to  amend  Section  14  of  City  Ordinance  No.  7, 
entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  fix  and  regulate  license  upon  certain  business,' 
trades  and  amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno/  passed  June  22,  1903  as 
amended  by  Section  1 of  City  Ordinance  No.  8,  passed  July  27,  1903,”  passed 
and  adopted  March  28,  1904;  City  Ordinance  No.  35,  entitled,  “An  ordi- 
nance to  regulate  the  maintenance,  construction  and  erection  of  chimneys, 
flues,  smoke  stacks,  stove  pipes,  fire  places,  and  heating  apparatus,  in  the 
City  of  Reno;  to  prohibit  the  accumulation  of  inflammable  rubbish  therein, 
and  other  matters  relating  thereto;  to  prescribe  the  duties  of  the  Chief  of 
the  Fire  Department  in  connection  therewith;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  viola- 
tion thereof,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  June  26,  1905;  City  Ordinance  No.  38, 
entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  prohibit  the  selling,  giving  away  or  smoking  of 
opium  within  the  City  of  Reno,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof, 
and  repealing  all  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted 
July  10,  1905;  Section  10  of  City  Ordinance  No.  45,  entitled,  “An  ordinance 
concerning  breaches  of  the  peace,  fighting,  routs,  riots,  affrays,  injury  to 
property,  malicious  mischief,  disorderly  persons,  lewd  or  lascivious  cohabi- 
tation or  behavior,  begging,  carrying  deadly  weapons  and  resisting  an 
officer,  within  the  City  of  Reno;  to  restrain  and  punish  the  same  and  to 
repeal  all  ordinances  or  sections  thereof  in  conflict  therewith,  and  other 
matters  relating  thereto,”  passed  and  adopted  August  29,  1905;  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  93,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  defining  the  fire  limits  of  the  City  of 
Reno,”  passed  and  adopted  August  24,  1908;  City  Ordinance  No.  95,  entitled, 
“An  ordinance  regulating  the  conduct  and  maintenance  of  houses  of  ill- 
fame  and  places  of  prostitution,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto;  pro- 
hibiting prostitution  and  lewdness,  and  fixing  penalties  for  the  violation 
thereof,”  passed  and  adopted  September  1,  1908;  City  Ordinance  No.  101, 
entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  abuse  and  sale  of  opium  and  other 
drugs,”  passed  and  adopted  October  26,  1908;  City  Ordinance  No.  103,  en- 
titled, “An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  3,  of  City  Ordinance  No.  101,  en- 
titled, ‘An  ordinance  to  prevent  the  abuse  and  sale  of  opium  and  other 
drugs/  passed  and  adopted  the  26th  day  of  October,  1908”  passed  and 
adopted  January  25,  1909;  City  Ordinances  No.  105,  entitled,  “An  ordinance 
to  amend  Section  3 of  Amended  City  Ordinance  No.  103  of  the  City  of 
Reno,  passed  and  adopted  the  25th  day  of  January,  1909,  which  is  ‘An  ordi- 
nance to  prevent  the  abuse  and  sale  of  opium  and  other  drugs/  the  original 
ordinance  having  been  passed  and  adopted  the  26th  day  of  October,  1908,” 
passed  and  adopted  March  8,  1909;  City  Ordinance  No.  109,  entitled,  “An 
ordinance  to  regulate  the  installing,  use  and  operation  of  moving  picture 
machines,  and  their  attachments  and  appliances  in  the  City  of  Reno,  Washoe 
County,  State  of  Nevada,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and 
repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  passed 
and  adopted  July  26,  1909;  and  City  Ordinance  No.  124,  entitled,  “An  ordi- 
nance providing  for  fire  escapes  on  buildings  in  the  City  of  Reno  three  or 
more  stories  in  height;  regulating  the  construction  thereof;  providing  a 


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penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repeahng  all  ordinance5  in  confliet 

herewith,”  passed  and  adopted  December  27,  1909.  (March  27,  1913.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  213. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  No.  159, 
entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  moving  travel  and  traffic  of  all  kinds 
and  character  upon  the  streets,  crossings  and  other  public  places  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  and  providing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  passed 
and  adopted  September  9,  1912,  by  adding  thereto  three  new  sections  to 
be  known  as  and  designated,  respectively,  Section  21-a.,  Section  21-b.,  and 
Section  21-c and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict therewith.  (March  27,  1916.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  268. 


City  Ordinance  No.  214. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  determination  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  improve,  by  surfacing  with  concrete,  the  following  described 
alleys  in  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada:  The  alley 
therein  running  north  and  south  in  Block  “V,”  original  townsite,  the  a ey 
therein  running  north  and  south  in  Block  “W,’  original  townsite,  the  alley 
therein  running  north  and  south  in  Block  “Q,"  original  townsite,  and  the 
alley  therein  running  east  and  west  in  Block  Q,  original  townsite,  and 
providing  that  the  cost  and  expense  of  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  special 
assessment  upon  and  against  the  lots  and  premises  abutting  and  fronting 
on  the  said  alleys  to  be  improved,  in  accordance  with  their  number  of  feet 
frontage.  Approved  the  24th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1916. 


City  Ordinance  No.  215. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  authorizing  and  directing  the  City  Assessor 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  special 
assessments  to  defray  the  cost  of  improving  by  surfacing  with  concrete  the 
following  described  alleys  in  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of  Washoe,  State 
of  Nevada:  The  alley  therein  running  north  and  south  in  Block  V,  origi- 
nal townsite,  the  alley  therein  running  north  and  south  in  Block  JW 
original  townsite,  the  alley  therein  running  north  and  south  in  Block 
original  townsite,  and  the  alley  therein  running  east  and  west  in  Block  y, 
original  townsite;  stating  the  amount  to  be  assessed,  and  that  the  assess- 
ment shall  be  according  to  frontage;  designating  the  lots and  P^mises  to 
be  assessed;  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  Approved  the  25th  day  ol 
May,  A.  D.  1916. 


City  Ordinance  No.  216. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  15  of  City  Ordinance  No.  190,  entitled, 
“An  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons,  bar-rooms,  dram  shops,  bars,  tippling 
houses,  or  places  where  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold  or  given  away  in  the  city  of  Reno;  to  provide  for  the  granting  an 
revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to  limit  the  number  of  saloons  to  exist 
by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  par- 
ticularly City  Ordinance  Number  99,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  regulating  the 
sale  of  liquors  in  saloons,  bar-rooms,  restaurants  and  tamale  parlors,  fixing 
a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto,  Lity 
Ordinance  Number  131,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing, 
regulating,  and  controlling  bona  fide  fraternal,  commercial,  and  social  clubs, 
fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation 
thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  or  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith/  City  Ordinance  Number  133,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  regulate, 
license  and  control  the  business  of  keeping,  selling  and  disposing  of  wine, 


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malt,  and  spirituous  liquors  in  restaurants,  lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors, 
drug  stores,  and  all  other  places  of  business  other  than  saloons,  dram  shops 
or  club  rooms;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty 
for  the  violation  of  the  same  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  with  this  ordinance/  and  City  Ordinance  Number  153, 
entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  defining,  regulating,  licensing  and  limiting  the  retail 
liquor  business  in  saloons,  bars  and  bar-rooms  in  the  city  of  Reno,  making 
unlawful  certain  acts,  and  repealing  all  other  ordinances  in  relation  thereto,’ 
save  and  except  where  such  ordinances  fix  the  amount  of  the  license  tax 
and  provide  for  the  collection  of  the  same,”  passed  and  adopted  the  13th  day 
of  December,  A.  D.  1915;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  Amended  by  Ordinances  Nos.  220,  235,  242. 
Approved  the  12th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1916. 

City  Ordinance  No.  217. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  25  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  82,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a 
license  tax  on  certain  trades,  businesses,  occupations,  callings,  and  amuse- 
ments in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same;  to  fix  a penalty 
for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection 
therewith;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  October  28,  1917,  as  amended,  revised,  and 
re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  195;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  January  24,  1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  218. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  instrumental,  mechanical,  or  vocal  music 
dancing  and  entertainment  in  all  places  within  the  City  of  Reno,  Washoe 
County,  Nevada,  where  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold,  served,  or  given  away;  to  regulate  the  time  and  manner  of  the  service 
of  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  in  certain  cases,  and  to 
require  a permit  therefor;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and 
to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Ap- 
proved this  14th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1916.)  Amended  by  Ordinance 
No.  225. 

City  Ordinance  No.  219. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  section  46  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  82,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a 
license  tax  on  certain  trades,  businesses,  occupations,  callings  and  amuse- 
ments in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same;  to  fix  a penalty 
for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connec- 
tion therewith;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  October  28,  1907,  as  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  195;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  September  16. 
1916.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  220. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  15  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  190,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons,  bar- 
rooms, dram  shops,  bars,  tippling  houses,  or  places  where  spirituous,  malt, 
vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away  in  the  City  of  Reno; 
to  provide  for  the  granting  and  revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to  limit 
the  number  of  saloons  to  exist  by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  Number  99,  en- 


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titled  “An  ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  liquors  in  saloons,  bar-rooms, 
restaurants  and  tamale  parlors  fixing  a penalty  for  the  viola  ion  thereof, 
and  other  matters  relating  thereto,”  City  Ordinance  Number  131,  entitled, 
“An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing,  regulating  and  controlling  bona  fide 
fraternal,  commercial,  and  social  clubs;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid 

therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  ther<?°f ^Ordinance1  Num- 
nances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  City  Ordinance  J\um 
ber  133  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate,  license  and  control  the  busines 
of  keeping,  selling  and  disposing  of  wine,  malt  and  spirituous  liquors  in 
restaurants  lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors,  drug  stores,  and  all  other  places 
of  business’other  than  saloons,  dram  shops  or  club  rooms;  fixing  the  license 
fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  the  same  and 
reoealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordi- 
nance ” and  City  Ordinance  Number  153,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  defining 
regulating,  licensing  and  limiting  the  retail  liquor  business  in  saloons  bars 
and  bar-rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno,  making  unlawful  certain  acts,  and 
repealing  all  other  ordinances  in  relation  thereto,  save  and  except  where 
such  ordinances  fix  the  amount  of  the  license  tax  and  Pr°v'de ia^o  reoca'l 
lection  of  the  same.”  Passed  and  adopted  December  13,  1915  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  ^on^ct  therewith.  (Approved  this 
27th  day  of  November,  1916.)  Amended  by  Ordinances  Nos.  235,  242,  249 

City  Ordinance  No.  221. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise  and  re-enact  Sections  1,  2,  and  3 of,  and 
to  add  a new  section,  to  be  known  as  Section  1-A,  to  City  Ordinance  Num 
ber  36  entitled,  “An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of  the  officers  and  certain 
employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the  manner  of  payment  thereof, 
repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in ,c°nfllcylerAW1oh:1oo5d 
other  matters  relating  thereto,”  Passed  and  adopted  June  26th  A.  1905. 
as  amended,  revised  and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  188,  and 
to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith  (Ap- 
proved the  11th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1916.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance 
No.  259. 

City  Ordinance  No.  222. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  4 of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  82,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license 
tax  on  certain  trades,  businesses,  occupations,  callings,  and  amusements  in 
the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same;  to  fix  a penalty  for 
the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection 
therewith;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith.”  Passed  and  adopted  October  28,  1907,  as  amended,  revised,  and 
re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  195;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  January  8,  1VI/.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  223. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Sections  10,  18  and  22  of 
City  Ordinance  Number  190,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons, 
bar-rooms,  dram  shops,  bars,  tippling  houses,  or  places  where  spirituous 
malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away  in  the  City  of 
Reno;  to  provide  for  the  granting  and  revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to 
limit  the  number  of  saloons  to  exist  by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for 
the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  Parts°f  °rdl™n^s 
in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  Number  99,  en 
titled,  ‘An  ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  liquors  in  saloons,  bar-rooms, 
restaurants  and  tamale  parlors,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof, 
and  other  matters  relating  thereto,  City  Ordinance  Number  131,  entitled, 
‘An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing,  regulating  and  controlling  bona  nde 


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fraternal,  commercial,  and  social  clubs;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid 
therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordi- 
nances or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,’  City  Ordinance  Number 
133,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  regulate,  license  and  control  the  business  of 
keeping,  selling  and  disposing  of  wine,  malt,  and  spirituous  liquors  in  res- 
taurants, lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors,  drug  stores,  and  all  other  places  of 
business  other  than  saloons;  dram  shops  or  club  rooms;  fixing  the  license 
fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  the  same  and 
repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordi- 
nance, and  City  Ordinance  Number  153,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  defining, 
regulating,  licensing  and  limiting  the  retail  liquor  business  in  saloons,  bars 
and  bar-rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno,  making  unlawful  certain  acts,  and  re- 
pealing all  other  ordinances  in  relation  thereto,’  save  and  except  where 
such  ordinances  fix  the  amount  of  the  license  tax  and  provide  for  the  col- 
lection of  the  same.”  Passed  and  adopted  December  13,  A.  D.  1915.  (Ap- 
proved the  28th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1917.)  Amended  by  Ordinance 
No.  240. 

City  Ordinance  No.  224. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  reyise,  and  re-enact  Sections  14.  15  and  35  of 
City  Ordinance  Number  82,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  col- 
lect a license  tax  on  certain  trades,  business,  occupations,  callings  and 
amusements  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same,  to  fix 
a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in 
connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith.”  Passed  and  adopted  October  28,  1907,  as  amended, 
revised,  and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  195;  and  to  further 
amend  said  ordinance  by  adding  thereto  a new  section,  to  be  known  as 
Section  15-A.  (Approved  February  28,  1917.  Section  35.  Amended  by  Ordi- 
nance No.  269. 


City  Ordinance  No.  225. 

An  ordinance  to  repeal  Sections  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7 and  11  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  218,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  instrumental,  me- 
chanical, or  vocal  music,  dancing  and  entertainment  in  all  places  within  the 
City  of  Reno,  Washoe  County,  Nevada,  where  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or 
intoxicating  liquors  are  sold,  served,  or  given  away;  to  regulate  the  time 
and  manner  of  the  service  of  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors 
in  certain  cases,  and  to  require  a permit  therefor;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  August  14,  A.  D.  1916.  (Approved 
the  28th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1917) 

City  Ordinance  No.  226. 


An  ordinance  regulating  the  operation  of  carpet  or  mattress  cleaning 
es t ab  1 1 s Fm e n t s in  the  City  of  Reno.  (Approved  the  26th  day  of  March, 


City  Ordinance  No.  227. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  determination  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  make  certain  improvements  in  the  various  wards  of  the 
Cit-  of  Reno  by  constructing  cement  sidewalks,  concrete  gutters,  concrete 
curbs  and  gutters;  and  surfacing  with  concrete  certain  alleys;  describing 
definitely  the  location  of  said  improvements;  and  providing  that  the  cost 
and  expense  thereof  shall  be  paid  entirely  by  special  assessment  upon  and 
against  the  lots  and  premises  abutting  or  fronting  on  said  improvement  in 
accordance  with  their  number  of  feet  frontage,  except  where  by  the  charter 
of  the  City  of  Reno  certain  portions  thereof  are  required  to  be  paid  from 


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the  general  fund  of  said  City  of  Reno.  (Passed  and  adopted  the  9th  day 
of  April,  A.  D.  1917.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  228. 

An  ordinance  regulating  the  use  of  certain  public  streets,  alleys,  side- 
walks and  public  places  within  the  City  of  Reno  for  assemblages,  meetings, 
or  gatherings • to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all 
ordfnances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the 
23rd  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1917.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  229. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  42  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  82,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose  and  collect  a 
license  tax  on  certain  trades,  businesses,  occupations,  callings  and  amuse- 
ments in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same ; to  fix  a penalty 
Sr  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connec- 
tion therewith;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  con 
fiict  therewith  ” passed  and  adopted  October  28,  1917,  as  amended,  revised, 
and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  195;  and  to  repe al  a11- 1°23  ATlT) 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  April  23,  1917.) 
Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  252. 

City  Ordinance  No.  230. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Sections  1 and  3 of  City 
Ordinance  Number  36,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of  the 
Officers  and  certain  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  Prescr.bmg  the  manner 
of  payment  thereof;  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  °rdl"an,c®a 
conflict  therewith;  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  Passed  and  adopted 
June  26  1905,  as  amended,  revised  and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Num- 
ber 188’-  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  confl  ct 
therewith.  (Approved  the  23rd  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1917.)  Repealed  by 
Ordinance  No.  259. 

City  Ordinance  No.  231. 

An  ordinance  to  regulate  travel  and  traffic  upon  the  streets  and  other 
nuhlic  offices  of  the  City  of  Reno;  providing  a penalty  for  the  violation 
thereof!  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  No.  159  (Approved  the 
23rd  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1917.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  268. 

City  Ordinance  No.  232. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  authorizing,  and  directing  the  City  Assessor 
of  the  City  of  Reno,Pcounty  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  special 
assessments  to  defray  the  cost  of  making  certain  improvements  in  the  vari- 
ous wards  of  the  City  of  Reno  by  constructing  cement  sidewalks  concrete 
cutters  concrete  curbs  and  gutters,  and  surfacing  with  concrete  certain 
alleys  therein;  stating  the  amount  to  be  assessed,  and  that  the  assessmen  s 
shall  be  according  to  frontage;  designating  the  lots  an,d  s .t0 

assessed;  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  (Approved  the  14th  day  ot 
May,  A.  D.  1917.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  233. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  1 of City 
nance  Number  170,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  providing  for  the  use  ot  time 
checks’  by  the  City  of  Reno,  prescribing  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in 
relation  thereto,  and  providing  for  the  payment  thereof,  passed  and 
adopted  July  15,  A D.  1914;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 


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nances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  11th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1917.) 
City  Ordinance  No.  234. 

m ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  4 of  City  Ordinance 
Wo.  J>2,  Entitled  An  ordinance  providing  for  the  appointment  of  a City 
-blectrician  and  Meter  Inspector;  prescribing  the  duties,  and  fixing  the  com- 
pensation  of  such  officer  and  other  matters  relating  thereto,”  passed  and 
adopted  February  26th,  1906;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  11th  day  of  June,  A D 1917) 
Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  256.  ' 

City  Ordinance  No.  235. 

Al\?rdinance  to  amend  Section  15  of  City  Ordinance  No.  190,  entitled 
An  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons,  bar-rooms,  dram  shops,  bars,  tippling 
houses,  or  places  where  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold  or  given  away  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  provide  for  the  granting  and 
revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to  limit  the  number  of  saloons  to  exist 
by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all 
ordinance8  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  particu-» 
larly  City  Ordinance  Number  99,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  regulating  the  sale 
of  liquors  in  saloons,  bar-rooms,  restaurants  and  tamale  parlors,  fixing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto  ' City 
Ordinance  Number  131,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing 
regulating  and  controlling  bona  fide  fraternal,  commercial,  and  social  clubs* 
fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation 
thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  there- 
with, City  Ordinance  Number  133,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  regulate 
license  and  control  the  business  of  keeping,  selling  and  disposing  of  wine 
malt  and  spirituous  liquors  in  restaurants,  lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors,  drug 
stores,  and  all  other  places  of  business  other  than  saloons,  dram  shops  or 
club  rooms;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty 
tor  the  violation  of  the  same  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordi- 
nances  m conflict  with  this  ordinance/  and  City  Ordinance  Number  153 
entitled,  An  ordinance  defining,  regulating,  licensing  and  limiting  the  retail 
liquor  business  in  saloons,  bars  and  bar-rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno,  making 
unlawful  certain  acts,  and  repealing  all  other  ordinances  in  relation  thereto  ' 
save  and  except  where  such  ordinances  fix  the  amount  of  the  license  tax  and 
provide  for  the  collection  of  the  same,”  passed  and  adopted  the  13th  day 
of  December,  A.  D.  1915;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  23rd  day  of  July  1917) 
Amended  by  Ordinances  Nos.  242  and  249.  y’  '} 

City  Ordinance  No.  236. 

M ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  3 of  City  Ordinance 
Number  36  entitled  An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of  the  officers  and 
certain  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the  manner  of  payment 
thereoi;  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  there- 
with; and  other  matters  relating  thereto,”  passed  and  adopted  June  26  1905 
as  amended  revised,  and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  188;  and 
to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith 
No  259Ved  thC  ^ ^ °f  August>  A*  D-  1917*)  Repealed  by  Ordinance 

City  Ordinance  No.  237. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  43  of  the  City 
Ordinance  Number  231,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  travel  and 
traffic  upon  the  streets  and  other  public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno;  pro- 
viding a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 


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parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  159,”  passed  and  adopted  April  23,  1917.  (Approved  the  8th 
day  of  October,  1917.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  268. 

City  Ordinance  No.  238. 

An  ordinance  to  repeal  City  Ordinance  Number  185  entitled  “An 
ordinance  empowering  and  authorizing  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  .Reno 
subject  to  confirmation  by  the  City  Council,  to  appoint  a physician  to 
give  medical  attention  to  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno  who  are  ’"Jtired 
in  the  course  of  their  employment;  to  fix  a compensation  for  such  phy- 
sician; and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
herewith,”  passed  and  adopted  October  22,  1917.  (Approved  the  22nd 
day  of  October,  1917.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  239. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  33  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  231,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  travel  and  traffic 
upon  the  streets  and  other  public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno;  providing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance 
No  159,”  passed  and  adopted  April  23,  1917;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  December  10, 
1917.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  268. 

City  Ordinance  No.  240. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  22  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  190,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons,  bar- 
rooms, dram  shops,  bars,  tippling  houses,  or  places  where  spirituous  matt, 
vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away  m the  City  of  Keno, 
to  provide  for  the  granting  and  revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to  limit 
the  numbers  of  saloons  to  exist  by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  Number  99,  en- 
titled, ‘An  ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  liquors  in  saloons,  bar-rooms, 
restaurants  and  tamale  parlors,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof, 
and  other  matters  relating  thereto/  City  Ordinance  Number  131,  entitled, 
‘An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing,  regulating  and  controlling  bona  e 
fraternal,  commercial,  and  social  clubs;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid 
therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordi- 
nances or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  City  Ordinance  Number 
133  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  regulate,  license  and  control  the  business  ot 
keeping,  selling  and  disposing  of  wine,  malt,  and  spirituous  liquors  m res- 
taurants, lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors,  drug  stores,  and  all  other  places  ot 
business  other  than  saloons,  dram  shops  or  club  rooms;  fixing  the  license 
fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  the  same  and 
repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordi- 
nance ’ and  City  Ordinance  Number  153,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  defining, 
regulating,  licensing  and  limiting  the  retail  liquor  business  in  saloons,  bars 
and  bar-rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno,  making  unlawful  certain  acts,  and 
repealing  all  other  ordinances  in  relation  thereto,  save  and  except  where 
such  ordinances  fix  the  amount  of  the  license  tax  and  provide  for  the  col- 
lection of  the  same/’  passed  and  adopted  December  13,  1915,  as  amended, 
revised,  and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinance  Number  223;  and  to  further 
amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  said  City  Ordinance  Number  190  by  adding 
thereto  a new  section,  to  be  known  as  Section  18-A;  and  to  repeal  all  ordi- 
nances and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  10th 
day  of  December,  1917.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  241. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  5 of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  196,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  provide  for 
the  collection  of  a license  tax  upon  rent  service  cars,  and  to  regulate  the 
operation  and  running  of  the  same  within  the  City  of  Reno;  to  fix  a pen- 
alty for  the  violation  of  its  provisions;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  particularly  Section  44  of 
City  Ordinance  Number  195,  entitled,  An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and 
re-enact  the  title  of,  and  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  City  Ordinance 
Number  82,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax 
on  certain  trades,  business,  occupations,  callings  and  amusements  in  the 
City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection 
therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith/  passed  and  adopted  October  28,  1907;  and  to  repeal  all  ordi- 
nances and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith/  passed  and  adopted 
December  13,  1915”;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  December  10,  1917.)  Amended  by  Ordi- 
nance No.  249. 

City  Ordinance  No.  242. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  15  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  190,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons,  bar- 
rooms, dram  shops,  bars,  tippling  houses,  or  places  where  spirituous,  malt, 
vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are  sold  or  given  away  in  the  City  of  Reno; 
to  provide  for  the  granting  and  revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to  limit 
the  number  of  saloons  to  exist  by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  No.  99,  entitled,  ‘An 
ordinance  regulating  the  sale  of  liquor  in  saloons,  bar-rooms,  restaurants 
and  tamale  parlors,  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  other 
matters  relating  thereto/  City  Ordinance  No.  131,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance 
providing  for  licensing,  regulating  and  controlling  bona  fide  fraternal,  com- 
mercial, and  social  clubs;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of 
ordinances  in  conflict  therewith/  City  Ordinance  No.  133,  entitled,  ‘An  ordi- 
nance to  regulate,  license  and  control  the  business  of  keeping,  selling  and 
disposing  of  wine,  malt  and  spirituous  liquors  in  restaurants,  lunch  rooms, 
tamale  parlors,  drug  stores,  and  all  other  places  of  business  other  than 
saloons,  dram  shops  or  club  rooms;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  there- 
for; fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  the  same  and  repealing  all  ordi- 
nances or  parts  or  ordinances  in  conflict  with  this  ordinance/  and  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  153,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  defining,  regulating,  licensing  and  lim- 
iting the  retail  liquor  business  in  saloons,  bars  and  bar-rooms  in  the  City 
of  Reno,  making  unlawful  certain  acts,  and  repealing  all  other  ordinances  in 
relation  thereto/  save  and  except  where  such  ordinances  fix  the  amount  of 
the  license  tax  and  provide  for  the  collection  of  the  same,”  passed  and 
adopted  December  13,  1915;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  10th  day  of  December,  1917.) 
Amended  by  Ordinance  No.  249. 

City  Ordinance  No.  243. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Sections  1-A,  2 and  3 of 
City  Ordinance  Number  188,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  amend  and  re-enact 
City  Ordinance  Number  36,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of 
the  officers  and  certain  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the 
manner  of  payment  thereof;  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith;  and  other  matters  relating  thereto/  passed  and 


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adopted  June  26,  1905,  and  all  ordinances  amendatory  thereto,  passed  and 
adopted  December  13,  1915,  as  amended,  revised,  and  re-enacted  by  City 
Ordinance  Number  221;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  10th  day  of  December,  1917.) 
Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  259. 

City  Ordinance  No.  244. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  determination  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  improve  by  surfacing  with  concrete  the  alley  running  in 
an  ^easterly  and  westerly  direction  through  Block  H,  original  townsite 
of  Reno,  as  shown  by  the  official  map  thereof  on  file  in  the  office  of  the 
County  Recorder  of  Washoe  County,  Nevada;  describing  definitely  the  loca- 
tion of  said  improvement;  providing  that  the  cost  and  expense  thereot 
shall  be  paid  entirely  by  special  assessment  upon  and  against  the  lots  and 
premises  abutting  or  fronting  on  the  said  alley  to  be  improved,  in  accord 
ance  with  their  number  of  feet  of  abutment  or  frontage  thereon  except 
where  by  the  charter  of  the  City  of  Reno  certain  portions  thereof  are  re- 
quired to  be  paid  from  the  general  fund  of  said  City  of  Reno;  and  repealing 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with,  or  covering  the 
same  subject-matter  as,  this  ordinance  to  the  extent  of  such  conflict  or  in 
so  far  as  the  same  subject-matter  is  covered  herein.  (Approved  the  14th 
day  of  February,  1918.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  245. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  determination  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  improve  by  surfacing  with  concrete  the  alley  running  in 
an  easterly  and  westerly  direction,  and  the  alley  running  in  a northerly  and 
southerly  direction,  both  in  Block  “G,”  original  townsite  of  Reno,  as  shown 
by  the  official  map  thereof  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  County  Recorder  o 
Washoe  County,  Nevada;  describing  definitely  the  location  of  said  improve- 
ments; providing  that  the  cost  and  expense  thereof  shall  be  paid  entirely 
by  special  assessments  upon  and  against  the  lots  and  premises  abutting  or 
fronting  on  the  said  alleys  to  be  improved,  in  accordance  with  their  num- 
ber of  feet  of  abutment  or  frontage  thereon,  except  where  by  the  charter 
of  the  City  of  Reno  certain  portions  thereof  are  required  to  be  paid  trom 
the  general  fund  of  said  City  of  Reno;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  with,  or  covering  the  same  subject-matter 
as,  this  ordinance,  to  the  extent  of  such  conflict  °r  in  so  far  as  the  same 
subject-matter  is  covered  herein.  (Approved  the  14th  day  of  February, 
1918.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  246. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  authorizing,  and  directing  the  City  Assessor 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  special 
assessments  to  defray  the  cost  of  improving  by  surfacing  with  concrete, 
the  alley  running  in  an  easterly  and  westerly  direction  in  Block  H,  origi 
nal  townsite  of  Reno,  as  shown  by  the  official  map  thereof  on  file  in  the 
office  of  the  County  Recorder  of  Washoe  County,  Nevada;  stating  the 
amount  to  be  assessed,  and  that  the  assessment  shall  be  accorded  to  front- 
age; designating  the  lots  and  premises  to  be  assessed;  creating  a special 
fund  for  the  receipt  and  disbursement  of  said  special  assessments;  and  other 
matters  relating  thereto;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  ot  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  with,  or  covering  the  same  subject-matter  as,  this  ordi- 
nance, to  the  extent  of  such  conflict  or  in  so  far  as  the  same  subject-matter 
is  covered  herein.  (Approved  this  25th  day  of  February,  1918.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  247. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  authorizing,  and  directing  the  City  Assessor 


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of  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  special 
assessments  to  defray  the  cost  of  improving,  by  surfacing  with  concrete, 
the  alley  running  in  an  easterly  and  westerly  direction  and  the  alley  running 
in  a northerly  and  southerly  direction,  both  in  Block  “G,”  original  town- 
site  of  Reno,  as  shown  by  the  official  map  thereof  on  file  in  the  office  of 
the  County  Recorder  of  Washoe  County,  Nevada;  stating  the  amount  to  be 
assessed,  and  that  the  assessment  shall  be  according  to  frontage;  designat- 
ing the  lots  and  premises  to  be  assessed;  creating  a special  fund  for  the 
receipt  and  disbursement  of  said  special  assessments;  and  other  matters 
relating  thereto;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  with,  or  covering  the  same  subject-matter  as,  this  ordinance,  to  the 
extent  of  such  conflict  or  in  so  far  as  the  same  subject-matter  is  covered 
herein.  (Approved  this  25th  day  of  February,  1918.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  248. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  33  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  231,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  travel  and  traffic 
upon  the  streets  and  other  public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno;  providing  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  particularly  City  Ordinance  No. 
159,  passed  and  adopted  April  23,  1917,  as  amended,  revised  and  re-enacted 
by  City  Ordinance  No.  239,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  25th  day  of  March,  1918.) 
Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  268. 

City  Ordinance  No.  249. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Section  15  of  City  Ordinance  No.  190,  entitled, 
“An  ordinance  to  regulate  all  saloons,  bar-rooms,  dram  shops,  bars,  tippling 
houses,  or  places  where  spirituous,  malt,  vinous,  or  intoxicating  liquors  are 
sold  or  given  away  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  provide  for  the  granting  and 
revocation  of  licenses  thereunder;  to  limit  the  number  of  saloons  to  exist 
by  virtue  thereof;  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  more  par- 
ticularly City  Ordinance  Number  99,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  regulating  the 
sale  of  liquor  in  saloons,  bar-rooms,  restaurants  and  tamale  parlors,  fixing 
a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto,’ 
City  Ordinance  Number  131,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  providing  for  licensing, 
regulating  and  controlling  bona  fide  fraternal,  commercial,  and  social  clubs; 
fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a penalty  for  the  violation 
thereof;  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict 
therewith,  City  Ordinance  Number  133,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  regulate, 
license  and  control  the  business  of  keeping,  selling  and  disposing  of  wine, 
malt  and  spirituous  liquors  in  restaurants,  lunch  rooms,  tamale  parlors, 
drug  stores,  and  all  other  places  of  business  other  than  saloons,  dram 
shops  or  club  rooms;  fixing  the  license  fee  to  be  paid  therefor;  fixing  a pen- 
alty for  the  violation  of  the  same  and  repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of 
ordinances  in^  conflict  with  this  ordinance,’  and  City  Ordinance  Number 
153,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  defining,  regulating,  licensing  and  limiting  the 
retail  liquor  business  in  saloons,  bars  and  bar-rooms  in  the  City  of  Reno, 
making  unlawful  certain  acts,  and  repealing  all  other  ordinances  in  rela- 
tion thereto,’  save  and  except  where  such  ordinances  fix  the  amount  of  the 
license  tax  and  provide  for  the  collection  of  the  same,”  passed  and  adopted 
the  13th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1915,  as  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No 
235,  passed  and  adopted  the  23rd  day  of  July,  A.  D.  1917,  and  by  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  242,  passed  and  adopted  the  10th  day  of  December,  A.  D.  1917; 
and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith. 
(Approved  the  22nd  day  of  April,  1918.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  251. 

\n  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  3 and  Section  5 
of  City  Ordinance  Number  183,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and 
provide  for  the  collection  of  a license  tax  upon  jitney  busses,  and  to  regu- 
late the  operation  and  running  of  the  same  within  the  City  of  Reno,  to 
fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  of  its  provisions;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances 
and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  particularly  City  Ord  - 
nance Number  176,”  passed  and  adopted  July  26  1915;  and  to  repeal  all 
ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  Approved  the 
10th  day  of  June,  1918. 

City  Ordinance  No.  252. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  42  of  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  82,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a 
license  tax  on  certain  trades,  businesses,  occupations,  callings,  and  amuse- 
ments in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same;  to  fix  a pen- 
alty for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in 
connection  therewith;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith,”  passed  and  adopted  October  28  1907  as  amended, 

revised,  and  re-enacted  by  City  Ordinances  Number  195  and  City  Ordi- 
nance Number  229;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  m 
conflict  therewith.  (Approved  14th  day  of  October,  1918.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  253. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  of  members  of  the  fire  department, 
members  of  the  police  department,  and  of  teamsters  and  laborers,  and 
others  employed  by  the  City  of  Reno,  and  providing  for  the  payment  ot 
the  same  (Approved  February  24th.  1919.)  Repealed  by  Ordinance  No.  259. 


City  Ordinance  No.  254. 

An  ordinance  to  amend  Sections  12,  20,  37  and  38  of  City  Ordinance 
No.  195,  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Nevada,  relating  to  licenses,  and  their  collec- 
tion. (Approved  April  1,  1919.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  255. 

An  ordinance  providing  that  a regular  Municipal  Election  be  held  in 
the  City  of  Reno  on  the  sixth  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1919;  that  the  candidates 
to  be  voted  at  that  time  shall  be  nominated  by  certificates  of  nomination,  in 
pursuance  of  the  general  election  laws  of  the  State  of  Nevada;  directing 
the  City  Clerk  relative  to  his  duties  in  preparation  thereto  and  other 
matters  relating  thereto.  (Approved  the  14th  day  of  April,  1919.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  256. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Sections  1 and  4 of  City 
Ordnance  Number  52,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  providing  for  the  appoint- 
ment of  a City  Electrician  and  Meter  Inspector;  prescribing  the  duties,  and 
fixing  the  compensation  of  such  officer,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto. 
Passed  and  adopted  February  26th,  1906;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  June  11,  1919.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  257. 

An  ordinance  to  prohibit  gaming  in  the  City  of  Reno  without  first  ob- 
taining a license  therefor,  regulating  the  same,  fixing  the  amount  of  such 
license,  providing  a penalty  therefor,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts 
of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  28th  day  of  July,  A.  D. 
1919.) 


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City  Ordinance  No.  258. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  time  of  the  payments  of  the  salaries  and  wages 
of  certain  officers  and  employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  repealing  all  ordi- 
nances and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  other  matters 
relating  thereto.  (Approved  the  12th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1919.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  259. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  salaries  and  compensation  of  officers  and  cer- 
tain employees  of  the  City  of  Reno;  prescribing  the  manner  of  payment 
thereof;  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  there- 
with and  more  particularly  repealing  Ordinance  No.  36,  approved  June  26, 
1905,  and  all  ordinances  amendatory  thereto.  (Approved  the  23rd  dav  of 
September,  A.  D.  1919.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  260. 

An  ordinance  authorizing  the  City  Council  of  the  City  of  Reno,  Washoe 
County,  State  of  Nevada,  to  borrow  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  ($200,- 
000.00)  for  the  purpose  of  building,  constructing,  improving  and  repairing 
the  public  streets  and  alleys  of  the  City  of  Reno;  and  repairing,  purchasing, 
improving,  preserving  and  developing  public  parks  in  the  City  of  Reno; 
and  of  building,  constructing,  repairing  and  improving  bridges  in  the  City 
of  Reno;  and  of  building,  repairing,  constructing  and  extending  sewers  and 
sewer  extensions,  in  the  City  of  Reno;  and  purchasing,  improving  and  main- 
taining rights  of  way,  in  the  City  of  Reno;  and  for  all  general  improvement 
or  improvements  within  said  city  as  the  City  Council  may  judge  to  be 
proper  and  necessary;  and  to  issue  and  sell  the  bonds  of  the  city  therefor; 
providing  for  the  redemption  of  said  bonds  and  the  payment  of  interest 
thereon  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  (Approved  October  27,  1919.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  261. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  determination  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  make  certain  improvements  in  the  various  wards  of  the 
City  of  Reno  by  constructing  cement  sidewalks,  concrete  gutters,  con- 
crete curbs  and  gutters;  describing  definitely  the  location  of  said  improve- 
ments; and  providing  that  the  cost  and  expense  thereof  shall  be  paid  en- 
tirely by  special  assessment  upon  and  against  the  lots  and  premises  abutting 
or  fronting  on  said  improvements  in  accordance  with  their  number  of  feet 
frontage,  except  where  by  the  charter  of  the  City  of  Reno  certain  portions 
thereof  are  required  to  be  paid  from  the  general  fund  of  said  City  of  Reno; 
providing  for  the  issuance  of  special  assessment  bonds  for  the  payment 
thereof,  and  other  matters  relating  thereto.  (Approved  the  6th  day  of  De- 
cember, 1919.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  262. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  determination  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  make  certain  improvements  in  the  various  wards  of  the 
City  of  Reno  by  surfacing  or  paving  certain  streets  with  concrete  pavement 
and  surfacing  or  paving  certain  streets  with  asphaltum  pavement;  and  con- 
structing granite  header  stone  along  certain  streets;  describing  definitely 
the  location  of  said  improvements,  and  providing  that  the  cost  and  expense 
thereof  shall  be  paid  entirely  by  special  assessment  upon  and  against  the 
lots  and  premises  abutting  or  fronting  on  said  improvements  in  accordance 
with  their  number  of  feet  frontage,  except  where  by  the  charter  of  the 
City  of  Reno,  certain  portions  thereof  are  required  to  be  paid  from  the 
general  fund  of  said  City  of  Reno;  providing  for  the  issuance  of  special 
assessment  bonds  for  the  payment  thereof,  and  other  matters  relating 
thereto.  (Vetoed  by  the  Mayor.) 


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Ordinance  No.  263. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  authorizing  and  directing  the  City  Assessor 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  special 
assessments  to  defray  the  costs  of  constructing  cement  sidewalks,  concrete 
gutters,  and  concrete  curbs  and  gutters,  on  certain  streets  in  the  City  of 
Reno  according  to  the  plans  and  estimates  of  cost  thereof  on  file  in  the 
office’  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  stating  the  amounts  of  said 
assessments  and  designating  the  lots,  lands  and  premises  to  be  assessed, 
stating  that  the  same  shall  be  assessed  according  to  the  frontage,  providing 
for  the  issuance  of  special  assessment  bonds  for  the  payment  thereof,  and 
other  matters  relating  thereto.  (Approved  the  22nd  day  of  December,  1919.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  264. 

An  ordinance  declaring  the  determination  of  the  City  Council  of  the 
City  of  Reno  to  make  certain  improvements  in  the  various  wards  in  the 
City  of  Reno  by  constructing,  grading,  and  paving,  with  concrete  bitumen 
or  asphaltum  certain  streets  and  alleys  and  portions  of  streets  in  said  city; 
and  constructing  granite  header  stone  along  certain  streets;  describing 
definitely  the  location  of  said  improvements;  providing  that  the  costs  and 
expense  thereof  shall  be  paid  entirely  by  special  assessment,  upon  and 
against  the  lots  and  premises  abutting  or  fronting  on  said  improvements  in 
accordance  with  their  number  of  feet  frontage,  except  where,  by  the  charter 
of  the  City  of  Reno  certain  portions  thereof  are  required  to  be  paid  from 
the  general  fund  of  the  said  City  of  Reno;  providing  for  the  issuance  of  spe- 
cial assessment  bonds  for  the  payment  thereof,  and  other  matters  relating 
thereto.  (Approved  the  5th  day  of  January,  1920.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  265. 

An  ordinance  empowering,  authorizing  and  directing,  the  City  Assessor 
of  the  City  of  Reno,  County  of  Washoe,  State  of  Nevada,  to  levy  a special 
assessment  to  defray  the  costs  of  making  certain  improvements  in  the  vari- 
ous wards  in  the  City  of  Reno,  by  constructing,  grading  and  paving,  with 
concrete,  bitumen,  or  asphaltum,  certain  streets,  and  alleys,  and  portions  of 
streets,  in  said  city,  and  constructing  granite  header  stone  along  certain 
streets,  according  to  the  plans  and  estimates  of  costs  thereof,  on  file  in  the 
office  of  the  City  Clerk  of  the  City  of  Reno,  describing  definitely  the  loca- 
tion of  said  improvements,  stating  the  amounts  of  said  assessment  and  des- 
ignating the  lots,  lands,  and  premises  to  be  assessed,  stating  that  the  same 
shall  be  assessed  according  to  frontage,  providing  for  the  issuance  of  special 
assessment  bonds  for  the  payment  thereof,  and  other  matters  relating 
thereto.  (Approved  the  26th  day  of  January,  1920.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  266. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise  and  re-enact  Sections  13,  14,  15,  16  and 
18  of  an  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance  providing  for  the  City  Pound; 
appointment  of  a Pound  Master,  Deputy  Pound  Master;  providing  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  same;  prohibiting  animals  run- 
ning at  large  within  the  city,  and  providing  for  the  custody  and  destruc- 
tion of  the  same,  and  matters  relating  thereto;  imposing  a license  tax  on 
all  dogs;  making  it  a misdemeanor  for  any  person  to  own,  keep  or  harbor 
a dog ‘in  the  city  without  procuring  a license  therefor;  fixing  the  fees  to 
be  charged  by  the  Pound  Master,  his  salary  and  his  duties;  fixing  a penalty 
for  the  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  hereof,  and  repealing  all  ordi- 
nances and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  herewith.”  Approved  the  27th 
day  of  January,  A.  D.  1910,  and  repealing  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  herewith.  (Approved  January  26th,  1920.) 


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HISTORY  OF  ORDINANCES 


City  Ordinance  No.  267. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  Section  5,  of  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  196,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  provide  for  the 
collection  of  a license  tax  upon  rent  service  cars,  and  to  regulate  the  opera- 
tion and  running  of  the  same  within  the  City  of  Reno;  to  fix  a penalty  for 
the  violation  of  its  provisions;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  particularly  Section  44,  of  City  Ordi- 
nance No.  195,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  the 
title  of,  and  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  City  Ordinance  No.  82,  entitled, 
‘An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect  a license  tax  on  certain  trades’ 
business,  occupations,  callings,  and  amusements,  in  the  City  of  Reno;  to 
regulate  and  classify  the  same,  to  fix  a penalty  for  the  violation  thereof; 
to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith;  and  to 
repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith/  passed 
and  adopted  October  28,  1907;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of 
ordinances  in  conflict  therewith;  ‘passed  and  adopted  December  13,  1915/ 
and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith/' 
as  amended  by  City  Ordinance  No.  241,  passed  and  adopted  December  10th, 
1917,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  there- 
with. (Approved  the  11th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  268. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise  and  re-enact  City  Ordinance  number 
231,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  regulate  travel  and  traffic  upon  the  streets 
and  other  public  places  of  the  City  of  Reno;  providing  a penalty  for  the 
violation  thereof;  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  con- 
flict therewith,  and  more  particularly  Citv  Ordinance  Number  159.”  Ap- 
proved April  23rd,  1917,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordi- 
nances in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  11th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  269. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact  Section  8,  Section  21,  and 
Section  35,  of  City  Ordinance  No.  195,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  amend, 
revise,  and  re-enact,  the  title  of,  and  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  City 
Ordinance  No.  82,  entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  fix,  impose,  and  collect,  a 
license  tax  on  certain  trades,  businesses,  occupations,  callings,  and  amuse- 
ments, in  the  City  of  Reno;  to  regulate  and  classify  the  same,  to  fix  a 
penalty  for  the  violation  thereof;  to  define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in 
connection  therewith,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith,'  passed  and  adopted  October  28th,  1907;  and  to  repeal 
all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  and  to  further 
amend  said  ordinance  by  adding  thereto  one  new  section  to  be  known  as 
Section  19-(a),  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in 
conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  22nd  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.) 

City  Ordinance  No.  270. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  Section  21-E,  of  Ordi- 
nance No.  44,  entitled,  “An  ordinance  declaring  what  are  nuisances  in  the 
City  of  Reno,  and  to  prevent  and  regulate  the  same,  fixing  a penalty  for  the 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  thereof;  repealing  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,  and  other  matter  necessarily 
relating  thereto,  and  further  amending  said  ordinance  by  adding  thereto, 
a section  to  be  known  as  21-F,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of 
l^oT11068  ^ C°nflict  therewith-  (Approved  the  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D. 

City  Ordinance  No.  271. 

An  ordinance  fixing  the  width  of  sidewalks  and  curbing  line  on  North 


HISTORY  OF  ORDINANCES 


337 


Center  street,  between  Fourth  street  and  Ninth  street,  in  the  City  of  Reno 
(Approved  the  13th  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1920.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  272. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  Sections  9 and  11  of.  An 
ordinance  licensing  and  regulating  the  business  of  plumbing  and  drain- 
laving  within  the  City  of  Reno,  prescribing  and  establishing  certain  rules 
and  regulations  regarding  plumbing  and  drainlaymg  m the  City  of  Reno, 
establishing  and  creating  the  office  of  Plumbing  Inspector  prescribing  the 
duties  thereof,  making  certain  acts  misdemeanors  regulating  all  other 
matters  in  relation  to  plumbing  and  drainlaymg  in  the  City  of  Keno,  and 
repealing  all  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  in  any  way  relating  thereto 
and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith. 
(Approved  the  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  273. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  Section  4,  of  an  ordinance 
entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact^  the  title  of,  and  to 
amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  City  Ordinance  Number  8^),  entitled,  An  ordi- 
nance regulating  the  establishment  of  storage  oil  tanks  within  the  fire  limits 
of  the  City  of  Reno,’  passed  and  adopted  April  13,  1908;  to  fix  a penalty  for 
the  violation  thereof;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith,”  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and  Parts  oi  ordinances 
in  conflict  therewith.  (Approved  the  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920.) 


City  Ordinance  No.  274. 

An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  Sections  4,  125,  207  and 
259,  of  an  ordinance  entitled,  “An  ordinance  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact 
the  title  of,  and  to  amend,  revise,  and  re-enact,  City  Ordinance  Number  39 
entitled,  ‘An  ordinance  to  regulate  the  erection,  alteration,  and  repairing  of 
buildings  and  structures  within  the  City  of  Reno  and  to  require  a permit 
therefor;  to  regulate  entrances,  exits,  halls,  aisles,  and  passage  ways  of 
public  buildings  used  or  intended  to  be  used  for  public  assemblages;  to 
define  the  duties  of  certain  officers  in  connection  therewith;  to  fix  a penalty 
for  the  violation  thereof,  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  in  conflict  there- 
with,’ passed  and  adopted  July  10,  1905;  and  to  repeal  all  ordinances  and 
parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith,”  and  to  further  amend  said  ordi- 
nance by  adding  thereto  one  new  section  to  be  known  as  196-A  and  to 
repeal  all  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  in  conflict  therewith.  (Ap- 
proved the  13th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1920.) 


PART  V 

Index  to  City  Charter 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


341 


INDEX  TO  CITY  CHARTER 


A 

Abatement  of  nuisances,  Council  to  cause 

Chief  of  Fire  Department  of,  assistant  to  act - 

Chief  of  Police  of,  assistant  to  act 

Mayor  and  Mayor  pro  tempore  of,  chairman  appointed. 

Mayor  of,  Mayor  pro  tempore  to  act 

Accountant,  general,  of  city,  Clerk  to  be 

Account. 

Auditor  to  keep - - 

Officers  of,  Council  to  examine 

Treasurer  to  keep 

Act,  public,  charter  to  be 

Action,  on  rejected  claim,  when  commenced 

Actual  cost,  assessment  roll  to  conform  to 

Adviser,  legal,  attorney  to  be 

Affidavit  for  attachment,  Clerk  to  make 

Affirmations,  Clerk  to  administer 

Age, 

Chief  of  Police  of 

Clerk,  of  

Amendment,  of  ordinances 

Animals,  Council  to  regulate  running  at  large - - 

Apparatus,  purchasing  for  fire  department - 

Appeal. 

Bonds,  in  Municipal  Court 

Council  to  have  from  ruling  of  Mayor 

Municipal  court,  from 

Appliances  on  streets,  Council  to  regulate 

Appointive  officer, 

Confirmation  of  Council  on  removal  of 

Nominate,  Mayor,  to  

Suspend,  Mayor  to 

Appointment, 

Confirmation  of  Council  required  on - 

Office  of,  by  Mayor - 

Apportionment,  general  road  fund  of,  by  County 

Appraisal,  Council  to  have  before  sale  of  property 

Approval, 

Contract  of,  requiring  payment  of  money 

Failure  of  Mayor  to  give,  effect  of 

Ordinance  of,  requiring  payment  of  money 

Resolution  of,  requiring  payment  of  money 

When  in  effect  without 


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10 

9 

4 

4 

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7 

23 


.36 
.33 
.20 
. 6 
. 5 
. 5 

. 8 
. 5 
.13 
.23 
.10 

.30 
..  3 
.31 
.24 

..  3 
..  4 
..  3 

..  4 
..  4 
..32 
..26 

..  4 


4 

4 

4 


342 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Assessments,  special,  see  “Special  assessments.” 

Assessments,  collection  of  in  municipal  court 

Assessor,  City. 

Certificate  of,  on  assessment  roll 

Duties,  Council  may  prescribe  by  ordinance 

Levy  of  special  assessment  by 

Officer  of  City 

Ordinance  directing  to  make  special  assessment. 

Roll,  assessment,  to  make  out 

Washoe  County  of,  to  be  ex-officio  City 

Assignation,  houses  of,  Council  to  suppress 

Assistant, 

Chief  of  Fire  Department,  how  appointed 

Chief  of  Police,  how  appointed 

Counsel,  Council  may  employ 

Attachment, 

Affidavit  for,  Clerk  to  make 

Suit,  Council  may  institute 

Attendance,  compelling  at  Council  meeting 

Attorney,  City, 

Assessment  liens, 

Delinquent,  to  receive  money  paid  in  on 

File  for  record,  to 

Foreclosure  of,  to  prosecute 

Verify,  to  

Assistant  counsel  for,  Council  may  employ 

Charter,  offenses  against,  to  prosecute 

Council,  to  draw  ordinances,  etc.,  required  by 

Duties, 

Additional  may  be  prescribed  by  ordinance 

Required  of  by  Council,  to  perform 

Election  of  

Legal  adviser  of  Council  and  officers,  to  be 

Legal  proceedings,  attorney  for  city  in 

Meeting  of  Council,  to  be  present  at 

Money  collected,  to  turn  over  to  Clerk 

Officer  of  city 

Orders,  to  draw 

Ordinances, 

Offienses  against,  to  prosecute 

To  draw  

Qualifications  of  

Resident  of  city,  to  be 

Resolutions,  to  draw 

Rules,  to  draw 

Salary  of  

Tax  payer  of  city,  to  be 

Term  of  office 

Auditor,  city, 

Account,  to  keep 

Assessment  roll, 

Delivered  to,  when 

Record,  to,  when 

Duties, 

Additional  prescribed  by  Council,  to  perform 

Ordinance,  Council  may  prescribe  additional  by.... 


.30 

.17 
. 7 
.17 
. 2 
.15 
.16 
. 2 
.25 

. 9 
. 8 
. 6 

. 5 
. 5 
12 


6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 


6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

2 

6 


6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 


7 

18 

18 


7 

7 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


343 


Auditor,  city  (continued) — 

License,  blank, 

Charge,  to,  Clerk  for  delivered 

Credit,  to,  Clerk  for  returned 

Deliver  to,  Clerk  to 

Officer  of  city - - - 

Record,  to  keep.... 

Salary  

Warrant, 

Claims  allowed,  to  draw  for 

Sign,  to  

Treasurer,  to  draw  upon 

Washoe  County,  of,  ex-officio  city 

Ayes  and  nays,  when  taken  on  call 

B 

Banks,  Council  may  designate  for  city  funds 

Basements,  entrances  to,  Council  to  regulate - 

Beggars,  Council  to  restrain  and  punish - 

Bequests,  city  may  receive 

Bill,  ordinance  to  be  passed  by 

Board  of  Health,  see  “Health.” 

Body  politic  and  corporate,  city  constituted 

Boilers,  steam,  Council  to  regulate - 

Bond, 

Appeal,  in  municipal  court - 

Attachment  suit,  not  required  of  city  on..... 

Breach  of,  municipal  court  to  have  jurisdiction 

Chief  of  Police  to  furnish - 

Clerk  to  execute  to  City 

Filed  with  Treasurer - 

Police  Judge  to  execute  to  city 

Treasurer  to  execute  to  city 

Bonded  indebtedness,  Treasurer  to  pay  on 

Bonds,  municipal, 

Ballots  on,  what  to  contain 

Canvass  of  votes  on 

Effect,  ordinance  on,  when  in 

Fund,  for  payment  of—— - 

Issued,  in  accordance  with  resolution,  to  be..-. 

Majority  vote  required  on 

Mayor  to  sign  ordinance  on 

Not  applicable  to  certain  other 

Notice  of  special  election  on,  how  given..- 

Ordinance  providing  for 

Petition  for  special  election  on 

Publication,  of  resolution 

Resolution,  Council  to  pass  for 

Special  election  on,  called  when.. 

Tax-payer  required  to  vote  on 

Terms  for  disposal  of 

Bonds,  official, 

Amount  of,  Council  to  fix 

Custody  of  Clerk  to  have 


...  7 
...  7 
....  7 
....  2 
....  7 
....  7 

....  7 
....  7 
.7-32 
....  7 
....12 


. 8 
.24 
.25 
. 2 
.13 

. 1 
.23 


30 
. 5 
.30 
. 9 
. 6 
. 5 
.30 
. 8 
. 7 


.35 

.35 

.35 

.14 

.34 

.35 

.35 

.34 

.35 

.34 

.35 

.34 

.34 

.35 

.35 

.35 

.26 
. 5 


344 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Books, 

Care  and  custody  of,  Clerk  to  have... 
Financial  condition  of  city,  to  show 

Inspection  of,  by  Mayor 

Liabilities  of  city,  what,  to  show 

Resources  of  city,  what,  to  show 

Set  of,  Clerk  to  keep 

Boundaries, 

City  of,  defined 

Wards  of, 


Change,  Council  may pk 

Defined  l.ZZ  ZZZZZZZZZZZ”  2 

Bridges,  Council  to  provide  for  erection  of 26 

Buildings, 

Compensation  for,  pulled  down  at  fire 9 

Council  may  provide  for  fire  department 10 

Erection  of  Council  to  regulate 24 

Fire  Chief  may  order  pulled  down,  when 9 

Insecure,  Council  to  regulate 24 

Public, 

Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  visit 29 

Special  assessments  on 14 

Burial  permits,  Council  to  provide  for ; 23 

Business, 

Council  to  license  and  regulate 21 

Order  of,  in  Council,  Mayor  to  determine.... ZZZZZZ'ZZ..  3 

By-laws,  Clerk  to  to  record  in  journal 4 


c 


Callings,  Council  to  license  and  regulate 

Canvass  of  election  returns 

Casting  vote,  Mayor  to  have,  when 

Cause,  certified  to,  District  Court,  when 

Cellars,  entrances  to,  Council  to  regulate 

Cemeteries,  Council  to  regulate 

Certificate, 

Admission  to  schools,  for 

Assessor,  of,  on  assessment  roll 

Death,  of,  to  whom  presented 

Election,  of,  Clerk  to  issue 

Certification  of  cause  to  District  Court,  when 

Certified  copies, 

Engineer  to  furnish 

Evidence  to  be  prima  facie 

Records,  of,  Clerk  to  make -1--1.ZZZZZ 

Chain  gang,  Council  to  provide  for •_ 

Chairman,  appointed  in  absence  of  Mayor  and  Mayor  pro-tempore 

Changes  in  assessment  roll,  how  made 

Challenge,  at  special  election 

Charitable  purposes,  city  may  receive  in  trust  for 


21 

.33-35 

3 

30 

24 

23 

29 

17 

29 

34 

30 

11 

5 

5 

22 

4 

20 

36 

....  2 


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INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


345 


Charter,  „ . . f 

Chief  of  Police  to  enforce  provisions  ol.. 

City  Attorney  to  prosecute  offenses  against.. 

Compilation  of.  Council  to  cause 

Mayor  to  see  that  provisions  of  enforced 

Public  act,  to  be 

Use  of  word  synonymous  with  act  


Chief.  ^ r , 

Executive  of  city,  Mayor  to  be 

Of  fire  department,  officer  of  city,  see  hire 
Of  police,  officer  of  city,  see  “Police” 

Claims  and  demands, 

Action  on  rejected. 

City,  to  be  against 

Commenced,  when  to  be 

Costs,  how  paid 

Damages,  when  not  recoverable 

Execution,  not  to  issue 

Judgment,  Council  to  allow 

Summons,  to  be  served  on  Mayor 

Against  city,  to  be  filed  with  Clerk 


Department” 


Allowed  against  city, 

Mayor  to  sign 

Treasurer  to  pay,  when — 

Warrant  on  Treasurer  for,  auditor  to  draw. 


Clerk  to  certify  allowed  to  auditor 

Compensation  of  officers,  for,  how  regulated. 


Contracts,  for, 

Limit  on  amount  of 

Officer  of  city  not  to  be  interested  in,  proviso 

Council,  City  to  act  on,  when 

Debt  created,  limit  on  amount  of 

Expenses,  for,  filed  with  Clerk - 


Fees, 

For,  filed  with  Clerk 

Officers,  of,  how  regulated 

Mayor  to  sign,  allowed.. 

Ordinance,  fixing  salaries -- 

Report  on,  Clerk  to  make  to  Council. 
Resolution,  fixing  compensation 


Salaries, 

Claim  for,  filed  with  Clerk 

Officers,  of,  how  regulated 

Warrants,  for, 

Certify  to,  Clerk  to 

Clerk  to  countersign - 

Mayor  to  countersign - 

Cleaning,  Board  of  Health  to  control... 
Clerk,  City, 

Accountant,  general,  of  city  to  be... 
Affidavit  for  attachment,  to  make.. 
Affirmations,  power  to  administer. 

Age  of  - 

Assessment  roll,  filed  with 


. 9 
. 6 
..13 
..  3 
..36 
..36 

..  3 
.2-9 
.2-8 


...32 
...33 
...33 
...33 
...33 
....33 
....33 
....  5 

....  4 
....  8 
.8-32 
....33 
....32 

33 

33 

32 

33 

32 


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.32 
.32 
.32 
. 5 
.32 


.32 

.32 


.5-32 
....  5 
....  5 
....28 


5 

5 

5 

5 

18 


346 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Clerk,  city  (continued) — 

Assessments,  special,  when  to  collect 

Attachment,  affidavit  for,  to  make “ 

Attest,  to,  journal 

Attorney,  to  pay  over  money  to 

Auditor, 

Charge  for  blank  licenses  delivered,  to,  to 

Credit  for  blank  licenses  returned  to,  to 

Bond, 

Execute,  to  city,  to 

Of,  filed  with  Treasurer 

Bonds,  official,  except  own,  to  have  custody  of 

Books, 

Care  and  custody  of,  to  have 

Set  of,  to  keep 

Treasurer  of,  may  examine 

By-laws,  to  record  in  journal 

Certificate  of  election,  to  issue.... 

Certified  copies,  of  records,  to  make 

Certify,  to,  claims  for  warrants 

Charge,  to,  for  licenses  and  permits 

Citizen  of  the  State,  to  be 

Claims, 

* Against  city,  to  be  filed  with 

Warrants,  for,  to  countersign 

Classification  of  resources  and  liabilities,  to  make 

Collector  of  licenses,  to  be 

Copies,  certified,  of  records,  to  make 

Corporate  seal,  to  have  custody  of . 

Council, 

Clerk  of,  to  be 

Ordinances,  etc.,  of,  to  record 

Countersign 

Claims  for  warrants,  to 

Licenses  and  permits,  to 

Documents,  to  have  custody  oL..Z... 

Duties  of, 

Additional  may  be  required  by  ordinance 

Required  by  Council,  to  be  performed 

Elected,  how 

Election  returns,  filed  with 

Elector,  in  city,  to  be ZZZ*"”"" "" 

financial  condition  of  city,  books  of  to  show 
General  accountant,  of  city,  to  be 

Journal,  

Read  at  each  regular  meeting,  to 

Mayor  to  sign 

Recording,  to  keep  for ZZZZZZZ!”" 

Liabilities  of  city,  books  of  to  show 

License  collector,  to  be 

Licenses, 

Blank,  to  deliver  to  auditor 

Collection  of,  prescribed  by  ordinance... 

Countersign,  to 

Doing  business  without,  to  report * 

Not  paid,  to  collect  additional  amount 


5 

5 

5 

6 

7 

7 

6 

5 

5 


. 5 
. 5 
. 8 
. 5 
.34 
. 5 
5 
5 
5 


.5-32 
....  5 
....  5 
....  5 
....  5 
....  5 


5 

5 


. 5 
. 5 
. 5 

. 6 
. 6 
. 5 
.34 
. 5 
. 5 
, 5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

7 

5 

5 

5 

6 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


347 


Clerk,  city  (continued) — 

Mayor, 

To  certify  claims  for  warrants  by 

To  countersign  claims  for  warrants  by 

Meetings,  of  Council,  to  attend 

Moneys,  of  city, 

To  be  turned  over  to 

To  pay  to  Treasurer . 

What  to  collect 

Oaths,  power  to  administer 

Office  of  city - 

Official  bonds,  except  own,  to  have  custody  ot 

Ordinance, 

Collections  by,  may  be  ordered  by - - ----- 

Special  assessments  and  licenses,  collection  by. 

Ordinances,  to  record  in  journal 

Papers,  to  have  custody  of 

Permits,  to  countersign 

Proceedings,  of  Council,  to  record 

Records, 

Certified  copies  of,  to  make..... 

Custody  of,  to  have 

Report,  to  make  to  Council  on  claims 

Resident  of  city,  to  be 

Resolutions,  to  record  in  journal 

Resources  of  city,  books  of  to  show 

Rules,  to  record  in  journal 

Salary  of  

Seal,  Corporate,  to  have  custody  of 

Special  assessments, 

Collection  of,  prescribed  by  ordinance 

Failure  to  pay,  to  report  to  Council 

When  to  collect 

Tax-payer  of  city,  to  be 

Term  of  office 

Treasurer,  city, 

Bond  of,  to  file  with 

Certify  to,  claims  for  warrants  drawn  on 

Countersign  to,  claims  for  warrants  drawn  on. 

Money  of  city,  to  pay  to 

Warrants,  claim  for 

Certify  to  - 

Countersign  to  

Yeas  and  nays  of  Council,  when  to  enter 

Collection  of  money,  in  municipal  court 

Collector  of  licenses,  Clerk  to  be 

Combustible  material,  Council  to  regulate  storage  of. 

Common  seal,  city  to  have,  use  and  alter 

Compensation,  of  officers, 

Increasing  and  deceasing 

Regulated  how  

Compilation, 

Charter  of  

Ordinances,  of  


5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

2 

5 


5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 


5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

6 
5 


5 

5 

5 

5 

5 


5 

5 

5 

5 

5 
. 5 
12 
.30 
. 5 
.20 
. 2 

.36 

.32 


13 

13 


348 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Concealed  weapons,  Council  to  prevent  carrying  of. 

Condemning  property  for  public  uses 

Condition,  financial,  of  city,  books  of  Clerk  to  show.. 
Confirm, 

Appointment  of  officer,  vote  to 

Removal  of  officer,  vote  to 

Confirmation,  assessment  roll,  of 

Contagious  diseases,  Board  of  Health  to  regulate...'... 

Contempt,  municipal  court  to  punish  for..... 

Contracts, 

Council  to  make 

Limit  on  amount  of 

Mayor  to  see  that  kept  and  ’ pe7formed.“'. 

Officer  of  city  not  to  be  interested  in,  proviso 
Requiring  payment  of  money,  Mayor  to  approve.... 
™?uCia  • assessments>  for  work  under,  when  made 
When  in  effect  without  Mayor’s  approval ’’ 

Convey  property,  city  may 

Copies,  certified, 

Clerk  to  make 

Engineer  to  make ZZZZ."”]”^  * 

Corporate, 


And  politic,  city  constituted  body 

Powers,  vested  in  Mayor  and  Council 
Seal,  Clerk  to  have  custody  of 


Corrections,  in  assessment  roll,  when  made. 
Cost, 

Actual,  assessment  roll  to  conform  to... 
Special  assessment  of,  how  computed 

Costs,  against  city,  how  paid 

Council,  city, 


Abatement  of  nuisances,  to  cause 

Accounts  of  officers,  to  examine 

Alternative  ordinances,  to  submit  to  electors 

Amendment  of  ordinance  by,  how 

Animals,  to  regulate  running  at  large 

Apparatus,  may  purchase  for  fire  department 

Appeal,  to  have  from  rulings  of  Mayor 

Appliances  on  streets,  to  regulate 

Appointive  officer,  suspension  of,  Mayor  To  report  to 

Appraisal,  to  have  before  sale  of  property 

Appropriations,  to  make 

Assessor,  duties  of,  may  prescribe  by  ordinance...ZZ 

Assignation,  houses  of,  to  suppress 

Assistant  counsel,  may  employ 

Attachment  suit,  may  institute 

Attendance,  members  of,  to  compel 

Attorney,  to  perform  duties  required  by. 

Auditor  may  prescribe  additional  duties  for ZZ" 

Ayes  and  nays  of,  when  taken  on  call 

Banks,  may  designate  for  city  funds 

Beggars,  to  restrain  and  punish ZZZZ" 

Bill,  to  pass  ordinance  by 


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.2-26 
....  5 

....  4 
....  3 

....18 

....28 

...31 

...23 
...33 
...  3 
...33 
...  4 
...15 
...  3 

...  2 


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...10 


. 1 
. 3 
. 5 

.15 

.18 

.15 

.32 


...24 
...23 
...27 
...13 
...23 
...10 
...  4 
...24 
...  3 
..26 
..23 
..  7 
..25 
..  6 
.5-6 
..12 
..  6 
..  7 
..12 
..  8 
..25 
.13 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


349 


Council,  city  (continued) — 

Board  of  Health, 

Appoint,  to  

Expenses  of,  to  pay 

Regulations  of,  to  enforce 

Boilers,  steam,  to  regulate 

Bonds, 

Fund,  to  provide  for  principal  and  interest  on 

Official,  to  fix  amount  of ; 

Books,  of  Treasurer,  may  examine 

Boundaries  of  wards,  to  change 

Bridges,  to  provide  for  erection  of 

Buildings, 

Erection  of,  to  regulate - 

Fire  department,  may  provide  for 

Burial  permits,  to  provide  for - 

Business  in,  order  of,  Mayor  to  determine 

By-laws  of,  Clerk  to  record - 

Cemeteries,  to  regulate 

Chain  gang,  to  provide  for 

Chairman,  in  absence  of  Mayor  and  Mayor  pro-tempore.... 

Chief  of  Police,  may  prescribe  additional  duties  for 

Citizens  of  state,  members  to  be 

Claims, 

Act  on  to,  when 

Clerk  to  report  to  

Clerk — 

City  Clerk  to  be  Clerk  of 

Duties  required  by,  to  perform 

Yeas  and  nays  of,  to  enter,  when 

Combustible  material,  to  regulate  storage  of - 

Compensation,  may  allow  on  building  pulled  down 

Compilation,  of  charter  and  ordinances,  to  cause 

Composition  of  : 

Concealed  weapons,  to  prevent  carrying 

Condemnation,  to  provide  for 

Conduct,  disorderly,  to  restrain 

Confirmation  of,  on  removal  of  appointive  officer 

Contracts,  to  make.—. - 

Corporate  powers,  vested  in  Mayor  and 

Counsel,  assistant,  may  employ 

Court,  municipal,  statement  of  business  in  to  be  made  to. 

Damages,  to  allow  when  for  loss  at  fire 

Decorum,  Mayor  to  preserve  in 

Disorderly  conduct, 

In  presence  of,  to  punish - 

To  restrain  - 

Disorderly  persons,  to  restrain  and  punish 

Ditches, 

Cleaning  of,  to  provide  for — 

Regulate,  to  

Dogs,  to  place  tax  on - 

Drunkards,  to  restrain  and  punish 

Election  of  members,  to  judge  of 

Elections,  to  provide  for 

Electors  of  respective  wards,  members  of,  to  be 


.21 

.28 

.28 

.23 

.14 
.26 
. 8 
.26 
.26 


.24 
.10 
.23 
. 4 
. 5 
.23 
.22 
. 4 
. 9 
.11 

.33 
. 5 


5 

5 

12 

20 

10 

13 

13 

25 

26 

22 

3 

23 

3 

6 

31 

10 

3 

13 

22 

25 

25 

24 

22 

25 

13 

.22-33 
11 


350 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Council,  city  (continued) — 

Eminent  domain,  to  exercise  power  of,  when 

Engineer,  to  employ 

Entrances,  to  regulate 

Exits,  to  regulate 

Explosives,  to  regulate 

Filth,  to  regulate 

Fine,  power  to  impose,  when 

Fine,  to  prescribe 

Fire  alarm  system,  to  regulate  interference  with 

Fire  arms,  discharging,  to  punish 

Fire  department,  to  provide  for 

Fire  limits,  to  prescribe 

Fire  works,  to  regulate  use  of 

Fires, 

Persons  to  help  at,  may  command 

Lighting  of,  to  prevent  and  punish 

Food  stuffs,  weighing  of,  to  regulate 

Forfeitures,  to  prescribe 

Funds, 

No  liability  to  be  incurred  beyond  amount  in 

Principal  and  interest  on  bonds,  to  provide  for 

Garbage,  to  regulate 

General  welfare,  to  provide  for 

Gun  powder,  to  regulate  storage  of 

Health, 

Board  of,  to  appoint 

City  of,  to  provide  for 

Horses,  care  of,  to  regulate 

Hypothecate,  city  property  to,  restriction 

Indecent, 

Drawings,  etc.,  to  prohibit 

Exhibitions,  to  prohibit 

Exposure,  to  preyent  and  punish 

Inflammable  material,  to  regulate  storage  of 

Information,  to  be  given  to  by  Mayor  on  state  of  city. 

Initiative  on  ordinances,  to  provide  for 

Insecure  buildings,  to  regulate 

Journal,  to  keep 

Journal  of, 

Clerk  to  attest 

Mayor  to  sign 

Read  at  each  regular  meeting,  to  be 

Judgment,  when  to  allow 

Legal  adviser  of,  attorney  to  be 

Lewd  persons,  to  restrain  and  punish 

License,  doing  business  without,  Clerk  to  report  to 

License,  to 

Business  

Callings  

Industries  

Occupations  

Professions  

Trades  

Licenses,  issuance  of,  to  provide  for 


..23 

..26 

..24 

..24 

..20 

..24 

.13 

.26 

..24 

.25 

.20 

.23 

20 

. 9 
.25 
.24 
.26 

.23 

.14 

.24 

.25 

.20 


.21 

.21 

.25 

.14 

.25 
.25 
.25 
.20 
. 3 
.27 
.24 
.12 


..  5 
..  5 
..  5 
.33 
. 6 
.25 
. 5 

.21 

.21 

.21 

.21 

.21 

.21 

.23 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


351 


Council,  city  (continued) — 

Lighting,  to  provide  for 

Lodging  houses,  to  regulate - 

Mayor,  to  preside  over  when  in  session 

Mayor  pro-tempore,  election  of  by 

Meetings  of, 

Attorney  to  be  present  at 

Clerk  to  be  present  at - • 

Special  

Time  and  place  for,  to  fix 

When  held  - 

Members  of,  power  to  punish  when 

Mendicants,  to  restrain  and  punish... 

Mortgage  to,  city  property,  restriction 

Municipal  court,  statement  of  business  in,  to  be  made  to 

Noxious  trades,  to  abate 

Nuisances, 

Abatement  of,  to  cause 

Determine  and  regulate,  to 

Oaths,  on  business  before,  administration  of 

Obscene  language,  to  prevent  and  punish 

Officers  of  city,  members  of  to  be 

Official  misconduct,  Mayor  to  report  to 

Order  in,  Mayor  to  preserve 

Order  of  business  in,  Mayor  to  determine 

Orders  of,  attorney  to  draw 

Orders,  to  pass 

Ordinance,  passed  by  electors,  to  publish 

Ordinances  of, 

Adoption,  when  

Attorney  to  draw 

Clerk  to  record 

Effect  in,  when 

How  pleaded  

Mayor  to  sign - 

Passage  

Publication  

Read  aloud,  to  be 

Rejection,  when  

Style  of  

Title  of  

What  to  embrace - 

Papers,  production  of,  to  cause 

Parades,  to  regulate  and  license 

Penalties,  to  prescribe 

Pipe  lines,  to  regulate 

Pledge  of  city  property  by,  restriction 

Poles  and  wires,  to  regulate 

Poultry,  to  regulate  running  at  large 

Pound,  city,  to  provide  for 

Powers  of,  enumerated 

Preside  over,  Mayor  to 

Prison,  city,  to  provide  for 

Prisoners,  city,  to  care  for 

Proceedings  of,  Clerk  to  record 

Profane  language,  to  prevent  and  punish 

Prohibit  and  suppress,  to,  certain  businesses 


.25 
.25 
. 3 
. 4 

. 6 
. 5 
.12 
.13 
.12 
.13 
.25 
.14 
.31 
.26 

..24 
..20 
..13 
..25 
..  2 
..  3 
..  3 
..  3 
..  6 
..13 
..27 


13 
. 6 
. 5 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.13 
.26 
.26 
.24 
.14 
.23 
.23 
.23 
.13 
. 3 
.23 
.23 


.25 

.20 


352  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

Council,  city  (continued) — 

Prostitutes,  to  restrain  and  punish 25 

Property  of  city, 

Manage,  to  26 

Sell,  to  14 

Public,  sessions  of  to  be 12 

Publicity,  to  provide  fund  for 27 

Qualifications,  of  members,  to  judge  of 13 

Quorum  of,  specified 12 

Railroads,  to  require  to  pave  and  sprinkle 24 

Rates,  of  public  utilities,  to  fix,  proviso 28 

Records  of  city,  to  examine 23 

Referendum  of  ordinances,  to  provide  for 27 

Registration,  supplemental,  to  provide  for 23 

Regulate,  to, 

Business,  lawful,  specified 21 

Callings,  lawful,  specified 21 

Industries,  lawful,  specified 21 

Occupations,  lawful,  specified 21 

Professions,  lawful,  specified 21 

Trades,  lawful,  specified 21 

Residents  of  city,  members  to  be 11 

Residents  of  respective  wards,  members  to  be 11 

Reservoirs,  to  provide  for  cleaning 25 

Resolutions, 

Attorneys  to  draw,  of 6 

Clerk  to  record,  of 5 

Pass,  to  

Riots,  to  restrain 22 

River,  to  provide  for  cleaning 25 

Rubbish,  to  regulate 24 

Rules  of, 

Attorney  to  draw 6 

Clerk  to  record 1 ' ' * 5 

Mayor  to  enforce 3 

Procedure,  may  adopt 12 

Runners,  hotel,  to  regulate 22 

Salaries  of  officers,  increasing  and  decreasing 36 

Salary,  of  members  of 12 

Saloons,  to  limit  number  of 22 

Sewage  disposal  plant,  to  provide  for 

Sewers,  to  regulate 24 

Shrubbery,  to  prohibit  injury  to 32 

Sidewalks,  to  provide  for  care  of 14 

Special  assessments, 

Actual  cost,  assessment  roll  to  conform  to 20 

Assessment  roll,  on ^ * ' 16 

Auditor, 

Delivery  of  assessment  roll  to 18 

Recording  of  assessment  roll  by 18 

Delivery  of  assessment  roll  to 18 

Recording  of  assessment  roll  by  resolution *.."*20 

Contract  for  work,  when  made 16 

Cost,  how  computed * 16 

Defective,  new  assessment  when 19 

Deficiency  in,  paid  from  general  fund 19 

Estimates  of  expense,  to  be  made  for 15 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


353 


Council,  city — Special  assessments  (continued) — 

Excess,  refunded  how 

Installments,  when  payable  in 

Interest  on  

Failure  to  pay,  Clerk  to  report  to 

Judgment  on  

Lien  of  

Limit  on  : 

l^ot,  divided  after  confirmation,  how  apportioned.. 

New  assessments,  when  defective 

Notice  for  public  examination  of 

Ordinance, 

Directing  assessment  to  make 

Intention  of,  to  pass 

Plats  and  diagrams,  to  be  made  for 

Proceedings  in  suit  to  recover  on 

Public  buildings,  on 

Resolution,  to  change  assessment  roll  on 

Suit  to  recover  on 

Vote  for,  two-thirds  required,  when 

Work  done  by  officers  of  city,  for 

Special  meetings  of - 

Streets, 

Applicances  on,  to  regulate - 

Carev  of,  to  provide  for - 

Street  walkers,  to  restrain  and  punish 

Subpena,  punishing  disobedience  of 

Suit,  to  institute  and  maintain 

Taxes, 

Collection  of,  to  enact  ordinances  for 

Levy,  to  - - 

Powers  of  officers  over,  to  provide  by  ordinance 

Tax-payers  of  city,  members  to  be 

Tenement  houses,  to  regulate 

Term  of  office,  members  of 

Traffic,  to  regulate 

Transit  permits,  to  provide  for 

Trash,  to  regulate - 

Treasurer,  may  prescribe  additional  duties  for 

Trees,  to  prohibit  injury  to 

Vacancy  in,  how  filled 

Vagrants,  to  restrain  and  punish 

Vehicles  used  for  hire,  licensing  and  regulating 

Vote  of, 

Appointment  of  officer,  to  confirm 

Removal  of  officer,  to  confirm  

Veto,  to  pass  over 

Wards,  boundaries  of,  to  change 

Weapons,  concealed,  to  prevent  carrying 

Weights  and  measures,  to  regulate 

Welfare,  general,  to  provide  for 

Willful  neglect  of  duty,  Mayor  to  report  to 


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.20 
.20 
. 5 
.20 
.19 
.16 
.19 
.19 
.15 

.15 

.14 

.15 

.19 

.14 

.20 

.19 

.16 

.16 

.12 


.24 

.14 

.25 

.13 

.26 


.31 
.14 
.32 
.11 
.25 
.12 
.22 
.23 
.24 
. 8 
.26 
.12 
.25 
.22 


. 4 
. 3 
. 4 
.26 
.25 
.24 
.25 
. 3 


354 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Witnesses,  to  compel  attendance  of 

Yeas  and  nays  of,  when  taken 

County  officers,  ex-officio,  may  act  by  deputies 

Court,  municipal,  established 

Courts,  city  to  sue  and  be  sued  in  all 

Cremations,  power  Secretary  Board  of  Health  over. 

Crimes,  Chief  of  Police  to  detect 

Criminals,  Chief  of  Police  to  apprehend 

D 

Damages, 

Buildings  pulled  down  at  fire,  for........ 

Municipal  court,  jurisdiction  when 

When  not  recoverable  against  city 

Deaths,  certificate  of,  to  whom  presented 

Debt,  limitation  on 

Decorum,  Mayor  to  preserve  in  Council 

Defective  assessment,  when  new  made 

Deficiency,  in  special  assessment,  how  paid 

Demands,  see  “Claims  and  Demands/’ 

Devises,  city  may  receive 

Deputies,  County  officers  ex-officio  city  may  act  by. 

Diagrams  and  plats  on  special  assessments 

Diseases,  Board  of  Health  to  regulate 

Disinfection,  Board  of  Health  to  Control 

Disorderly  conduct, 

Council  to  restrain 

In  presence  of  Council 

Disorderly  persons,  Council  to  restrain  and  punish... 
Disposal, 

Bonds  and  franchises,  of 

City  property,  of 

Disqualification  of  Police  Judge,  when 

District  Court,  cause  certified  to  when 

Disturbances,  Mayor  to  provide  for  suppression  of— 
Ditches, 

Cleaning  of,  Council  to  provide  for 

Regulate,  Council  to 

Docket,  to  be  kept  in  municipal  court 

Documents, 

Clerk  to  have  care  and  custody  of 

Inspection  of  by  Mayor 

Dog,  tax  on 

Donations,  city  may  receive 

Drainage,  Board  of  Health  to  control 

Drawings,  indecent,  Council  to  prohibit 

Drunkards,  Council  to  restrain  and  punish 

Duty,  willful  neglect  of,  Mayor  to  report  to  Council. 

E 

Effect,  when  acts  in  without  Mayor’s  approval 

Elections. 

Mayor  pro-tempore  of,  when 

Members  of,  Council  to  judge  of * 


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.12 
.34 
.29 
. 1 
.28 
. 9 
. 9 


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.30 
.33 
.28 
.33 
. 3 
.19 
.19 

. 2 
.34 
.15 
.28 
.28 

.22 

.13 

.25 

.34 
. 2 
.31 
.31 
. 3 

.25 

.24 

.31 

. 5 
. 3 
.22 
. 2 
.28 
.25 
.25 
. 3 


. 4 

, 4 
13 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


355 


Elections, 

Canvass  of  returns  of - - 

Certificate  of  election,  Clerk  to  issue ------ 

Challenge  at  special..., - 

Contest,  how  determined 

Council  to  provide  for 

Officers  elected  at 

Persons  having  right  to  vote  at 

Qualifications  of  officers - 

Returns,  filed  with  Clerk ----- - - 

Special,  on  bonds  and  franchises 

State  laws  to  govern.... ■- 

Supplemental  registration,  provided  for 

When  held 

Elector  of  city, 

Chief  of  Police  to  be 

Clerk  to  be 

Engineer  to  be 

Mayor  to  be 

Members  Board  of  Health  to  be 

Police  Judge  to  be.... : - 

Elector  of  ward,  Councilman  to  be ■ 

Engineer  and  Superintendent  of  Streets,  city, 

Appointed,  how - 

Approve  to,  street  and  sidewalk  work 

Certified  copies  of  records,  to  furnish 

Citizen  of  state,  to  be -- - 

Complaints,  concerning  streets,  to  investigate 

Elector  of  city,  to  be.... 

Engineering  work  of  city,  to  perform... 

Evidence,  certified  copies  by,  to  be  prima  facie... 

Experience,  amount  of  to  have  had 

File,  to  keep  records  on.. 

Laws,  concerning  streets,  to  enforce 

Modify  to,  street  and  sidewalk  work 

Office  of,  to  be  office  of  record 

Officer  of  city - : 

Ordinance,  further  duties  may  be  prescribed  by. 

Ordinances,  concerning  streets,  to  enforce 

Record,  to  keep  cost  of  public  improvements 

Records  made  by,  property  of  city 

Regulations,  concerning  streets,  to  enforce 

Reject  to,  street  and  sidewalk  work 

Report,  to  make  to  Council.... 

Resident  of  city,  to  be 

Rules,  concerning  streets,  to  enforce... _T 

Salary  of  - 

Seal,  to  be  provided  with 

Engineer,  supervising,  Council  to  employ 

Enjoy  property,  city  may 

Entrances, 

Buildings  to,  Council  to  regulate 

Cellars  and  basements  to,  Council  to  regulate 

Erection  of  buildings,  Council  to  regulate 


34 

34 

36 

34 

.22-33 

33 

33 

34 

34 

35 

......33 

33 

33 


. 8 
. 5 
.10 
. 3 
.28 
.29 

.11 


....10 

....11 

....11 

....10 

....11 

....10 

....10 

....11 

....10 

....10 

....11 

....11 

....10 

.2-10 

....11 

....11 

....10 

....10 

....11 

....11 

....11 

....10 

....11 

....11 

....11 

....26 
....  2 


.24 

.24 

.24 


356  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

Estimates  of  expense,  on  special  assessments • 15 

Evidence, 

Assessment  roll,  prima  facie 20 

Clerk’s  certificate  copies  of  records  to  be  prima  facie 5 

Engineer’s  certified  copies  of  records  to  be  prima  facie 11 

Printed  Copy  of  Ordinances,  prima  facie 13 

Excess  in  special  assessments,  refunded  how 19 

Execution,  when  not  to  issue  against  city 33 

Executive  Chief,  Mayor  to  be  of  city 3 

Executive  department,  article  on 3 

Exhibitions,  indecent,  Council  to  prohibit 25 

Exits  from  buildings,  Councils  to  regulate . 24 

Expense,  estimates  of,  on  special  assessments 15 

Expenses, 

Board  of  Health,  of,  how  paid 28 

Claim  for,  filed  with  Clerk 32 

Explosives,  Council  to  regulate  storage  of 20 

Exposure,  indecent,  Council  to  prevent  and  punish 25 

Extra  policemen,  when  Mayor  may  appoint  temporarily 3 

F 

Fee  simple,  city  may  receive  property  in 2 

Fees. 

Claim  for,  filed  with  Clerk 32 

Not  allowed,  officers  when 5 

Officers  of,  how  regulated... 32 

Filth,  Council  to  regulate 24 

Financial  condition  of  city,  books  of  Clerk  to  show 5 

Fine,  Council  may  impose,  when 13 

Fines, 

Council  to  prescribe .'....26 

Recovery  of,  in  municipal  court 30 

Treasurer,  to  be  paid  over  to 8 

Fire  alarm  system,  Council  to  regulate  interference  with 24 

Fire  arms,  discharging,  Council  to  prevent  and  punish 25 

Fire  department, 

Apparatus,  Council  may  purchase  for 10 

Buildings,  Council  may  provide  for 10 

Chief  of, 

Absence  of,  assistant  chief  to  act 10 

Appointed,  how  9 

Assistant  chief,  appointed  how 10 

Buildings,  may  have  pulled  down  when 10 

Compensation,  for  building  pulled  down  by 10 

Damages  caused  by,  when  paid  by  Council 10 

Entire  time,  to  give  to  duties  of  office 9 

Fire,  to  protect  city  from 9 

Fireman,  compensation  for  injury,  acting  under 10 

Firemen,  to  appoint  how 9 

Laws,  concerning  department,  to  enforce 9 

Officer  of  city 2-9 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  357 


Fire  department — Chief  of  (continued) — 

Ordinances, 

Commanding  persons  to  help — 9 

Concerning  department,  to  enforce 9 

Persons,  compensations  for  injury,  acting  under 10 

Regulations,  concerning  department,  to  enforce 9 

Report,  to  make  to  Council 9 

Rules,  concerning  department,  to  enforce 9 

Salary  of  10 

Special  assessment,  to  compensate  for  damage  by 10 

Council  to  provide  for 20 

Salary, 

Assistant  chief  of,  fixed  by  ordinance 10 

Firemen  of,  fixed  by  ordinance 10 

Fires,  lighting  of,  Council  to  prevent  and  punish 25 

Fire  limits,  Council  to  prescribe - 23 

Fire  works,  Council  to  regulate  use  of 20 

Flag,  placed  on  premises  by  Board  of  Health,  when 29 

Food  stuffs, 

Board  of  Health  to  inspect 28 

Council  to  regulate  weighing  of 24 

Forfeited  recognizances,  municipal  court  jurisdiction 30 

Forfeitures, 

Council  to  prescribe 26 

Treasurer,  to  be  paid  over  to 8 

Foreclosure, 

Assessment  lien,  by  city  attorney 6 

Municipal  court,  in 30 

Franchises,  municipal, 

Ballots  on,  what  to  contain 35 

Canvass  of  votes  on 35 

Issued,  how  34 

Majority  vote  required  on,  when 35 

Mayor  to  sign  ordinance  on... 35 

Notice  of  special  election  on,  how  given 35 

Ordinances, 

Providing  for  34 

When  in  effect 35 

Petition  for  special  election  on 35 

Publication,  of  resolution 34 

Resolution  on,  Council  to  pass  first 35 

Taxpayer,  required  to  be  to  vote  on 35 

Terms,  for  disposal  of 35 

Funds, 

Bonds,  for  payment  of  principal  and  interest  on 14 

General  road,  apportionment  by  county 32 

Liability,  not  to  be  incurred  beyond  money  in 23 

Public,  Mayor  to  supervise  officers’  handling  of 3 

Publicity,  for,  Council  to  provide  for 26 

Reno  bond  redemption 8 

Reno  general  8 

Treasurer  to  pay  receipts  into 8 


358 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


G 


Garbage,  Council  to  regulate 

Gas  system,  power  of  city  to  acquire 

General  accountant,  of  city,  Clerk  to  be 

General  laws, 

Chief  of  police  to  enforce 

Mayor  to  see  that  enforced 

Ordinances  superceding,  when 

General  Road  Fund,  apportionment  by  county.—. 

General  welfare,  Council  to  provide  for 

Gifts,  city  may  receive 

Governor,  Mayor  may  call  upon  for  military  aid. 
Gun  powder,  Council  to  regulate  storage  of 


H 


Health,  Board  of, 

Appointed,  how  

Composition  of  

Electors  of  city,  members  to  be 

Expenses  of,  how  paid 

Mayor,  to  be  presiding  officer  of 

Officers  of  city 

Orders  of,  Council  to  provide  for  enforcing 

Powers  of, 

Cleaning,  to  control 

Contagious  diseases,  to  prevent  spread  of 

Disinfection,  to  control 

Drainage,  to  control 

Food  products,  to  inspect 

Infectious  diseases,  to  prevent  spread  of 

Nuisances  prejudicial  to  health,  to  abate 

Oaths,  to  administer 

Pest  house,  to  provide  for 

Physicians,  to  regulate 

Quarantine  measures,  to  adopt 

Sanitation,  to  control 

Statistics,  mortality,  to  secure 

Undertakers,  to  regulate 

Quorum,  specified  

Regulations  of,  Council  to  provide  for  enforcing. 

Residents  of  city,  members  to  be 

Salary,  to  serve  without 

Secretary  of, 

Appointed  how  

Certificate  of,  for  admission  to  schools 

Certificate  of  death,  to  be  presented  to ... 

Cremations,  power  over. 

Flag,  to  place  on  premises  when 

Health  Officer,  to  be 

Interments,  power  over 

Laws,  relating  to  health,  to  enforce 

Orders  of  Board  of  Health,  to  enforce 


.24 

.34 


. 9 
. 3 
.36 
.32 
.25 
. 2 
. 3 
.20 


.21-28 

28 

28 

28 

28 

3 

......28 


.28 

.29 

.28 

.28 

.28 

.29 

.28 

.29 

.28 

.28 

.28 

.29 

.28 

.28 

.28 

.28 

.28 

.29 


.28 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.28 

.29 

.28 

.28 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


359 


Health  Board  of — Secretary  of  (continued) — 

Ordinance,  relating  to  health,  to  enforce 

Pest  house,  to  remove  persons  to 

Police  officer,  to  have  power  of 

Public  buildings,  to  visit - 

Record,  to  keep 

Regulations,  of  Board  of  Health,  to  enforce 

Report,  annual,  to  make  to  Board  of  Health 

Report,  on  diseases,  to  make  to  school  authorities. 

Salary  of,  how  fixed  and  changed 

School  buildings,  to  visit - 

Small  pox  hospital,  to  cause  removal  to 

Term  of  office*  members  of - 

Health  Department,  article  on 

Health  of  city,  Council  to  provide  for ~ 

Health  Officer,  Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  be 

Horses,  care  of,  Council  to  regulate 

Hospital,  small  pox,  removal  to,  when 

Hotel  runners,  Council  to  regulate 

Houses  of  assignation,  Council  to  suppress 

Hypothecation  of  city  property,  restriction 

I 

Inability, 

Mayor  and  Mayor  pro-tempore  of,  Chairman  to  act. 

Mayor  of,  Mayor  pro-tempore  to  act 

Incorporation,  note  on -v 

Indebtedness, 

Bonded,  Treasurer  to  pay  principal  and  interest 

Limitation  on  - 

Indecent  drawings,  etc.,  Council  to  prohibit 

Indecent  exposure,  Council  to  prevent  and  punish .. 

Industries,  Council  to  license  and  regulate 

Infectious  diseases,  Board  of  Health  to  regulate 

Inflammable  material,  Council  to  regulate  storage  of 

Initiative,  on  ordinances — - 

Insecure  buildings,  Council  to  regulate 

Inspection  of  books,  etc.,  by  Mayor 

Installments, 

Procedure  for  paying  special  assessments  in 

Special  assessments  payable  in,  when 

Intention,  ordinances  of,  on  special  assessments 

Interest,  on  special  assessments 

Interments,  power  of  Secretary  Board  of  Health  over.... 

J 


Journal, 

Clerk  to  keep  for  recording 

Council  of, 

Clerk  to  attest 

Mayor  to  sign . 

Read  at  each  regular  meeting,  to  be. 

To  be  kept 

What  recorded  in 


.28 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.29 

.28 

.28 

.21 

.28 

.25 

.29 

..22 

..25 

..14 


. 4 
. 4 
. 1 

. 7 
.33 
.25 
.25 
.21 
.28 
.20 
.27 
.24 
. 3 

.20 

.19 

.14 

.19 

.29 


5 

5 

5 

12 

5 


360 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Judicial  department, 

Appeal  bonds  30 

Appeals  from  31 

Bond,  breach  of 30 

Cause  certified  to  District  Court,  when 30 

Collection  of  city  money 30 

Contempt,  to  punish 31 

Damages,  where  city  a party 30 

Docket,  to  be  kept 31 

Fines  imposed,  how  recovered 30 

Foreclosure  of  liens 30 

Forfeited  recognizances  30 

Jurisdiction  of  30 

Justice’s  Court,  when  treated  as 31 

Offenses  committed  within  city 30 

Personal  property  of  city,  recovery  of 30 

Practice  and  proceedings 30 

Police  Judge, 

Bond,  to  execute 30 

Disqualified  to  act,  when 31 

Elector  of  city,  to  be 29 

Justice  of  Peace,  to  act  for,  when 31 

Mayor  to  request  Justice  to  act  for,  when 31 

Officer  of  city,  to  be 2 

Preside  over  municipal  court,  to 30 

Resident  of  city,  to  be 29 

Salary  of, 

Apportioned  to  Justice  of  Peace,  when 31 

Fixed  3 1 

Term  of  office  of 30 

Powers  of  30 

Process,  issuance  of 31 

Statement  to  Council  of  business  in 31 

Taxes  and  assessments,  collection  of 30 

Trial,  summary  and  without  jury 30 

Value,  as  determining  jurisdiction 30 

Warrants,  issuance  of 31 

Writs,  issuance  of 31 

Judgment, 

Special  assessments  on 20 

When  Council  to  allow 33 

Jurisdiction  of  municipal  court „ 31 

Jury,  trial  without  in  municipal  court 30 

Justice’s  Court,  when  municipal  court  treated  as 31 

Justice  of  Peace,  to  act  for  Police  Judge,  when 31 

L 

Lands,  condemning  for  public  uses 2 

Language,  obscene,  Council  to  prevent  and  punish 25 

Law,  when  ordinance  becomes  without  Mayor’s  approval 4 

Laws, 

Fire  department,  concerning,  fire  chief  to  enforce 9 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


361 


Laws  (continued)  — 

General, 

Chief  of  Police  to  enforce 

Elections,  to  govern - 

Mayor  to  see  that  enforced 

Health,  concerning,  Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  enforce. 

Prior  to  charter  to  remain  in  effect -- 

Public  streets,  concerning,  engineer  to  enforce. 

Legal  adviser,  attorney  to  be  of  officers  and  Council 

Legal  proceedings, 

Attorney  to  act  for  city  in — ~ ------ 

Mayor  to  cause  to  be  instituted  or  defended,  when 

Legislative  Department,  see  “Council.” 

Levy  of  special  assessments  by  assessor 

Lewd  persons,  Council  to  restrain  and  punish 

Liabilities,  of  city,  books  of  Clerk  to  show 

Licenses, 

Additional  amount  on,  Clerk  to  collect  when 

Blank,  Auditor  to  have  custody  of 

Business,  lawful,  on 

Callings,  lawful  on 

Charge  for,  Clerk  to 

Clerk  to  countersign 

Collection  of,  prescribed  by  ordinance 

Collector  of,  Clerk  to  be 

Doing  business  without,  Clerk  to  report - 

Form  in  which  printed 

Industries,  lawful,  on 

Issuance  of,  Council  to  provide  for 

Mayor  to  sign 

Occupations,  lawful,  on - 

Professions,  lawful,  on 

Trades,  lawful,  on 

Lien, 

Forclosure  of  in  municipal  court 

Uupaid  taxes  for,  how  enforced.. 

Light  system,  power  of  city  to  acquire 

Lighting,  Council  to  provide  for 

Limitation,  on  indebtedness  and  contracts 

Lodging  houses,  Council  to  regulate - 

Lot,  divided,  how  special  assessment  apportioned 

M 


. 9 
.33 
. 3 
.30 
.36 
.11 
. 6 


6 

3 


.17 
.25 
. 5 


6 
. 7 
.21 
.21 
. 5 
. 5 
. 5 
. 5 
. 5 
. 7 
.21 
.23 
. 4 
.21 
..21 
..21 

..30 

..31 

..34 

..25 

..33 

..25 

..19 


Mayor, 

Absence  of  and  Mayor  pro-tempore,  Chairman  appointed 

Absence  of,  Mayor  pro-tempore  to  act 

Appointment  of  officers  by 

Approval, 

Contract  of,  requiring  payment  of  money 

Failure  to  give  in  certain  cases,  effect 

Ordinance,  of  - 

Procedure,  when  withheld 

Board  of  Health,  to  be  presiding  officer  of. 

Bonds  and  franchises,  ordinances  on,  to  sign 


362 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Mayor  (continued) — 

Books  of  Treasurer,  may  examine 

Casting  vote,  when  to  have ' 

Chairman,  selected  in  absence  of  and  Mayor  pro-tempore 

Charter,  provisions  of,  to  see  that  enforced 

Chief  executive  of  city,  to  be 

Chosen  at  large,  how 

City  Council,  

Appeal,  to  have  from  rulings  of 

Business,  order  of,  to  determine,  subject  to  rules 

Decorum,  to  preserve  in 

Order,  to  preserve  in 

Preside  over,  to 

Report  suspensions  to,  to 

Rules  of,  to  enforce 

Claims, 

Allowed  against  city,  to  sign 

Warrants,  for,  to  certify  and  countersign 

Confirmation,  of  Council  on  appointments  by 

Confirmation,  of  Council,  on  removals  by 

Contracts, 

Requiring  payment  of  moneys,  to  approve 

lo  see  that  kept  and  performed 

When  in  effect  without  approval 

Corporate  powers,  vested  in  and  Council 

Disturbances,  to  suppress 

Duties  of,  

Additional  prescribed  by  ordinance 

When  exercised  by  Mayor  pro-tempore 

Duty,  willful  neglect  of,  to  report  to  Council 

Elector  of  city,  to  be 

Governor,  to  call  upon  for  military  aid,  when 

Inability  to  act,  Mayor  pro-tempore  to  act * 

Information,  to  give  Council  on  state  of  city. 

Inspection  of  books,  etc.,  by " " 

Journal  of  Council,  to  sign 

Justice  of  Peace,  to  request  to  act  for  Police  Judge 

Laws,  general,  to  see  that  enforced 

Legal  proceeding,  to  have  instituted  or  defended 

Licenses,  to  sign 

Mayor  pro-tempore,  to  act  for,  when 

Measures,  to  recommend  for  benefit  of  city * ' " 

Military  aid,  to  call  upon  Governor  for,  when 

Nominate  appointive  officers,  to 

Officer  of  city 

Officers,  public,  to  have  supervision  over 

Official  misconduct,  to  report  to  Council 

Order,  to  take  measures  for  preservation  of 

Ordinances, 

Approve,  to  

Duties  prescribed  by,  to  perform 

Enforced  to  see  that 

When  a law  without  approval  of 

Peace,  public,  to  take  measures  for  preservation  of 

Policemen,  extra,  when  may  appoint  temporarily 

Police  force,  to  use  and  command  when 


8 

3 

4 
3 
3 

3 

4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 

4 

4 

4 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

3 


. 4 
. 4 
. 3 
. 3 
. 3 
. 4 
. 3 
. 3 
. 4 
.31 
. 3 
. 3 
. 4 
4 
3 

3 

4 
2 
3 
3 

3 

4 
4 

3 

4 
3 
3 
3 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


363 


Mayor  (continued) — 

Public  funds,  to  supervise  officers’  handling  of 

Regulations,  to  see  that  enforced 

Resident  of  city,  to  be 

Resolution, 

Requiring  payment  of  money,  to  approve 

When  in  effect  without  approval  of 

Riots,  to  take  measures  for  suppression  of 

Rules,  to  see  that  enforced - - 

Salary  of  

When  apportioned  to  Mayor  pro-tempore 

Sheriff  of  county,  when  to  call  upon 

Sign,  to,  claims  and  licenses 

Summons,  to  be  served  on,  when 

Suspension  of  appointive  officer  by 

Taxpayer  of  city,  to  be 

Term  of  office 

Treasury,  city,  to  count  cash  in - 

Tumults,  to  take  measures  for  suspension  of 

Vacancy  in  office  of,  Mayor  pro-tempore  to  act 

Veto,  when  may  exercise  right  of 

Vote, 

Appointment  of  officer  by,  confirming 

Council  of,  to  pass  over  veto  of 

Removal  of  officer  by,  confirming 

When  to  have  in  Council..., 

Mayor  pro-tempore, 

Absence  of,  Chairman  to  act 

Absence  of  Mayor,  to  act  in - 

Apportionment  of  Mayor’s  salary  to,  when 

Elected,  when  

Powers  of  

Selected,  how  

Vacancy  in  office  of  Mayor,  to  act 

Vote,  restriction  on  Mayor  not  to  apply  to 

Measures, 

Council  to  regulate : 

Mayor  to  take  for  preservation  of  public  peace 

Quarantine,  Board  of  Health  to  adopt 

Meetings  of  Council. 

Attorney  to  attend 

Clerk  to  attend 

Journal  to  be  read  at  each  regular 

Public,  to  be 

Special  

Time  and  place,  Council  to  fix 

When  held  

Members  of  Council, 

Council  to  punish 

Election  of,  Council  to  judge  of 

Qualifications  of,  Council  to  judge  of 

Military  aid,  when  Mayor  may  call  on  Governor  for. 

Misconduct,  official,  Mayor  to  report  to  Council 

Money, 

Clerk  to  collect  and  receive 

Collection  of,  in  municipal  court 


...  3 
...  3 
....  3 

....  4 
....  4 
....  3 
....  3 
....  4 
....  4 
....  3 
.4-32 
....32 
....  3 

3 

3 

3 

3 

4 

4 

4 

4 

3 

4 


4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 


.24 
. 3 
.28 


6 

5 

5 

12 

12 

13 

12 


13 
13 
.13 
. 3 
. 3 


. 5 
.30 


364 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Money  (continued) — 

Contract  requiring  payment  of  Mayor  to  approve 

Resolution  requiring  payment  of,  Mayor  to  approve... . 

Treasurer  to  keep 

Mortality  statistics,  Board  of  Health  to  secure 

Mortgage  of  city  property,  restriction 

Municipal  bonds,  see  “Bonds.” 

Municipal  court,  see  “Judicial  Department.” 

Municipal  franchises,  see  “Franchises.” 

N 

Name  and  style,  of  “City  of  Reno” 

Neglect,  willful,  of  duty  of  officer,  Mayor  to  report  to  Council. 
New  assessment,  when  special  assessment  defective 

Nominate,  Mayor  to,  appointive  officers 

Notice, 

Bonds  and  franchises,  of  special  election  on 

Filing  of,  special  assessments 

Form  of,  on  special  assessments 

Publication  of,  on  special  assessments 

Noxious  trades,  Council  to  abate " ’ " 

Nuisances, 

Abatement  of, 

Council  to  cause 

Board  of  Health  to  cause 

Council  to  determine  and  regulate „ 

0 


. 3 
. 7 
.28 
.14 


1 


19 

4 


.35 

.15 

.18 

.18 

.25 


.25 

.28 

.20 


Oaths, 

Board  of  Health,  members  to  administer 

Clerk  to  administer 

Council  to  cause  to  be  administered 

. Df  office,  officers  to  subscribe  to 

Objections  to  assessment  roll,  hearing  of 

Obscene  language,  Council  to  prevent  and  punish 

Occupations,  Council  to  license  and  regulate 

Office, 

Malfeasance  in  

Oath  of,  officers  to  subscribe  to 

Term  of, 

Attorney  

Clerk  

Councilmen  

Health  Board  of 

Mayor  

Police  Judge  

Officers, 

Appointive,  suspension  of  by  Mayor 

Appointment  of  by  Mayor 

Attorney,  to  be  legal  adviser  of Z.Z... 

Compensation  of,  how  regulated 

Confirmation  of  Council  on  removal  of 

Contract  with  city,  not  to  be  interested  in 


.29 
. 5 
.13 
.34 
.18 
.25 
.21 


.36 

.34 


. 6 
. 5 
.12 
.28 
. 3 
.30 


. 3 
. 4 
. 6 
.32 
. 3 
.33 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


365 


Officers  (continued) — 

County,  ex-officio  city,  may  act  by  deputies - 

Duty,  willful  neglect  of  by,  Mayor  to  report  to  Council. 

Election  of  - 

Fees  of, 

How  regulated  

Not  allowed,  when 

Misconduct  of,  Mayor  to  report  to  Council 

Nominate,  appointive,  Mayor  to 

Of  city,  specified 

Public,  Mayor  to  have  supervision  over 

Qualification  of 

Salaries  of,  how  regulated 

Vote, 

Appointment  of,  to  confirm 

Removal  of,  to  confirm 

Order, 

Council,  in,  Mayor  to  preserve 

Of  business,  Mayor  to  determine - 

Preservation  of,  Mayor  to  take  measures  for 

Salary,  increasing,  invalid,  when 

Orders, 

Attorney  to  draw - ; * 

Board  of  Health  of,  Council  to  provide  for  enforcing... 

Council  to  pass — - - 

Health,  Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  enforce 

Ordinances, 

Adoption  of,  when - 

Alternative,  when  Council  may  submit 

Amendment  of  

Approve,  Mayor  to - 

Assessor, 

Duties  of,  Council  may  prescribe  by 

Special  assessment,  directing  to  make  by 

Attorney, 

Additional  duties  may  be  imposed  on  by 

Draw  to  - 

Prosecute  offenses  against,  to..... 

Auditor,  additional  duties  may  be  imposed  on  by 

Bill,  to  be  passed  by.... 

Bonds,  providing  for  issuance  of 

Certified  copy,  prima  facie  evidence  of - 

Clerk,  additional  duties  may  be  imposed  on  by 

Commanding  assistance  at  fires — - 

Compilation  of  - 

Council  to  pass - 

Court  to  take  judicial  notice  of 

Effect,  in,  when - - 

Engineer,  further  duties  may  be  imposed  on  by 

Fire  department,  concerning,  Chief  to  enforce 

Franchises  to  be  fixed  by,  when 

Health,  concerning,  Secretary  to  enforce 

Initiative  of  - 

Intention  of,  on  special  assessments 

Law,  when,  without  Mayor’s  approval 


34 
. 3 
.34 


.32 
. 5 
. 3 
. 4 
. 2 
. 3 
.33 
.32 


4 

3 


3 
. 3 
. 3 
.36 


. 6 
.28 
.13 
.28 


.12 
.27 
.13 
. 4 


7 

16 


6 

. 6 
. 6 
. 7 
.13 
.34 
.13 
. 5 
. 9 
.12 
.12 
.13 
.12 
.11 
. 9 
.34 
.28 
.27 
.15 
. 4 


366 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Ordinances  (continued) — 

Licenses,  collection  of  provided  by 

Mayor, 

Additional  duties  may  be  prescribed  by 

Enforced,  to  see  that ZZZZ 

Sign,  to  ’ 

Money,  collection  of,  ordered  by ZZZZZZZ 

Printed  Copy,  prima  facie  evidence 

Police,  Chief  of, 

Additional  duties  may  be  imposed  on  by 

Enforce,  to  

Prior  to  charter,  to  remain  in  effect 

Publication  of,  in  general  

Publication  of,  when  passed  by  electors 

Read  aloud  to  Council,  to  be 

Record,  city  clerk  to  in  journal ZZZZ  ZZ  ZZ 

Referendum  of  

Rejection  of,  when 

Salary, 

Assistant  Chief  of  Fire  Department  fixed  by 

Firemen,  of,  fixed  by 

Fixed  by,  in  general 

Secretary  Board  of  Health,  of,  fixed  by ZZZZ"  Z. 

Special  assessments,  collection  of  prescribed  by 

Streets,  concernings,  Engineer  to  enforce 

Style  of, 

General  

Voted  on  by  electors 

Subject  matter  of 

Supercede  general  laws,  when 

Taxes,  collection  of,  by 

Title  of  ZZZZZZ 

Treasurer,  duties  of,.  Council  may  prescribe  by 

P 

Papers, 

Clerk  to  have  care  and  custody  of 

Council  to  compel  production  of ZZZZ""" 

Inspection  of  by  Mayor 

Parades,  Council  to  regulate  and  licenseZZZ ZZ  ZZZZ ZZ 
Peace,  public,  Mayor  to  take  measures  for  preservation  of 
Permits, 

Burial,  Council  to  provide  for 

Charge  for  Clerk  to ZZZZZZZZ 

Countersign,  Clerk  to ZZZZZZZZ 

Transit,  Council  to  provide  for 

Penalties,  Council  to  prescribe 

Perpetual  succession,  city  to  have 

Personal  property  of  city,  recovery  in  municipal  court 

Pest  house, 

Board  of  Health  to  provide  for 

Removal  to,  when 

Petition,  for  special  election  on  bonds  and  franchises 

Physicians,  Board  of  Health  to  regulate 


5 


. 4 
. 3 
13 
. 5 
13 


. 9 
. 9 
.36 
.13 
.27 
.13 
. 5 
.27 
.13 


.10 
.10 
.32 
.29 
. 5 
.11 


. 3 
.27 
.13 
.36 
.32 
.13 
. 8 


5 
.13 
. 3 
.26 
. 3 

.23 
. 5 
. 5 
.23 
.26 
2 
.30 


.28 

.29 

.34 

.28 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


367 


Pipe  lines,  Council  to  regulate  

Plats  and  diagrams,  on  special  assessments - 

Pledge,  of  city  property,  restriction 

Pleading,  Ordinances 

Poles  and  wires,  Council  to  regulate 

Police,  Chief  of 

Absence  of,  assistant  to  act 

Age  of  

Appointed,  how  

Assistant  Chief,  to  appoint,  how 

Bond,  to  furnish 

Charter,  provisions  of,  to  enforce 

Crimes,  to  detect 

Criminals,  to  apprehend 

Elector  of  city,  to  be 

Laws,  general,  to  enforce.— - - - — 

Officer  of  city 

Ordinance,  duties  may  be  defined  by 

Ordinances,  to  enforce 

Police  force,  to  command - 

Policemen,  to  appoint,  how 

Police  officer,  to  suspend,  how - 

Process  of  municipal  court,  to  execute 

Resident  of  city,  to  be 

Salary  of  

Tax  payer,  to  be - 

Police  force. 

Chief  of  Police  to  command 

Mayor  to  use  and  command,  when - - 

Policemen,  extra,  when  Mayor  may  appoint - 

Policemen,  how  appointed - 

Police  Judge,  see  “Judicial  Department.” 

Police  officer,  suspended,  how — - 

Politic  and  corporate,  city  constituted  body 

Poultry,  Council  to  regulate  running  at  large 

Pound,  Council  to  provide  for - 

Powder,  gun,  Council  to  regulate  storage  of 

Power  system,  power  of  city  to  acquire - 

Powers, 

City  vested  with—. -v 

Corporate,  vested  in  Mayor  and  Council— 

Council,  of  - 

Municipal  court,  of — 

Practice  in  municipal  court - 

Preservation  of  peace  and  order,  Mayor  to  provide  for. 

Prison,  city,  Council  to  provide  for v 

Prisoners,  city,  Council  to  provide  for  caring  for 

Proceedings, 

Council  of,  Clerk  to  record 

Legal, 

Attorney  to  act  for  city  in 

Mayor  to  cause  to  be  instituted  or  defended 

Municipal  court,  in 

Special  assessments,  in  suit  to  recover  on 


.24 

.15 

.14 

.13 

.23 

. 9 
. 8 
. 8 
. 8 
. 9 
. 9 
..  9 
..  9 
..  8 
..  8 
2 
9 

..  9 
..  9 
..  9 
..  9 
..  9 
..  8 
..  9 
..  8 

..  9 
...  3 
...  3 
...  9 

...  9 
...  1 
...23 
...23 
...20 
...34 


. 2 
. 3 
.13 
.30 
.30 

T 

.23 

.23 


, 5 

. 6 
. 3 
.30 
.19 


368  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

Procedure, 

And  trial  in  attachment  suits 5 

Rules  of,  Council  may  adopt 12 

When  approval  of  Mayor  withheld 3 

Process, 

Issuance  for  municipal  court 31 

Municipal  court,  of,  Chief  of  Police  to  execute 9 

Profane  language,  Council  to  prevent  and  punish 25 

Professions,  Council  to  license  and  regulate 21 

Prohibit,  Council  to,  specified  business 21 

Property, 

City  vested  with 2 

Condemning  for  public  uses 2 

Council  to  manage 26 

Personal,  of  city,  recovery  in  municipal  court 30 

Purchasing  and  receiving  by  city 2 

Redemption  of,  sold  for  taxes 32 

Selling  and  conveying  by  city 2-14 

Taxes,  how  sold  for 32 

Prosecute,  attorney  to... 6 

Prostitutes,  Council  to  restrain  and  punish 25 

Pro-tempore,  Mayor,  see  “Mayor  pro-tempore.” 

Provisions  of  charter, 

Attorney  to  prosecute  offenses  against 6 

Mayor  to  see  that  enforced 3 

Public  act,  charter  to  be 36 

Publication, 

Ordinance  of  13 

Resolution  on  bonds  and  franchises,  of 35 

Public  buildings, 

Secretary  of  Board  of  Health  to  visit 29 

Special  assessments  on 14 

Publicity,  Council  to  provide  funds  for 26 

Public  funds,  Mayor  to  supervise  handling  of 3 

Public  Officers,  Mayor  to  have  supervision  over 3 

Public  peace,  Mayor  to  preserve 3 

Public,  sessions  of  Council  to  be 12 

Public  uses,  city  may  determine  and  declare  what  are 2 

Public  utility, 

Power  of  city  to  acquire 35 

Votes  of,  Council  to  fix 25 

Purchase  property,  city  may 2 

0 

Qualification  of  officers 33 

Qualification  of  members,  Council  to  judge  of 13 

Quarantine  measures,  Board  of  Health  to  adopt 28 

Board  of  Health,  of 28 

Council,  of  12 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


R 


Railroads, 

Pave,  Council  to  require  to.. - - 

Sprinkle,  Council  to  require  to 

Railways,  street,  power  of  city  to  acquire 

Rates,  of  public  utilities,  Council  to  fix 

Receipts,  treasurer  to  give - 

Receive  property  and  bequests,  city  may...-- — - 

Recognizances,  forfeited,  municipal  court  jurisdiction 

Record, 

Auditor  to  keep 

Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  keep — 

Records, 

Certified  copies  of, 

Clerk  to  make 

Engineer  to  furnish.. 

Clerk  to  have  care  and  custody  of- 

Council  to  examine — - 

Engineer  to  keep ~— 

Inspection  of,  by  Mayor 

Of  engineer,  property  of  city'" — - 

Recording  of  assessment  roll - 

Redemption  of  property  sold  for  taxes - - 

Referendum  of  ordinances - : — 

Registration,  supplemental.  Council  to  provide  for 

Regulation,  by  Council,  of 

Business,  lawful,  specified — 

Callings,  lawful,  specified — 

Industries,  lawful,  specified - 

Occupations,  lawful  specified 

Professions,  lawful,  specified 

Trades,  lawful,  specified - 

Regulations, 

Board  of  Health  of,  Council  to  provide  for  enforcing 

Fire  department,  concerning,  Chief  to  enforce ■ 

Health,  concerning,  Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  enforce 

Mayor  to  see  that  enforced 

Streets,  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce 

Rejected  claim,  action  on,  when  commenced 

Removal,  appointive  officer,  confirmation  on 

Report, 

Clerk  to  make  to  Council  on  Claims 

Engineer  to  make  to  Council 

Fire  Chief  to  make  to  Council 

Secretary  Board  of  Health, 

Annual,  to  make 

School  authorities,  to  make  to 

Reservoirs,  Council  to  provide  for  cleaning 

Resident  of  city, 

Attorney  to  be — 

Board  of  Health  member  to  be 

Clerk  to  be - 

Councilman  to  be 


370 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Resident  of  city  (continued) — 

Engineer  to  be .10 

Mayor  to  be 3 

Police,  Chief  of,  to  be 8 

Police  Judge  to  be 29 

Resident  of  ward,  Councilman  to  be 12 

Resolutions, 

Attorney  to  draw 6 

Bonds  and  franchises,  for  issuance  of . 35 

Changes  in  assessment  roll  by 20 

Clerk  to  record  in  journal. . 5 

Council  to  pass 13 

Money,  requiring  payment,  of  Mayor  to  approve 4 

Salary, 

Increasing  by,  invalid  when 36 

Persons  not  regularly  employed,  of,  fixed  by . 32 

When  in  effect  without  Mayor's  approval 4 

• Returns,  election, 

Canvass  of  34 

Clerk,  filed  with 34 

Revenue  and  taxation.. v 31 

Taxes, 

General  road  fund,  for,  apportioned 32 

Levied  by  Council,  how , 32 

Lien  for  unpaid,  how  enforced 32 

Ordinances,  Council  to  pass  for  collection  of 32 

Powers  of  officers  over,  prescribed  by  ordinance 32 

Property,  how  sold  for 32 

Redemption  of  property  sold  for 32 

Treasurer,  to  be  paid  to 32 

Review  of  Assessment  roll 17 

Riots, 

Council  to  restrain • 22 

Mayor  to  take  measures  for  suppression  of 3 

River,  Council  to  provide  for  cleaning 25 

Road  fund,  general  apportionment  of  by  county 32 

Rubbish,  Council  to  regulate 24 

Rules, 

Appeal  from,  Council  to  have  of  Mayor _ . 4 

Attorney  to  draw ., 6 

Clerk  to  record  in  journal 5 

Council  of,  Mayor  to  enforce 3 

Fire  department,  concerning,  Chief  to  enforce 9 

Mayor  to  see  that  enforced 3 

Procedure  of,  Council  may  adopt 12 

Streets,  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce 11 

s 

Salaries, 

Claim  for,  filed  with  Clerk 32 

Increasing  and  decreasing 36 

Officers  of,  how  regulated 32 

Salary, 

Assistant  fire  chief,  of 10 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


371 


Salary  (continued) — 

Attorney,  of  - 

Auditor,  of  - 

Board  of  Health,  members  to  serve  without 

Clerk,  of  * 

Councilmen,  of  - -- 

Engineer  and  Superintendent  of  Streets,  of 

Fire  chief,  of - 

Firemen,  of  

Mayor,  of  

Not  to  be  decreased - 

When  apportioned  to  Mayor  pro-tempore 

Police,  Chief  of 

Police  Judge,  of 

When  apportioned  to  Justice  of  Peace 

Policemen,  of  ---  --- — 

Secretary  Board  of  Health,  how  fixed  and  changed. . 

Treasurer,  of  

Sale  of  property,  Council  to  have  appraisal — 

Saloons,  Council  to  limit  number  of. 

Sanitation,  Board  of  Health  to  Control - 

School, 

Authorities,  Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  report  to.. 

Buildings,  Secretary  Board  of  Health  to  visit 

Certificate  for  admission  to,  when  required ■ 

Seal, 

Common,  city  to  have,  use  and  alter 

Corporate,  Clerk  to  have  care  and  custody  of 

Engineer  to  be  provided  with 

Secretary  of  Board  of  Health,  see  “Health  Department,” 

Sell  property,  city  may - 

Settlements,  of  city  Treasurer  with  city,  when 

Sewage  disposal  plant,  provided  for 

Sewers,  Council  to  regulate - 

Sheriff  of  county,  when  may  call  upon — 

Shrubbery,  Council  to  prohibit  injury  to  

Sidewalks, 

Complaints  concerning,  Engineer  to  investigate 

Laws  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce 

Ordinances  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce 

Regulations  concerning  Engineer  to  enforce 

Rules  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce 

Power  of  Council  over : 

Work  on,  Engineer  to  approve,  reject,  or  modify 

Small  pox  hospital,  removal  to,  when - 

Special  assessments, 

Assessment  roll  for, 

Assessor  to  make  out 

Auditor,  recorded  by. 

Certificate  of  assessor  on 

Confirmation  of,  vote  on 

Corrections  on,  when  made 

Evidence,  to  be  prima  facie 

Filing  of,  with  Clerk 

Levy  of,  by  assessor 


. 6 
. 7 
.28 
. 6 
.12 
.11 
.10 
.10 
. 4 
.36 
. 4 
. 9 
.31 
.31 
..  9 
.29 
..  8 
..26 
.22 
..28 


.29 

.29 

.29 


2 
. 5 
.10 

. 2 
. 8 
.14 
.24 
. 3 
.26 


.11 

.11 

.11 

.11 

.11 

.14 

.11 

.29 


16 

18 

17 

18 
.18 
.18 
.18 
.17 


372  INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 

Special  assessments — Assessment  roll  for  (continued) — 

Notice  of  filing  of 18 

Objections  on,  hearing  of 18 

Review  of  .. ’ 18 

What  to  contain . 17 

Clerk  to  collect,  when 5 

Collection  of,  prescribed  by  ordinance 5 

Compensation  by,  for  building  pulled  down 9 

Contract  for  work,  when  made 16 

Cost  of,  how  computed 16 

Estimates  of  expense 15 

Failure  to  pay,  Clerk  to  report  to  Council _ 5 

Liens  for, 

Delinquent,  money  paid  to  attorney 6 

Filing  for  record  by  attorney 6 

Foreclosure  of,  by  attorney 6 

Verification  of,  by  attorney _. 6 

Limit  on  16 

Notice  for  public  examination  of 15 

Ordinance, 

Directing  assessor  to  make 16 

Intention,  of  15 

Plats  and  diagrams  of _ 15 

Power  of  Council  to  levy 14 

Public  buildings  and  property  on 14 

Treasurer  to  collect,  how 7 

Vote  on,  two-thirds  required,  when 16 

Work  done  by  officers  of  city,  for 16 

Special  election, 

Bonds  and  franchises,  on 35 

Challenge,  at  "36 

Special  meetings,  of  Council 12 

Statement  of  business  in  municipal  court,  to  be  made 31 

State  of  Nevada,  laws  of, 

Applicable  to  treasurer,  when 7 

Elections,  to  govern 33 

Statistics,  mortality,  Board  of  Health  to  secure • 28 

Steam  boilers,  council  to  regulate 23 

Street  railways,  power  of  city  to  acquire 34 

Streets, 

Appliances  on,  council  to  regulate 24 

Complaints  concerning,  Engineer  to  investigate 11 

Laws  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce 11 

Ordinances  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce ]. 11 

Power  of  council  over 

Regulations  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce 11 

Rules  concerning,  Engineer  to  enforce : H 

Superintendent  of,  see  “Engineer.” 

Work  on,  Engineer  to  approve,  reject,  or  modify.. 11 

Street  walkers,  Council  to  restrain  and  punish ; 25 

Style  and  name  of  “City  of  Reno” 1 

Subject  matter,  of  ordinance 13 

Subpoena,  Council  to  punish  disobedience  of - 13 

Succession,  perpetual,  city  to  have 1 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER.  373 


Sue  and  be  sued,  city  to 1 

Suits, 

Attachment,  Council  may  institute 5 

Council  to  institute  and  maintain — 26 

Special  assessments,  to  recover  on 19 

Summary  trial  in  municipal  court 30 

Summons,  to  be  served  on  Mayor,  when 33 

Superintendent  of  Streets,  see  “Engineer.” 

Supervision,  by  Mayor,  of  city  affairs 3 

Supplemental  registration,  Council  to  provide  for 23-33 

Suppress,  Council  to,  'specified  business 20 

Suppression. 

Disturbances,  of,  Mayor  to  provide  for 3 

Riots,  of,  Mayor  to  provide  for 3 

Tumults,  of,  Mayor  to  provide  for 3 

Suspension,  appointive  officer  of,  by  Mayor 3 

T 

Taxation,  see  “Revenue  and  Taxation.” 

Tax, 

Collection  of  in  municipal  court , ,-30 

Council  to  levy 14 

Dogs,  on  22 

Payer, 

Attorney  to  be : 6 

Clerk  to  be 5 

Councilman  to  be 11 

Defined  36 

Mayor  to  be 3 

Police,  Chief  of,  to  be 8 

Voter  to  be,  when 35 

Taxes,  to  be  paid  over  to  Treasurer , 7 

Tax  receiver  and  treasurer,  see  “Treasurer.” 

Tenement  houses,  Council  to  regulate 25 

Term  of  office, 

Attorney,  of  6 

Board  of  Health,  members  of 28 

Clerk,  of  5 

Councilmen,  of  - 12 

Mayor,  of  3 

Police  Judge,  of 30 

Title,  of  ordinance 13 

T rades. 

Council  to  license  and  regulate 21 

Noxious,  Council  to  abate 25 

Traffic,  Council  to  regulate 22 

Transit  permits,  Council  to  provide  for 23 

Trash,  Council  to  regulate 24 

Treasurer, 

Account,  to  keep 8 

Assessment  roll,  to  place  special  assessments  on 7 

Auditor  to  draw  warrants  on 8 

Banks  to  deposit  in,  Council  may  designate 8 


374 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


Treasurer  (continued) — 

Bond  to  execute 8 

Bonded  indebtedness,  municipal,  to  pay 8 

Claims,  duly  allowed,  to  pay - 8 

Clerk, 

Bond  of,  to  be  filed  with 5 

May  examine  books  of 8 

Council,  members  of,  may  examine  books  of 8 

Fines,  to  be  paid  over  to - 8 

Forfeitures,  to  be  paid  over  to 8 

Funds,  receipts  to  be  paid  into — 8 

Further  duties  may  be  required 8 

Mayor  may  examine  books  of - — 8 

Moneys, 

Clerk  to  pay  over  to 5 

Collected,  to  be  paid  over  to 8 

Of  city,  to  keep..— 7 

Officer  of  city - 

Ordinance,  further  duties  may  be  prescribed  by 8 

Receipts,  to  give - 8 

Reno  bond  redemption  fund,  money  to  place  in 8 

Reno  general  fund,  money  to  place  in 8 

Salary  of  : -----  8 

Settlements  with  city,  when  to  take  place 8 

Special  assessments,  to  collect,  how 7 

State  of  Nevada,  laws  of,  applicable  to,  when 7 

Taxes,  to  be  paid  over  to 7-32 

Tax  receiver,  city,  to  be - 7 

Voucher  of,  cancelled  warrants  to  be 8 

Warrants, 

Clerk  to  certify  and  countersign 5 

Pay  out  on,  to - 3 

Procedure  in  paying S 

Washoe  County  of,  to  be  ex-officio  city 2-7 

Treasury,  city,  Mayor  to  count  cash  in 3 

Trees,  Council  to  prohibit  injury  to 26 

Trial  and  procedure  in  attachment  suits 5 

Trial,  in  municipal  court 30 

Trust,  city  may  receive  property  in.r 2 

Tumults,  Mayor  to  suppress ' 3 

u 

Undertakers,  Board  of  Health  to  regulate 28 

Uses,  public,  city  may  determine  and  declare  what  are 2 

v 

Vacancy 

Mayor,  in  office  of,  Mayor  pro-tempore  to  act 4 

Councilmen,  in  office  of,  how  filled 12 

Office  in,  how  filled 34 

Vagrants,  Council  to  restrain  and  punish 25 

Value,  as  determining  jurisdiction  in  municipal  court 30 

Vehicles  used  for  hire,  licensing  and  regulating 22 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER. 


375 


Vet°, 

Passage  over  by  Council 4 

Mayor  of,  when  may  exercise 4 

Vote, 

Assessment  roll,  on  confirmation  of 18 

Casting,  Mayor  to  have,  when 4 

Confirmation  of  appointment,  for 4 

Confirmation  of  removal,  for - 4 

Council,  of,  to  pass  over  veto 4 

Persons  having  right  to * - 33 

Restriction  on  Mayor  to,  not  to  apply  to  Mayor  pro-tempore 4 

Special  assessment  for,  two-thirds  required,  when 16 

Special  election,  in 35 

w 

Wards, 

Established  and  defined 2 

Boundaries,  of,  Council  to  change - 26 

Warrants, 

Auditor, 

Draw  for  claims  allowed,  to • 

Sign,  to  1 

Treasurer,  to  draw  on ' 

Cancelled,  to  be  vouchers  of  Treasurer 8 

Claims,  for, 

Clerk  to  certify  and  countersign 5 

Mayor  to  countersign.... 5 

Issuance  of  from  municipal  court... 

Procedure  of  treasurer  in  paying - - 8 

Washoe  County 

Assessor  of,  to  be  ex-officio  city 2- 

Auditor  of,  to  be  ex-officio  city 2- 

City  of  Reno,  boundaries  in 

Sheriff  of,  when  Mayor  may  call  upon 

Treasurer  of,  to  be  ex-officio  city 2- 

Water  system,  power  of  city  to  acauire 34 

Weapons,  concealed,  Council  to  prevent  carrying 25 

Weights,  Council  to  regulate - 24 

Welfare,  general,  Council  to  provide  for 25 

Wires  and  poles,  Council  to  regulate : 25 

Witnesses,  Council  to  compel  attendance  of , — 13 

Work  done  by  city  officers,  special  assessment  for 16 

Writs,  issuance  from  municipal  court 31 


Y 

Yeas  and  nays,  of  Council,  when  taken 


12 


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FART  VI 

Index  to  General  Ordinances 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


379 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES 

A 


Adveritsement,  tearing  down  or  defacting 

Advertisements,  distribution  of,  regulating 

Air  brakes,  street  cars  to  be  equipped  with..... 

Alarm,  false,  turning  in  to  fire  department - 

Alley — 

Flooding  of  

Obstruction  of  

Animals — 

Breeding  purposes,  keeping  for 

Cruelty  to  

Dead,  removal  of - 

Herds  of,  on  what  streets  to  be  driven 

Standing  and  hitching  of 

Apartment  houses  : 

Apparatus,  of  fire  department,  interference  with  

Assemblages,  unlawful,  dispersal  of  

Assemblages,  open  air - 

Assemblages  prohibited,  without  permit 

Assistant  to  city  clerk,  providing  for 

B 

Barb  wire  fence,  erecting - 

Baseball,  interrupting  use  of  streets  by - 

Base,  of  reference  for  elevations 

Bathing  in  river,  etc 

Beggars  - - - 

Benches  on  streets  and  sidewalks - 

Benzine — See  “Gasoline/’ 

Bill,  tearing  down  or  defacing 

Billboards — See  “Buildings.” 

Billiard  halls,  regulating 

Bills,  hand,  regulating  distribution  of 

Board  of  Health — See  “Health.” 

Boilers,  steam — See  “Buildings.” 

Bootblack  stand,  not  to  obstruct - - 

Brakes,  street  cars  to  be  equipped  with 

Bridges,  ditches,  flume,  and  canal  companies  to  provide 

Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing - - 

Access  at  sidewalks  to  water,  gas,  and  electric  services 

Alley,  defined  - 

Allowed  stresses  in  construction  

Alteration,  defined  -- 

Anchoring  columns  - 

Apartment  house,  defined 

Appendages — 

Defined  - 

General  provisions 


..46 

..65 

..59 

..55 

..43 
. .54 

...44 
...48 
...44 
...44 
...43 
.131 
. 55 
. 47 
...58 
.241 
...82 


.45 

.44 

.63 

.45 

.49 

.44 


.46 


148 

..65 


...43 

...59 

...80 

.156 

.230 

.*161 

.167 

.161 

.177 

.161 


.161 

.229 


380 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing  (continued) — 

Application  for  permit,  contents 

Arches,  construction  of 

Area,  general  limitations  on 

Areas,  general  

Area  walls  for  hydrant  protection 

Ashlar  facing,  construction  of 

Assistant  inspector  of  buildings,  office  created 

Attic,  defined  : 

Awnings  

Balconies  

Barricades  to  be  erected  during  construction 

Basement,  defined  

Bases  for  columns 

Bay  windows — 

Defined  

General  provisions  

Belts  

Bill  boards  

Boilers,  steam  ’ 

Bond,  on  occupying  street  with  materials 

Brick — 

Masonry  in  construction  

Piers,  construction  of _ 

Used  in  construction 

Bridging  of  sidewalk 

Building,  defined  

Buildings,  classification  of 1 

Class  A 

Class  B ZZZZZ 

Class  C 

Frame  or  wooden 

Mill  construction  

Cast  iron — 

Columns,  construction  

Construction,  used  in 

Bases,  construction  

Cast  steel  used  in  construction 

Cellar,  defined  

Cement  and  lime  mortars  used  in  construction 

Cement  mortar  used  in  construction 

Chases  in  walls 

Chimneys  and  flues 

Cleaning  of  ♦ 

Height  of  

Of  cupolas  

Patent  

Class  A Buildings,  special  provisions  for 

' Beams  in 

Bracing,  wind,  in  ; 

Brick  arch  floors  in 

Brick  walls  in 

Ceilings  in  

Columns  in  

Cornices  on  

Covering,  floor  


158 

171 

167 

230 

.....177 

169 

156 

161 

230 

230 

231 

161 

177 

....161 

....229 

.„..229 

232 

222 

159 


.169 

.169 

.167 

.160 

.161 

.166 

.166 

166 

166 

166 

.166 


.174 

.173 

.173 

.172 

.161 

.168 

.168 

.170 

.216 

.220 

.220 

.220 

.218 

.178 

.178 

.179 

.180 

.179 

.181 

.178 

179 

181 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


381 


Building,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing — Class  A Buildings,  special 
provisions  for  (continued) — 

Defined  - 

Distances,  limiting 

Elevators  in...... 

Fire  proofing  in 

Fire  walls  in 

Floor  construction  in 

Brick  arch 

Covering  for  

Reinforced  concrete  - 

Special  

Terra  cotta  - 

Frame,  steel,  in 

Fronts,  metal,  on 

Girders  in  

Height  of  - ; 

Limiting  distances - — 

Metal  fronts  on — 

Partitions  in - — — 

Reinforced  brick  walls  in..„ - - ■ 

Reinforced  concrete  walls  in... . -■ 

Reinforced  concrete  floors  ki - 

Roof  construction  in 

Roof  trusses  in 

Special  floors  in 

Steel  frame  in...* - 

Sky  lights  in - ~ — 

Terra  cotta  floors  in - 

Tie  rods  in * 

Trusses,  roof,  in 

Walls  in  

Brick  - - 

Fire  - 

Reinforced  brick 

Reinforced  concrete - - t 

Where  may  be  built * — 

Wind  bracing  in - 

Class  B Buildings,  special  provisions  for^. — 

Allowable  stresses  of  materials  in - 

Bracing,  wind  in 

Ceilings  in  

Columns,  design  of,  in.... - 

Concrete,  quality  and  mixture  in 

Conduits  in  - 

Construction,  reinforced  concrete  in 

Defined  - - 

Design  in  general  of - 

Elevators  in 

Floor  and  roof  slabs  in 

Floors  in  - - 

Frame  of  1 

Height  of - - - 

Masonry  walls  in 

Materials  in 

Partitions  in 

Pipes,  service,  in 

Reinforced  concrete,  construction  in 


.166 

.179 

.213 

.181 

.179 

.180 

.180 

.181 

.180 

.181 

.180 

.178 

.179 

.178 

.166 

.179 

.179 

.181 

.180 

.180 

.180 

.180 

.179 

.181 

..178 

..205 

..180 

..179 

..179 

..179 

.179 

..179 

..180 

..180 

..166 

..179 

..182 

..182 

..185 

..186 

..185 

..182 

..186 

..186 

..166 

..183 

..213 

..184 

..182 

..182 

..166 

..182 

..182 

..186 

..186 

..186 


382 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing — Class  B buildings,  special 
provisions  for  (continued) — 

Reinforced  concrete,  walls  in 185 

Reinforcement  in 184 

Roof  and  door  slabs  in 184 

Roof  on ...182 

Roof  trusses  in 182 

Service  pipes  in 186 

Sky  lights  in  215 

Sgy  lights  in 182 

Stresses,  allowable,  for  material  in 182 

Tests  of  materials  in 182 

Trusses,  roof,  in 182 

Walls  in 185 

Masonry  182 

Where  may  be  built 166 

Class  C Buildings,  special  provisions  for 186 

Air  shafts  in * 191 

Anchors  and  ties  in 188 

Attic  partitions  in ; 187 

Bond  iron  in 191 

Ceilings  in 189 

Columns,  timber,  in  187 

Courts,  interior,  in 191 

Curtain  walls  in 190 

Defined  166 

Elevators  in  213 

Fire  proofing  in : 191 

Floors  in  189 

Frame  in  187 

Framing,  inside,  in 187 

Height  of  166 

Inside  framing  in 187 

Interior  courts  in 191 

Iron,  bond,  in ..191 

Light  shafts  in 191 

Mansard  roofs  on.... 189 

Materials  in 186 

Metal  frame  in 187 

Partitions  in 187-189 

Roofs  on 189 

Roof  trusses  in 187 

Shafts  in *_ 191 

Stud  partitions  in . 187 

Ties  and  anchors  in 188 

Timber  columns  in 187 

Timber  details  in 187 

Trusses  in 187 

Vent  shafts  in W 

Walls  in 189 

Curtain  190 

Where  may  be  built 166 

Columns — 

Anchoring  : 177 

Bases  for 177 

Defined  161 

Concrete  used  in  construction 168 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


383 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing  (continued) — 

Construction,  inspector  stop,  when 

Constructions,  general  provisions  for 

Cornices  

Court,  defined 

Cupolas,  chimneys  of 

Curtain,  wall,  defined v 

Damage,  non-liability  of  city  for 

Dangerous  buildings,  removal  or  repair  of 

Definition  of  terms  of  ordinance 

Demolition  of  buildings 

Department  stores,  construction  of 

Division  wall,  defined 

Drying  rooms ----- - 

Duties  of  inspector  of  buildings - 

Dwelling,  defined 

Electric  heating  appliances -- 

Elevators  , - 

Elevator  service  

Engineers'  stationary  ladders 

Exhibition  buildings 

Exits  to  fire  escapes 

Fees  for  permits 

Fences,  height  of 

Filler  wall,  defined-.......- - 

Fire  appliances,  auxiliary 

Fire  doors 

Fire  escapes 

Exits  to 

Fire  limits — 

Buildings  permitted  in.— 

Defined  

Fire  places  

Patent  

Fire  proof,  defined - - 

Fire  shutters  

Fire  wall. 

Construction  of 

Defined  

Flats,  defined 

Floor  lights 

Floors  in  yards,  etc 

Floors,  temporary 

Flues  and  chimneys ----- 

Flues  in  walls 

Flues,  smoke,  in  partitions 

Footings,  defined 

Foundations — 

And  loads  on  soils 

Brick  work  on 

Combined  

Defined  

Plain  concrete,  of 

Reinforced  concrete,  of 

Shape  of 

Special  forms  of 

Steel  grillage,  of 

Stone,  ;of 


234 

167 

229 

161 

220 

161 

159 

157 

161 

160 

167 

161 

224 

156 

161 

220 

212 

229 

231 

209 

226 

159 

232 

162 

229 

211 

224 

226 

157 

157-162 

218 

219 

162 

212 

170 

165 

162 

230 

231 

231 

216 

170 

219 

162 

176 

176 

177 

162 

176 

177 

177 

177 

177 

176 


384 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing  (continued) — 

Frame  Buildings,  special  provisions  for — 

Bay  windows  in 194 

Bearing  partitions,  studding  for 193 

Bridging  in —.—194 

Construction  of— 192 

Defined  1.162 

Dividing  partitions  in 193 

Elevators  in’ 213 

Exterior  walls,  studding  for 193 

Factories  not  over  two  stories .....194 

Factories  over  two  stories 194 

Foundation  walls  in 193 

Framing  in  193 

Furring  in  1 194 

Height  of  —166 

Partitions,  bearing,  studding  for 1 193 

Skylights  in  215 

Studding  in  193 

Walls  in  193 

Exterior,  studding  for 193 

Foundation,  thickness  of 193 

Where  may  be  built 166 

Furnaces  221 

Garage — 

Defined  162 

Private  162 

Public  162 

Gas  grates  220 

Gas  logs  220 

Gas  heated  appliances 220 

Girder,  defined  162 

Grade,  defined 162 

Gravel  used  in  construction 167 

Gutters  229 

Halls— 

Common  162 

Construction  of  167 

Defined  162 

Existing,  to  comply  with  ordinance 195 

Stair  162 

Used  for  public  entertainment 195 

Heating  apparatus,  notice  as  to 224 

Heating  appliances,  gas  or  electric 220 

Height,  general  limitations  on .'. 166 

Hospital — 

Construction  of .....167 

Defined  ..... : 162 

Existing,  to  comply  with  ordinance 195 

Hot  air  boxes 223 

Hotels  and  lodging  houses 209 

Hydrant  protection,  area  walls  for 177 

Increasing  thickness,  of  walls 170 

Increasing  height  of  walls - _ 170 

Inspection  of  buildings 159 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES.  385 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing  (continued) — 

Inspector  of  buildings — 

Application  for  permit 158 

Assistant  to  156 

Construction,  to  stop  when 234 

Duties  of  156 

Office  created  - 156 

Right  to  enter  buildings.......... 234 

To  pass  on  buildings  not  provided  for 157 

Inspector,  city  enginee  ex-officio 156 

Issuance  of  permits 1 158 

Ladders  and  scuttle - 216 

Ladders,  engineer  stationary 231 

Lights,  floor  230 

Lime  mortar  used  in  construction 167 

Lintels — 

Construction  of  - - 171 

Defined  163 

Loads— 

And  foundations  on  soils 176 

Construction,  in 175 

Dead  : 163 

Defined  - 209 

Live  163 

Lodging  houses — See  “Hotels.” 

Lots,  defined  163 

Corner  163 

Interior  163 

Line  l 163 

Open  163 

Through  163 

Mansard  roof,  defined 163 

Manure,  storage  and  removal  of 210 

Masonry — 

Defined  163 

Unit  loads  on 176 

Materials  and  weights  in  loads 175 

Materials  in  construction 167 

Measurements,  defined.... ...163 

Meter  rooms 231 

Mill  construction,  special  provisions  for — 

Construction,  of  191 

Defined  166 

Elevators  in 192-213 

Floors  in  192 

Height  of  v 166 

Inside  framing  in 191 

Partitions  in  192 

Plastering  in  ' 192 

Roofs  on  192 

Stairways  in  192 

Where  may  be  built 166 

Mills,  power,  woodworking 209 

Minor  alteration,  defined ; 161 


386 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing  (continued) — 

Moving  picture  theaters,  etc.,  regulating 

Aisles  in 

Buildings  permitted  in ^ 

Existing,  to  comply  with  ordinance 

Exists  in  

Fire  extinguishers  in 

Frontage  on  street 

Machine  and  operating  room  appliancee 

Operating  room  in..... 

Seats  in  : 

Stand  pipe  in 

Neat  cement  used  in  construction 

Non-liability  of  city  for  damages 

Office  building,  defined........ 

Openings  in  sidewalks 

Paint — 

Protection  from  

Removal  of  from  buildings 

Parapet  wall — 

Construction  of  

Defined  

Partitions,  smoke  flues  in 

Passageway,  defined  

Patent  fireplaces 

Patent  chimneys 

Inside  dimensions  of 

Penalty  fof  violations - 

Pent  house,  defined  

Permits — 

Application  for,  contents 

Fees  for  

Issuance  of  -. 

Required  - 

Scaffold,  to  construct 

Streets,  occupy  with  materials,  to 

Piers,  defined  

Pipes,  steam  and  hot  water 

Porches  of  wood - 

Portland  cement  used  in  construction 

Posts,  defined  — 

..  Power  woodworking  mills 

Radiators,  portable,  steam  or  hot  water 

Ranges  and  stoves 

Recesses  in  walls - - 

Reduced  thickness  for  interior  walls 

Registers  

Reinforced  concrete  construction  defined 

Reinforced  concrete  used  in  construction 

Repairs,  defined  

Retaining  walls — 

Construction  of 

Defined  

Roof  covering  - 

Roof  signs  - 

Roofs,  temporary  staging  on 


182 

.203-207 

203 

195 

207 

203 

195 

203 

203 

203 

203 

168 

159 

163 

231 


.160 

.234 


.170 

.165 

.219 

.163 

.219 


.219 

.238 

.163 

.158 

.159 

.158 

.158 

.231 

.159 

.164 

.223 

.230 

.168 

.164 

.208 

.221 

.222 

.170 

.170 

.223 

.164 

.170 

.164 


.177 

.165 

.215 

.232 

.233 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


387 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing  (continued) — 

Sand  used  in  construction 167 

Sanitarium — 

Construction  of  - 195 

Defined  - 164 

Existing,  to  comply  with  ordinance 1 195 

Scaffolds — 

Construction  and  permit 231 

Safety  of  232 

Schools — 

Construction  of 177 

Existing,  to  comply  with  ordinance - 195 

Scuttle  and  ladders 216 

Shades  230 

Shaft,  defined  164 

Shed,  defined  164 

Shutters,  fire  - 212 

Sidewalks — 

Access  at  to  water,  gas,  and  electric  services 230 

Bridging  of  : . 160 

Construction  of ~~ 178 

Elevators  under  214 

Openings  in.  -. 231 

Sign  boards  232 

Signs  233 

Skeleton  building,  defined 164 

Skylights  ... 233 

Smoke  flues  in  partitions 219 

Smoke  houses  209 

Smoke  pipes,  not  permitted 219 

Smoke  stacks  219 

Soils,  loads  and  foundations  on 176 

Special  Provisions,  places  of  amusement 203 

Stables — 

Construction  of  167 

Regulations  210 

Staging  on  roofs,  temporary , 236 

Stairs  214 

Sandard  fire  door,  construction  of 211 

Standard  fire  shutters 212 

Stand  pipes  - 236 

Stationary  ladders,  engineers 231 

Steel  columns,  construction 173 

Steel  plate  girders  used  in  construction 173 

Steel  used  in  construction 172 

Steel  supports,  walls  upon 170 

Store,  builcjing  defined 164 

Story,  defined  164 

Stoves  and  ranges 224 

Streets — 

Mixing  mortar,  etc.,  on 160 

Occupying  with  material,  permit 159 

Stresses,  allowed  in  construction 167 

Table  of  allowed  unit  stresses  in  timber 171 

Tanks  on  buildings 228 


388 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing  (continued) — 

Temporary  floors  231 

Temporary  staging  on  roofs 233 

Tenement  houses,  regulating 234 

Area  of  lot  occupied 234 

Ceilings  in  , 238 

Cellar  ceilings  to  be  plastered  238 

Courts  in  connection  with 235 

Defined  - 164 

Fire  escapes  on . 237 

Furred  walls  in * 238 

Height  of  234 

Rear  yards  234 

Rooms,  height  and  size  of 237 

Stairs  and  hallways 236 

Stud  partitions  in 238 

Water  closets  in — 237 

Windows  in  237 

Windows  in  hallways - 237 

Terra  cotta,  defined 164 

Theatres — 

Aisles  in  197 

Apartments  in  197 

Automatic  sprinklers  in  201 

Balconies  in  196 

Ceilings  in  198 

Coils  in  202 

Construction  of  167 

Corridors  in  197 

Courts  in 196 

Defined  165 

Diagram  on  program  202 

Dressing  rooms  in  1 200 

Existing,  to  comply  with  ordinance  195 

Exits — 

Courts,  into  196 

Lights  at  201 

Ordinary,  in  197 

Fire  alarms  in  202 

Fire  department  detail  203 

Fire  department  to  control  fire  apparatus  203 

Fly  galleries  200 

Foyers  in  197 

Frontage  of  195 

Gallery  fronts  in  198 

Heating  appliances  in  202 

Hose  in  200 

Inside  stairways  in  * 198 

Interior  walls  in  199 

Lights  in  201 

Lobbies  in  197 

Offices  in  197 

Partitions  in  198 

Passages  in  198 

Permit  to  use  building  for  195 

Pipes  in  202 

Property  rooms  in  202 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES.  389 


Buildings,  erecting,  altering  and  repairing — Theaters  (continued) — 

Proscenium  wall  in  199 

Radiators  in  - 202 

Restrictions  on  use  of  building  202 

Right  of  entry  by  authorities  : 203 

Rooms  for  use  of  audience  in ....197 

Seats  in  197 

Stairways  in  198 

Stage  floors  in  200 

Stand  pipes  in  200 

Steam  boiler  in  202 

Storage  room  in  202 

Stores  in  197 

Ventilation  on  the  stage  201 

Walls  in  199 

Windows  in  201 

Work  shop  in  .... , 202 

Thickness  of  walls,  defined  - 165 

Timber  used  in  construction  171 

Allowed  unit  stresses  in 171 

Unit  loads  on  masonry  176 

Unit  stresses — 

Steel  in  172 

Timber,  in  171 

Unoccupied  buildings,  to  be  secured 157 

Unsafe  buildings,  removal  or  repair  of  157 

Use,  general  limitations  as  to  167 

Veneer,  defined  165 

Violations,  penalty  for  238 

Walls— 

And  piers,  construction  of  169 

Area,  for  hydrant  protection  177 

Built  of  concrete  without  reinforcement  170 

Chases  in  170 

Defined  165 

Fire,  construction  170 

Flues,  in  170 

Increased  thickness  of  for  buildings  of  great  depth  170 

Increasing  height  of  170 

Parapet,  construction  170 

Recesses  in  . 170 

Reduced  thickness  for  interior  170 

Reinforced  concrete  170 

Retaining  177 

Steel  supports,  upon  170 

Warehouse,  defined  165 

Weights  and  materials  in  loads  175 

Windows,  bay  .....229 

Wooden  buildings,  defined — See  “Frame  Buildings.” 

Woodworking  mills,  power  209 

Wrought  iron  used  in  construction  172 

Yard,  defined  165 

Yards,  floors  in  231 

Buildings,  removal  of,  electric  wires  cut  for  40 

Bull,  keeping  for  breeding  purposes 44 

Burial  and  transit  permits  98 

Business — (See  Licenses). 


390 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


c 

Canal  companies,  to  bridge  — 80 

Carpet  cleaning  239 

Cars,  moving,  jumping  on  or  off  C. 45 

Cattle,  herds  of,  on  what  streets  to  be  driven 44 

Chairs,  on  streets  or  sidewalks  . 44 

Children — 

Excluded  from  public  gatherings,  when  98 

Loitering  about  streets  at  night  66 

Circulars,  distribution  of,  regulating 64 

City  Clerk,  assistant  to,  providing  for  82 

City  Electrician,  providing  for  — - 52 

City  Electrician,  Fire  Chief  ex-officio  1 52 

Combustible  materials,  accumulation  of  * 46 

Communicable  diseases — See  “Diseases.” 

Concealed  weapons,  carrying  48 

Conduct,  offensive  43 

Connecting  pipe  with  sewer,  regulating  39-40 

Connections  with  public  sewers,  how  made  39-40 

Construction,  flumes,  etc 53 

Courts,  obstruction  of  43 

Cream,  regulating — See  “Milk.” 

Cricket,  interrupting  use  of  street  by  44 

Crowd,  obstruction  by  44 

Cruelty  to  animals  48 

Curbing,  distance  to  be  set  in  certain  localities  110-116-147-271 

Curing  and  Canning — See  “Sanitary  Matters.” 

D 

Dairy — See  “Milk.” 

Destruction  of  property  48-57 

Diseases,  communicable — 

Children  excluded  from  public  gatherings  98 

Defined  , . 96 

Disinfection  of  premises  97 

Duty  of  school  authorities  96 

Exposure,  avoidance  of  96 

Funerals,  public  97 

Elouseholders  to  report  96 

Observation  of  quarantine  97 

Physicians  to  report  96 

Public  library  books  97 

Quarantine  and  isolation  97 

Removal  of  persons  97 

Disinfection  97 

Disorderly  persons  48 

Dispersal  of  unlawful  assemblage  47 

Disposal  of  rubbish  95 

Disturbing  the  peace  47 

Ditch  companies  to  bridge  80 

Ditches,  regulating  construction  and  operation  53 

Dodgers,  distribution  of,  regulating  64 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


391 


Dog- 

Unlawful  to  kill  71 

Dangerous,  not  to  run  at  large  71 

Female,  in  heat,  not  to  run  at  large  .. 71 

Muzzling  98-70 

Tax  70 

Drainage,  disposal  of  96 

Drainlaying — See  “Plumbing.” 

Drinking  stand,  not  to  obstruct  43 


E 


Electrical  appliances,  etc.,  regulating  115 

Amount  of  license  — — 115-116 

Bond,  to  be  furnished  115 

Buildings  and  structures,  inspection  of  116 

Certain  wires  on  single  pole  121 

Change  in  direction  of  high  potential  line  121 

Clerk,  fees  to  be  paid  to  118 

Coating  for  wires  119 

Construction  according  to  ordinance  115 

Copy  of  plans  filed  - 116 

Corrections  on  direction  of  city  electrician  ...116 

Cross  arms,  space  between  pins  :..120 

Damages,  ordinance  not  to  relieve  from  118 

Different  wires  on  cross  arm  121 

Direct  current  wires  118-119 

Electric  power  and  light  companies,  inspection  of  117 

Extra  inspection,  charge  for  118 

Fees  for  inspection  117 

High  potential  or  primary  wires  to  transformers  ~ 120 

Inspection  116 

Inspection,  may  be  requested  155 

Insulation  resistance,  report  on  121 

Master  electrician’s  license  115 

National  Electric  Code  adopted  122 

Plans,  how  prepared  122 

Poles,  changing  or  setting  121 

Penalty  156 

Revocation  of  license  116 

Strain  hangers  for  trolley  wires  120 

Street  car  rails  conducting  current  120 

Transformers,  where  not  to  be  placed  119 

Trolley  wires  120 

Two  high  potential  circuits  on  same  pole,  spacing  121 

Wires  and  cables,  regulating 119 

Wires  carrying  over  six  hundred  volts  120 

Wires  carrying  over  two  thousand  volts  120 

Wires  carrying  over  five  thousand  volts  121 

Wires  carrying  over  ten  thousand  volts  120 

Wires,  regulating  122 

Wooden  poles  122 

Electric  wires,  protection  of  , 41 

Cutting  or  injuring  41 

Removal  of  buildings,  when  cut  for  41 

Electric  Light  Company — See  “Licenses.” 

Electrician  and  meter  inspector,  city  52 


392 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Electrician  and  meter  inspector,  city  (continued) — 

Assistant,  may  appoint  

Bond  of  

Duties  of  •_ 

Salary  of  

Elevations,  base  or  plane  of  reference  for  

Employment  agencies  . 

Bond,  to  furnish  

License,  amount  of  

Engine,  moving,  jumping  on  or  off  

Entrance  to  cellar,  guard  rail  

Excavating  in  street  

Bond  

Expectoration  

Explosives,  storage  of  

Exposure — 

Indecent  or  obscene  

To  communicable  diseases  

F 

False  alarm,  turning  in  to  fire  department  

Fences,  height  of — See  “Buildings.” 

Fenders,  street  cars  to  be  equipped  with  

Fighting  

Fines,  recovery  of  in  certain  cases  

Firearms,  discharging  

FireChief,  notice  to  remove  trash  by  

Fire  Department — 

Apparatus  of,  interference  with  

Employees  of,  annual  lay-off  

False  alarm,  turning  in  to  

Fire  hydrant — 

Interfering  with  

Obstructing  

Standing  near  

Fire  limits — See  “Buildings.” 

Fires,  kindling  in  open  air  

Fire  works,  regulating  use  of  

Fixing  salaries  of  certain  employes 

Flooding  of  streets,  etc.  

Flume  companies,  to  bridge  

Flumes,  regulating  construction  and  operation 

hood  stuffs,  regulations  concerning  • 

Board  of  Health,  inspection  by  ’ 

Clean;  places  to  be  kept  

Curing  and  canning  

Decaying  foor  stuffs  

Employees  

Factories  

Garbage  receptacles  

Live  fowls  

Screening  

Street  stands  

Toilets  about  


. 52 

. 52 

. 52 

. 52 

. 63 

. 61 

. 61 

. 61 

. 45 

. 45 

.150 

.150 

. 99 

. 45 

. 45 

. 96 

. 55 

. 60 

. 47 

. 49 

. 44 

. 46 

. 55 

.252 

. 55 

. 55 

. 72 

.265 

. 46 

. 79 

.251 

. 54 

. 80 

. 53 

.100 

.102 

.100 

.101 

.102 

.101 

.103 

.102 

.102 

.101 

.101 

.101 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


393 


Food  stuffs,  regulations  concerning  (continued) — 

Transportation  of  102 

Tubercular  persons  102 

Unhealthy  food  stuffs  prohibited  entry  102 

Ventilation  103 

Water  supply,  about  101 

Football,  interrupting  use  of  street  by  44 

Funerals,  public,  prohibited  in  certain  cases  97 

G 

Game,  interrupting  use  of  street  by  44 

Gaming,  prohibiting  and  licensing  249 

Garbage — 

Regulations  concerning  56-102 

Throwing  on  premises  of  another  44 

Gasoline,  etc.,  storage  of  108 

Construction  of  storage  tanks  110 

Dry  cleaning  room  regulations  112-114 

Handling  in  connection  with  114 

Installation  of  tanks  in  connection  with  113 

Pipes  in  connection  with  113 

Pumps  in  connection  with  113 

Storage  in  connection  with  112 

Filler  pipes  ’ 112 

Garage  regulation  109 

Handling  110 

Installation  of  storage  tanks  Ill 

Permit  required  108 

Presentation  of  application  109 

Pumps  Ill 

Quantity  allowed  to  be  stored  110 

Storage,  method  110 

Vent  pipes  Ill 

Gatherings,  open  air  58-239 

Grades,  street,  establishing  . 63 

Grounds,  public,  obstruction  of  . 43 

Guard  rails,  etc.,  when  required  45 

H 

Halls — See  “Buildings. ” 

Hand  bills,  distribution  of,  regulating  64 

Hand  brakes,  street  cars  to  be  equipped  with  59 

Health,  Board  of — 

Claims  of,  allowed  99 

Garbage,  to  control  handling  of  73 

Inspection  to  food  stuffs  by  103 

Reference  to  f. 99 

Health  Officer — 

Duty  of  99 

Salary  of  94 

Hitching  and  standing  of  animals  43 

Highway,  filling  in  150 

Hospitals — See  “Buildings/’ 


394 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Hotels,  register  to  keep  155 

Hotels — See  “Buildings.” 

Householders  to  report  communicable  diseases  96 

Hydrant,  fire — 

Interference  with  55 

Obstructing  . 72 

Hydro-carbon  liquids — See  “Gasoline.” 


I 


Indecent  exposure  46 

Inflammable  materials,  accumulation  of  : 46 

Injury  to  trees  _ 57 

Interference  with  hydrant  55 

Interferring  with  officer  58 

Intoxicating  liquors — 

Applications  for  licenses  in  Ordinance  No.  190,  History  of  Ordinances 

Intoxication,  regulating  44 

Isolation  97 


J 


Jitney  buses,  licensing  and  regulating  

Altering  seating  capacity  

Application  and  contents  

Badges  : 

Bond  

Brakes  and  non-skidding  apparatus  

Firemen  to  ride  free  

Former  licenses  to  be  credited  

License,  amount  of  - 

License,  number  to  be  displayed  

License  to  be  secured  - 

Loading  at  right  handcurb  

Maintenance  of  bond  - 

Modifications  by  Council  

Passengers  on  running  boards  or  doors  

Policemen  to  ride  free  - — 

Presentation  of  application  and  bond  to  Council 

Provisions  of  ordinance  separable  

Purpose  of  ordinance  

Revocation  of  license  — 

Route,  to  operate  on  prescribed  

Seats,  to  be  lighted,  when  

Separate  offenses  

Signal  gong  required  

Sign  to  be  displayed 

Stop  before  crossing  railroad  tracks  - 

Tariff  of  fares,  to  operate  in  accordance  with  ... 

Terms  defined  

Top  down,  when  

Junk — See  “Second  hand  goods.” 


103 

106 

104 

105-106 

104 

107 

107 

107 

105 

106 

105 

106 

106 

106 

106 

107 

104 

108 

108 

107 

106 

106 

108 

107 

106 

107 

106 

104 

106 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES.  395 


K 

Kerosene — See  “Gasoline/’ 

L 

Language,  obsene  or  profane  45 

Lewdness  * 47 

Library  books,  public,  restrictions  on  issuing  97 

Licenses — 

Abstract  company,  on  , 137 

Abstracts  of  title  to  real  propety,  selling,  on  137 

Accident  insurance  companies,  agents  of,  on  143 

Apartment  houses  131 

Architects,  on  '. 131 

Assay  offices  or  shops,  on  131 

Assistant  Chief  of  Police,  to  enforce  124 

Astrology,  on  141 

Attorney,  city  to  procecute,  when 122 

Attorneys,  on  132 

Auctioneers,  on  140 

Auditor,  account  of,  to  keep 125 

Automobile  garage,  on  137 

Automobile  painters,  on  137 

Bakeries,  on  131 

Banks,  on  135 

Bar,  on  - 127 

Barber  shop,  on 137 

Bicycle  repair  shops,  on  131 

Billiard  table  keeper,  on  143 

Bill  poster,  on  143 

Blacksmithing,  on . 143 

Boarding  houses,  on  130 

Bond  fide  fraternal,  social,  or  commercial  clubs,  on  130-137 

Bootblack  stand,  on  137 

Brewery  company  ,on  137 

Brickyards,  on  137 

Brokers,  on  135 

Building  and  loan  asocssiations,  on  . 137 

Building  blocks,  on 131 

Butcher  establishment,  wholesale,  on  137 

Butcher  shop,  retail,  on  137 

Caravan,  on  — . 138 

Carnival,  on  139 

Carpeting  establishments,  on  131 

Carage  painting  establishments,  on 137 

Chemicals,  on  126 

Chief  of  police,  to  enforce  taking  out  of  126 

Chiropractic,  on  132 

Chiropodist,  on  132 

Chop  house,  on  130 

Circus,  on  - 138 

Clairvoyancy,  on  141 

Class  and  number  of  144 

Clerk,  City — 

Business  requiring,  to  ascertain  125 


396 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Licenses  (continued) — 

Enforce  taking  out  of,  to 

Oath,  to  examine  under  concerning  

Register  of,  to  keep  

Cloth-cleaning  establishments,  on 

l nothing,  on  

Coal  dealers,  on  

Cobble  shops,  on  

Cold  storage  plants,  on 

Collection  agency,  on  

Commercial  clubs,  on  

Concerts,  not  showing  moving  pictures,  on  

Concrete  blocks,  on  

Confectionery  and  ice  cream  stores,  on  

Contracting  mechanics  or  builders  on  

Creameries,  on  

Delicatessen  shops,  on  

Dentist,  on  

Doctor,  on  

Dogs,  on  

Draying,  on  

Drugs,  on  

Dying  establishments,  on  

Eating  housess  or  stands,  on  

Electrician,  master,  on  

Electric  Light  companies,  on  

Electric  railway  line,  on  

Employment  agencies,  on  

Entertainment,  not  showing  moving  pictures,  on 

Express  companies,  on  

Express  wagons,  on  

Fire  insurance  companies,  agents  of,  on  

Flour  mills,  on  

Form  of  

Fortune  telling,  on  

Foundries,  on  . 

Fraternal  clubs,  on  

Furniture,  on  - 

Games,  general,  on  

Games,  poker,  etc.,  

Garage,  automobile,  on  

Gas  companies,  on  

Goods,  general,  on  

Granite  workers,  on  

Groceries,  on  

Gunsmith  shops,  on  

Harness  and  saddle  factory,  on 

Hawkers  and  peddlers,  on  

Healer,  mental,  on  

Horse  shoeing,  on  

Hotel  dining  room,  on  

Hotels,  on  - 

Ice,  on  

Ice  Cream  and  confectionery  stores,  on  

Insurance  companies,  agents  of,  on  

Intoxicating  liquors,  on  

Jitney  busses,  on  

Job  printing  exclusively,  on  


125 

125 

125 

131 

120 

131 

131 

131 

137 

130 

138 

131 

131 

131 

131 

131 

132 

132 

70 

137 

' 126 

131 

130 

115 

132 

: 134 

61 

138 

134 

137 

143 

131 

125 

141 

137 

130 

126 

143 

249 

137 

133 

126 

131 

126 

131 

137 

141 

132 

143 

130 

130 

131 

131 

143 

127-129-136 

105 

136 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


397 


Licenses  (continued) 


Job  wagons,  on  137 

Junk,  on  - 74 

Laundries,  other  than  steam  laundries,  on  135 

Licenses  required  125 

Life  insurance  companies,  agents  of,  on  143 

Livery  stable,  on  137 

Live  stock  corral,  on  137 

Loan  and  trust  company,  on  137 

Lodging  houses,  on  130 

Lumber  yard,  on  . 137 

Machine  shops,  on  137 

Marble  workers,  on  131 

Master  electrician,  on  116 

Medicines,  on  126 

Mediums,  on  - 141 

Menagerie,  on  — - 138 

Merchandise,  general,  on  - 126 

Millinery  shops,  on  — 131 

Merry-go-round,  on  131 

Messenger  service,  on  83 

Moving  picture  performances,  on 1 39 

Newspapers,  on  131 

Number  and  class  of  144 

Oil  refinery,  on  137 

Oil,  on  126 

Oil  tanks,  on  1 Al 

Ore  purchasing  and  smelting  works,  on 137 

Original  contractors,  on  131 

Osteopath  132 

Packing  house  agenev  on  137 

Packing  house  137 

Paints,  on  126 

Painting,  autmobile,  carrage,  on  139 

Palmistry,  on  141 

Parades,  certain,  on  138 

Patent  medicine  company,  on  137 

Pawnbrokers,  on  78 

Peddlers  and  hawkers,  on  ...141 

Penalty  for  failure  to  procure  124 

Performances,  general,  on  124 

Photograph  gallaries,  on  - 131 

Phrenology,  on  141 

Physicians,  on  132 

Planing  mill,  on  137 

Policemen  to  enforce  - 126 

Pool  table  keepers,  on  143 

Posting  of  124 

Pressed  brick,  plant  on  137 

Procured  from  city  clerk,  to  be  124 

Provisions,  on  126 

“Quarter”  defined  126 

Railroad  companies,  on  134 

Real  estate  agents  and  solicitors,  on  132 

Renovating  establishments,  on  131 

Rent  service  cars,  on  146 

Report  to  Council,  city  clerk  to  make  on  125 


398  INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 

Licenses  (Continued) — 

Restaurants,  on  130 

Restaurants  serving  by  the  glass,  on  127 

Restaurants  serving  sealed  packages,  on  . ZZ  129 

Retail  liquor  establishments,  on  ZZZ  127 

Rooming  houses,  on  130 

Saddle  and  harness  factory,  on  137 

Saloon,  on  ^ 127 

Second  hand  goods,  on  74 

Sewing  machine  agents,  on  131 

Shooting  galleries,  on  131 

Shuffle-board  keepers,  on  143 

Sign  painting,  on  137 

Skating  rinks,  on  137 

Slot  machines,  on  142 

Smelting  and  ore  purchasing  works,  on  137 

Soap  manufacturers,  on  131 

Social  clubs,  on  130 

Soft  drinks,  manufacturing,  on  136 

Spiritualism,  on  . 141 

Stage  companies,  on  133 

Steam  laundry,  on  137 

Street  railway,  line  on  134 

Surety  companies,  agents  of,  on  143 

Surgeons,  on  132 

Tailor  shops,  on  138 

Tamale  parlor  or  stand,  on  138 

Tannery,  on  ; 138 

Telegraph  companies,  on  134 

Telephone  companies,  on 134 

Term  of 124 

Theatre,  not  showing  moving  pictures,  on  137 

Trust  and  loan  company,  on  : 137 

. Undertaking  business,  on  137 

Upholstering  establishments,  on  131 

Veterinary  surgeon,  on  132 

Wagon  making,  on 1 43 

Warehouses,  on 131 

Wares,  general,  on  126 

Water  companies,  on  132 

Wholesale  butcher  establishments,  on  ...137 

Wood  dealers,  on  131 

Lights,  on  automobiles  (see  Traffic.) 

Liquors — See  “Intoxicating  Liquors.” 

Lodging  houses,  register,  to  keep  155 

Lodging  houses — See  “Buildings.” 

M 

Manufacturies,  conduct  of  * 95 

Manure,  storage  and  removal  of — See  “Buildings.” 

Mattress,  cleaning,  regulating  239 

Medicine,  distribution  of  and  samples  of  85 

Meetings,  open  air  58-239 

Mendicants  49 

Messenger  service,  licensing  and  regulating  84 

Amount  of  license  83 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES.  399 


Messenger  service,  licensing  and  regulating  (continued) — 

Application  for  license  - 83 

Bond  required  83 

Caps  to  be  furnished  employees 84 

Chief  of  Police  to  approve  application  - 83 

Drug,  certain,  not  to  handle  85 

License  required  83 

Minors  empolyed,  not  to  enter,  certain  places  84 

Names  of  employees,  to  be  given  to  Chief  of  Police 84 

Revocation  of  license 85 

Meter  inspector — See  “Electrician.” 

Midwives,  to  register  and  make  returns  99 

Milk,  regulating,  - 241 

Application,  for  permit  247 

Board  of  Health  to  enforce  ordinance  on  241 

Board  of  Health  to  take  samples  246 

Board  of  Health  to  have  access — 246 

Bottles,  use  of  for  other  purposes  246 

Definition  of  terms 242 

Dairy  sanitary  regulations  - 245 

Diseases,  notification  of  Board  of  Health  - 246 

Deliveries,  regulations  on  244 

Examination  before  permit  issues  247 

Exceptions  to  regulations  on  248 

Grades  of  milk  242-243 

Inspector,  how  employed  248 

Limitation  of  expenses  of  Board 248 

Pending  action,  business  may  continue  247 

Quarantined  houses  - 246 

Standards,  other  than  specified  248 

Suspension  of  permit 248 

Violation  of  ordinance,  penalty  for  248 

What  may  not  be  sold  - 244 

Minors  loitering  about  the  streets  66 

Moving  picture  theaters  (see  Buildings). 

Moving  train,  jumping  on  or  off  - 45 

N 

Newspaper  stand,  not  to  obstruct  . 43 

Notice,  tearing  down  or  defacing 46 

Nuisances,  defining  and  regulating  - 42-94 

Numbering  residences  and  places  of  business  50 

0 

Obscene  exposure  ... 46 

Obscene  language 45 

Obstructions,  regulating 43 

Offensive  conduct  43 

Officer,  resisting  49 

Oils,  storage  of,  regulating 152 

Construction  and  installation  of  storage  tanks  153 

Permit  required 153 

Presentation  of  application  153 

Tank  capacity  153 


400  INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 

Open  air  meetings ' 58-239 

Ordinance,  tearing  town  or  defacing 46 

P 

Park,  construction  of  43 

Pawnbrokers,  licensing  and  regulating ^ZZZIZI  76 

Actual  proprietor,  licensee  to  be  77 

Amount  of  license  7g 

Application  for  license  ~ 7g 

Blanks  for  reports,  Chief  of  Police  to  provide  78 

Bond  to  furnish  77 

Bookkeeping  and  entries  75 

Chief  of  Police  to  approve  application 78 

Clerks,  age  of  to  be  employed  77 

Defined 76 

Employees,  licensee  liable  for  acts  of 77 

License  required  * 76 

License  transferable,  how  **  77 

Pawn  ticket  to  be  furnished  79 

Persons  not  to  receive  goods  from  77 

Posting  of  license  certificate  76 

Report,  to  make  to  Chief  of  Police  76 

Sale  of  goods,  time  limit  76 

Permanent  seats,  on  streets  and  sidewalks  44 

Permit — 

Concealed  weapon,  to  carry  48 

Connection  with  public  sewers,  for  39 

Persons,  disorderly  48 

Petroleum,  products  of — See  “Gasoline.” 

Pipes,  sewer,  regulations  concerning  39 

Physicians — 

Register,  to  99 

Report  communicable  diseases,  to  96 

Returns  to  make  99 

Pigpens,  regulating  95 

Pipes,  service,  installing  and  maintaining  151 

Plane  of  reference  for  elevations  63 

Plaza,  open  air  meetings  to  be  held  on  : 58-239 

Plumbing  and  drainlaying,  licensing  and  regulating  86 

Amount  of  license  86 

Bond,  to  furnish  86 

Connections  with  sewers  89 

Duties  of  plumbing  inspector  88 

Fees  88 

Inspection  of  work  89 

License  required  86 

Plans  of  work  to  be  filed  and  approved  88 

Plumbing  fund  created  92 

Plumbing  inspector,  office  created  87 

Register,  persons  engaged  in  business,  to  87 

Regulations  on  sanitation  90 

Sand  traps  92 

Soil  and  waste  pipes  89 

Traps  and  vents  90 

Vent  pipes  92 

Police  department,  employees  of,  annual  lay-off 253 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES.  401 

Pool  rooms,  regulating  143 

Pop  corn  stand,  not  to  obstruct  143 

Posting  bills,  dodgers,  etc.,  regulating  64 

Pound,  establishing  and  regulating  * 6? 

Animals  at  large  taken  up  67 

Collar  or  tag,  depriving  dog  of  ",  70 

Damages  by  trespass  ng  animal  to  be  paid  ....68-69 

Dangerous  dog,  not  to  run  at  large 71 

Deputy  pound  master,  appointment  of  68 

Dogs,  to  be  tagged  and  collared  "[  70 

Dogs  must  be  muzzled,  etc.  ’’  71 

Dogs  not  to  run  at  large  71 

Dog  tax 3™  70 

Feed,  to  be  purchased  for  animals  69 

Fees,  pound  master  to  collect 7l 

Impounding  by  private  persons  70 

Killing  of  registered  dog  71 

Notice  of  pound  master's  sale  69 

Pound  master,  Chief  of  Police  to  be  ” 68 

Proceeds  of  sales  deposited  69 

Record  of  animals  to  be  kept  68 

Salary  of  deputy  pound  master  68 

Sale  of  unreclaimed  animals  69 

Statement,  pound  master  to  make  to  clerk  71 

Unlawful  taking  from  pound  71 

Unregistered  dog,  placing  collar  and  tag  on  70 

Primal  bench  mark  established  63 

Products  of  petroleum — See  “Gasoline." 

Profane  language  45 

Property,  destruction  of  43 

0 

Quarantine  97 

R 

Refuse,  throwing  on  premises  of  another  44 

Register,  hotels  or  lodging  houses  to  keep  "... "*"...'l55 

Removal  of  buildings,  wires  cut  for,  when  41 

Removal  of  person  with  communicable  disease  97 

Rent  service  cars,  licensing  and  regulating  145 

Age  of  operator  or  chauffeur  147 

Amount  of  license  146 

Applications  for  license,  contents  146 

Clerk  to  issue  license  146 

Operators  and  chauffeurs  to  procure  badges  146 

Presentation  of  application  to  Council  146 

Revocation  of  license  147 

Separate  offenses  147 

Terms  defined  146 

Resisting  officer  49 

Riot,  when  guilty  of  47 

Roofs  signs — See  “Buildings." 

Route,  when  guilty  of  47 


402 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Rubbish — 

Disposal  of  

Throwing  in  street 


s 


Salary — 

Assistant  Chief  of  Police,  of  

Assistant  engineer  for  fire  department,  of  

Assistant  to  city  clerk,  of  

Attorney,  of  

Auditor,  of  

Captains  of  fire  department,  of  

Chemical  men  of  fire  department,  of  

Chief  of  fire  department,  of  

Chief  of  Police,  of  

Clerk  of  - 

Clerk  of  Bureau  of  Identification,  of  ■ 

Councilmen,  of  

Deputy  pound  master,  of  

Desk  sergeant,  of  

Drivers  of  fire  department  of - 

Electrician,  of  

Engineer  and  superintendent  of  streets,  of  . 

Engineers  of  fire  department,  of  

Extra  man  of  fire  department,  of  

Health  officer,  of  - 

Hose  men  of  fire  department,  of  

Janitor,  of  

Mayor,  of  - 

Police  judge,  of  

Policemen,  of  

Treasurer,  of  

Truckmen  of  fire  department,  of  

Saloons — See  ‘Intoxicating  liquors.” 

Sandwich  wagon,  not  to  obstruct  

Sanitariums — See  “Buildings.” 

Sanitary  matters,  regulating  - 

Board  of  Health,  reference  to  

Burial  and  transit  permits  

Claims  of  Board  of  Health  allowed  

Communicable  diseases — 

Children  excluded  from  public  gatherings 

Defined  - - 

Disinfection  of  premises  

Duty  of  school  authorities  

Exposure,  avoidance  of  - 

Funerals,  public  - — — 

Householders  to  report  -* r 

Observation  of  quarantine  - 

Physicians  to  report  - ............. 

Public  library  looks  — — - 

Quarantine  and  isolation  

Removal  of  persons  

School  authorities  to  be  informed  

Dogs,  to  be  muzzled  * - 

Drainage.,  disposal  of  


.253 
.252 
.252 
.251 
.251 
.252 
.252 
.252 
.252 
.252 
.253 
.251 
. 68 
.253 
..252 
..  52 
..252 
..252 
..252 
..  94 
..252 
..252 
..251 
..252 
..253 
..251 
..252 

..  43 

..  94 
..  99 
,.  98 
..  99 

...  98 
...  96 
...  97 
...  96 
...  96 
...  97 
...  96 
...  97 
...  96 
...  97 
...  97 
...  97 
...  96 
...  98 
...96 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


403 


Sanitary  matters,  regulating — Communicable  diseases  (continued) 

Expectoration  

Health  officer,  duty  of  

Manufactures,  conduct  of  

Nuisances,  certain,  defined  

Physicians  and  midwives  to  register 
Pigpens  

Receptacles  in  slaughter  houses  * ’ *" 

Returns,  physicians  and  midwives,  to  make 

Rubbish,  disposal  of  " 

Sextons  and  undertakers 

Slaughter  houses,  care  of  

Stables  and  stable  yards  ’ ’ 

Unsewered  sections,  cleaning  in  

Scavenger  work,  regulating  

School  authorities,  notice  of  communicable  diseases 
Schools — See  “Buildings.” 

Seats,  permanent,  on  streets  and  sidewalks 
Second  hand  goods,  dealing  in 

Amount  of  license  

Actual  proprietor,  licensee  to  be  

Application  

Bond  

Book  to  be  kept,  entries  in  

Chief  of  police  to  approve  application 

Forfeiture  of  license  _ * 

Goods  to  kept,  how  long  before  sale  

License  required  

Minor,  not  to  purchase  from  

Quarterly,  license  to  be  

Report,  to  be  made  to  Chief  of  Police 

Transferable,  license  to  be,  how  

Service  pipes,  installing  and  maintaining  

Sewers — 

Connecting  pipe,  regulations  concerning  

Connections,  how  made  

Connections  with  public  

Permit  for  connection  

Pipes,  regulations  concerning  

Traps,  when  required  

Sections  of  city  without,  cleaning  in  

Sextons  and  undertakers  ^ 

Shrubbery,  injuring  in  4, 

Sidewalks — 

Flooding  of  _ 

Obstruction  of  

Permanent  seats,  etc.,  on  ///////////..... 

Riding  or  driving  on  

Snow  and  ice,  removal  from  ._ 

Width  of  certain  fixed  

Sign  boards — See  “Buildings.” 

Slaughter  houses,  care  of  

Snow  and  ice,  removal  from  sidewalks  

Stables  and  stable  yards,  regulating  

Stables — See  “Buildings.” 

Stallion,  keeping  for  breeding  purposes  

Standing  and  hitching  animals  


..  99 
..  99 
..  95 
..  94 
. 99 
. 95 
...95 
. 99 
. 95 
. 98 
. 95 
. 95 
. 96 
. 56 
. 96 

. 44 
. 73 
. 74 
. 73 
. 73 
. 73 
. 75 
. 74 
. 75 
...75 
. 73 
. 74 
. 74 
..74 
73 
157 


39 

39 

40 
39 

39 

40 
96 
98 
57 


. 53 
. 43 
. 44 
. 46 
.149 
44 

95 
149 

96 

44 

43 


404 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Stands,  not  to  obstruct  

Street  car — 

Air  and  hand  brakes  on  

Fenders  on  

Moving,  jumping  on  or  off  

Street  grades,  establishing  

Streets — 

Excavating  in  

Flooding  of  

Interrupting  use  of  by  games 

Obstruction  of  

Permanent  seats,  etc.,  on  

Subway,  loitering  on  

Swimming  in  river,  etc 


43 

59 

60 
45 
63 


150 
. 54 
. 44 
. 43 
. 44 
. 44 
. 45 


T 


Tax  on  dogs  ----- ; 

Tenement  houses — See  “Buildings.” 

Theatres — See  “Buildings.” 

Time  checks,  use  of  by  engineering  department  

Traffic,  regulations  concerning  

Ambulances  - - 

Animals,  without  bits  or  bridle  

Animals,  unsecured  on  street  

Animals,  feeding  without  nose  bags  

Approaching  intersections  

Approach  of  of  fire  apparatus,  traffic  to  stop 

Bells,  horns,  gongs,  etc.,  required  

Bicycles,  on  sidewalks,  prohibited  

Brakes  required  — - - 

Breaking  of  animals,  prohibited  

Cars,  removal  of  from  streets  — 

Careful  riding  and  driving  required  

Carrying  baskets  on  poles  

Catching  on  moving  vehicles,  prohibited  

Chauffeur,  defined  - 

Changing  from  side  to  side  of  street  

Coasting  or  scorching,  prohibited  

Corners,  turning  to  left,  how  regulated  

Corners,  right  of  way  at,  in  turning  to  right  .. 
Corners,  right  of  way  at,  in  turning  to  left  .... 

Corners,  right  of  way,  who  has  - - 

Council,  may  designate  non-parking  district  .. 

Crossing,  railroad  tracks  

Crossing,  trains  on,  regulated  

Crossing  streets,  by  pedestrians  - 

Curb,  defined  

Curb,  vehicles  to  stand  next  to  

Curb,  not  to  stand  with  left  side  to  

Curb,  backing  to  

District  No.  1 defined  

Driver,  defined  

District  No.  1,  speed  in  ----- 

Driver,  under  sixteen  years  prohibited  

Driving  on  new  pavements,  prohibited  

Driving  on  sidewalks,  prohibited  


70 


. 93 
.253 
.255 
.264 
.264 
.265 
.260 
.255 
.257 
.264 
.259 
.264 
.260 
.255 
.263 
.256 
.254 
.261 
..256 
..261 
..261 
..261 
.261 
..265 
..262 
..262 
..263 
..254 
..259 
..259 
..260 
..255 
..254 
..256 
..255 
..263 
..264 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


405 


Traffic  regulations,  concerning  (continued) — 

Drip  pans,  required  259 

Draining  of  gasoline,  prohibited  259 

Effect,  when  ordinance  in  266 

Emission  of  smoke  and  steam,  prohibited  258 

Exceptions,  for  fire  apparatus  256 

Feeding,  without  nosebags,  prohibited  265 

Feeding,  unhitched  animals  265 

Fire  and  po4ice  vehicles,  right  of  way  for  255 

Fire  hydrants,  parking  near,  prohibited  ™1..Z*265 

Following  other  vehicles,  regulated  261 

Front  street,  district,  parking  prohibited  in  265 

Funeral  processions,  driving  through  prohibited  ."263 

Garbage  vehicles,  regulated  263 

Handlebars,  use  of  265 

Hauling  heavy  loads,  regulated  263 

Highway,  defined  254 

Horses,  defined  254 

Hitching  to  trees,  prohibited  ".""  "..."265 

Intoxicated,  driving  by,  prohibited  ".."....257 

Keeping  close  to  curb,  required  259 

lights,  on  moving  motor  vehicles  257 

Lights  on  motorcycles  and  trucks  """"’"ZZZ..258 

Lights  on  standing  motor  vehicles  258 

Lights  on  horse  drawn  vehicles  ..”258 

Lights  on  over  hanging  loads  258 

Loads,  heavy,  how  regulated  263 

Loads,  overhanging,  how  regulated  258 

Loud  noises  and  sirens  prohibited  ......257 

Loud  noises  from  mufflers,  prohibited  "Z""259 

Machinery  in  motion,  in  standing  car,  prohibited  !ZZ”!.*.259 

Motor  vehicle,  defined  254 

Motorcycle,  defined  254 

Mufflers,  on  motor  vehicles,  required  259 

Mufflers,  loud  noises  from,  prohibited  """"""""""259 

Obstructing  sidewalks,  by  pedestrians  [ 263 

Overhanging  loads,  to  display  flag  or  light  258 

Orders  of  poilce  to  be  obeyed  255 

Officers,  signals  of  255 

Officers,  orders  of  to  be  obeyed  ;. ZZ!ZZ™^Z~255 

Park,  defined  * * 254 

Parking  in  alleys,  how  regulated  * 259 

Parking  in  District  No.  1,  time  limited  260 

Parking  and  stopping,  how  regulated  Z"."..259 

Parking  near  certain  corners,  regulated  .*265 

Parking,  near  fire  hydrants,  prohibited  265 

Passengers  to  alight  on  right  hand  side .".262 

Passing  to  left,  required  260 

Passing  animals,  etc ZZZZZZ""256 

Passing  street  cars  261 

Passing  preceding  vehicles  ™ZZZ""  262 

Pedestrians,  right  of  way,  etc """"ZZZZ""^"263 

Pedestrians,  crossing  streets  264 

Penalty  3"""""^’""!""™'  265 

Police  orders,  to  be  obeyed  2^ 

Publication  "zz'"!;";z3""";;;"zzz";266 

Repairing  on  street,  prohibited  „ 259 

Right  of  way  for  fire  and  police  apparatus  255 

Right  of  way  for  ambulances  255 


406 


INDEX  TO  GENERAL  ORDINANCES. 


Traffic  regulations,  concerning  (continued) — 

Right  of  way  in  turning  corners  . 

Right  of  way  in  turning  corners  to  right 
Right  of  way  in  turning  corners  to  left  ... 

Scorching  and  coasting  

Side  to  curb,  how  regulated  

Sidewalks,  defined  

Signals  on  changing  course  

Signals  on  backing  

Signals  in  closed  vehicles  

Signals  on  stopping  

Speed  in  District  No.  1 

Speed  out  of  District  No.  1 

Speed  on  crossings  and  intersections  

Sports  in  the  streets  

Standing  near  fire  hydrants,  prohibited  ~ 

Street  cars,  right  of  way  of  

Stopping  in  case  of  accident  

Tires,  on  traction  engines,  regulated  

Throwing  tacks  on  street,  prohibited  

Travel  and  Traffic,  defined  — 

Traffic  to  stop  for  fire  apparatus  

Traffic  officers  and  signals  

Trains  on  crossings  

Unsecured  animals  on  the  street  

Use  of  handle  bars  required  

Vehicle,  defined  - 

Vehicles,  not  to  travel  side  by  side  

Warning  on  backing  

Warning  on  changing  course  

Warning  by  street  cars  

Zone  of  quiet,  established  

Train,  moving,  jumping  on  or  off  

Transit  and  burial  permits  

Traps,  in  sewage  system,  when  required  

Tree,  injuring  --- 

Truckee  River,  prohibiting  throwing  garbage  in 

u 


Undertakers  and  sextons  

Unlawful  assemblage,  dispersal  of  .. 
Unsewered  sections,  cleaning  in  ... 


V 


45 
98 
40 
57 

46 


98 

56 

96 


Vehicles  for  hire,  permit  to  stand 


w 

Waterways,  construction  and  operation  .. 

Weapons,  concealed,  crrying  

Width  of  sidewalks,  certain  fixed  

Wires,  electric  protection  of  

Buildings,  removal  of,  when  cut  for 
Cutting  or  injuring  


45 


62 

57 

..41-62-65-81-266 
40 

41 

41 


